Brenna, a Masters student, writes about her volunteering at St Thomas food bank. My 3 years at Swansea I’d never spent much time in the St Thomas community. I’d only ever visited to see Swansea from Kilvay Hill. But to my surprise there’s actually a massive community at St Thomas and much of that is centred around the church. Since
Employers like people with initiative – if you are a student or a recent college graduate and you don’t have much to include in your CV, then the experience you had as a volunteer will help you. Young people who go through such an experience during their studies are very well seen by employers, they appreciate people with initiative. Moreover,
Volunteering can bring many benefits, both to those around and to those involved in volunteer activities. As long as there are will and enthusiasm, anyone can make a contribution to the world in this way. Check our Discovery Training program here Discovery’s Training Programme – Discovery SVS. There are dozens of reasons why you should volunteer, but we’ve focused on
As part of #studentvolunteeringweek we asked some of our student volunteers why they volunteer. Gail, an Applied Medical Sciences Swansea University final year student tells us all about her COVID support volunteering and how volunteering makes her feel. #SVW2021 #SVW21 #lovevolunteering
It is back for 2021! It is the Discovery Podcast with Arjun & Jack. Tune in now for your latest upload on all things Discovery and volunteering related! You can find out all about what is happening with Discovery, our latest volunteering opportunities and some of the training we currently have offer for Swansea University student volunteers. So make yourself
Student Volunteering Week is an annual event that celebrates student volunteering in all its glory! This year, Student Volunteering Week is taking place from Monday 8 – Sunday 14 February and Discovery Student Volunteering Swansea, in conjunction with the Students’ Union, has some fab events in our digital volunteering programme. We will also be celebrating Swansea University student volunteers and
Discovery has some great training booked for this term. Any Discovery volunteer can attend the training and it is free to participate. Any training you participate in also counts towards your volunteering hours so you can log the hours. Below is the schedule for training this term with the links to sign up. If you have any questions about the
We are looking for an intern to support the Volunteering Projects Manager and Project Coordinators in the running of a range of educational projects for children and young people during the pandemic. These projects offer children support around their literacy, creativity, wellbeing and social connections. The role will involve a range of tasks working with staff and several different lead
Hi all, I hope you are enjoying the end of term – it’s been a unique one! At Discovery, we aim to support our volunteers and service users as much as possible. It has been a difficult year and we want to support everyone as best as we can. Enter Virtual Volunteering! It would mean a lot to us if
Discovery Trustee & Ambassador Arjun tells us all what Discovery volunteers can get up to over the Christmas period. Wow, is it almost Christmas already? As the year draws to a close and most lectures and deadlines are done and dusted, I hope you are all enjoying a well-earned break over the upcoming few weeks, spending it catching up with