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Your Autumn Term Roundup
Autumn term was a bumper term for Royal Holloway Volunteering, with the Festival of Volunteering, Make A Difference Day, #iwill Week and the Festive Market all happening throughout the term. Our student leaders have also been hard at work, offering a range of project-related activities for new and returning students to participate in!
With Autumn term over, the Volunteering Team are busy planning events for next year, when we will be celebrating 20 years of Volunteering at Royal Holloway! Stay tuned for more information coming soon.
In the meantime, everyone at Royal Holloway Volunteering wishes you a very restful Christmas break - our weekly newsletter will be back in 2023!
Katie, Luke, Phil and Louise
Royal Holloway Volunteering Staff Team
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Festival of Volunteering 2022
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The Mayor of Runnymede officially opens the Festival of Volunteering 2022
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This year we held the first Festival of Volunteering on campus since 2019! It was a great opportunity to invite community partners back onto site to talk with students and over 3,000 people passed through the Festival! We also had stalls for all sixteen of our social action projects, as well as stands for Community Research, Sports Volunteering and Volunteering abroad. The event was opened formally by the Mayor of Runnymede!
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Foodbank Team's Community Café Event, which helped spread awareness of Runnymede Foodbank in the local community
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Make a Difference Day 2022 encouraged students to get involved with volunteering opportunities available at the university, and to be part of its ever-growing volunteering presence in the local community. These opportunities involved the Community Café, the Tea Boat project, the Love in a Box appeal, and the Love Your Community Garden Club.
This one-off volunteering day was a great opportunity for students to take a lead on community opportunities and make a genuine difference in the local community.
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#iwill Week is a national initiative that highlights the work of young people in Social Action projects around Britain. We had a fantastic week encouraging organisations to incorporate young people into their programmes as well as holding stalls for our student-led projects to advertise their events! Royal Holloway students also visited nearby schools to talk to young people about volunteering and the ways that it can develop your skills and broaden your experiences!
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Our Placement Students did a great job of running the Volunteering stand throughout the day!
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At the Royal Holloway Festive Market we held a stall where people could write Christmas cards to local people who would be isolated and alone at Christmas time. Together you wrote over 120 cards which were then distributed to local people by our charity partners Age UK Surrey and the Manor Farm Day Centre. Lots of people also asked our student leaders and placement students how they could get involved in volunteering too!
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The Christmas Team and volunteers hard at work
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The Christmas Team ran their annual Santa's Workshop event on Wednesday 7 December. Throughout the event, gift bags are created and filled with gifts, which are then distributed to the elderly throughout the festive period. In total they packed over 100 bags which were distributed to local people that would otherwise be alone at Christmas time.
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Community Action
Search for your perfect volunteering opportunity on our online platform throughout the Christmas break!
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Become and Events Co-ordinator at Chertsey Library
Chertsey Library are looking for an Events Co-Ordinator to help run sessions, based on the skills of the individual. The role requires you to run, set up and clear up the session If you are interested in joining the opportunity, then you can find out more on the online platform.
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Swim Assistants Needed
Egham Constellations are looking for Assistants to help run their weekly swim session for those with varying disabilities. Duties include helping participants to place their belongings into lockers ahead of the session, as well as socialising with participants in the pool. The group meet at Egham Orbit Leisure Centre on Tuesday mornings. Find out more here.
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Online Media Assistant Needed
Egham Choral are looking for a volunteer to help increase their online presence, which will help to find more members to join the group. Duties include promoting the latest events and sessions, as well as starting an Instagram page for the group. Check out this opportunity on the online platform here.
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Social Action Projects
Find even more great projects on our online platform!
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Campus Sleep - Out
The Homeless Project will be hosting a sleep out on campus overnight on Saturday 4 February to help raise awareness of homelessness in Britain. There will be live entertainment and food provided throughout the event. Find out more about this opportunity here.
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International Kitchen
After a successful Term one, the International Kitchen Team are looking for volunteers to join their sessions, held at the Hythe Community Primary School, to teach children about different cultures through food. No previous experience is necessary, and transport will be provided. Email us if you are interested!
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Tea Parties
The Tea Parties team will be back in January to host a tea party for the elderly at the Village Centre. Volunteers with vehicles who are able to transport guests to and from their houses using their own are particularly needed. Have a look at their Instagram page for more information about future events.
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Thank You!
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful Student Leaders, who have worked hard throughout the term to organize and deliver projects across campus and in local community.
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Community Research
Find even more great projects on our online platform!
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Englefield Garden Greenies Community: Climate Change through Home Gardening
Englefield Garden Greenies is a local organization that seeks to create a positive impact on the environment, through activities such as planting wildflowers and spreading awareness on how people can help the planet. They are seeking a volunteer who will be able to construct a questionnaire and distribute it to individuals and organizations in the local area. Find out more about this opportunity here.
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Volunteer Abroad
Find out about or partner organisations below!
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Think Pacific
Think Pacific offer the opportunity to travel to Fiji to take part in a range of activities that will have a positive impact on the local community. Projects inlcude working to construct health clinics, to developing a community sports programme.
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Raleigh Costa Rica
Rayleigh Costa Rica offers Royal Holloway students the opportunity for students to travel to Costa Rica to take part in sustainable projects across Summer 2023. Find out more about this incredible opportunity here.
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Challenges Abroad
Challenges Abroad offer opportunities in a number of countries for Royal Holloway students to participate in. They currently have projects in Nepal, Peru, India, Tanzania, Cambodia and Thailand, which will take place in Spring or Summer 2023, dependent on the programme.
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Volunteer with Travelteer
Travelteer will be hosting a general information session for students to find out more about all of their amazing projects that they have on offer in Nepal, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka. This session will be held online on Thursday 15 December at 4:30pm. Join the meeting here.
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Volunteering over the Winter Break
We appreciate that many of you will want to volunteer over the winter break. If you are based in England and Wales you can use the NCVO Volunteer centre finder to locate opportunities close to you.
The Volunteering Hub is closed outside of term time, but the Volunteering Team are able to support you with volunteering enquiries by email until Wednesday 21 December. The team will then return on Wednesday 4 January.
Throughout the festive break you can find local volunteering opportunities on our online platform.
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And Finally...
Thank you so much to Insanity Radio for allowing Royal Holloway Volunteering to take over the airwaves for an hour to discuss all things volunteering! The volunteering team are looking forward to when we can return to Community Hour in the new year!
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