I attended the disability awareness training which was a 2-hour interactive zoom session. The training was run by Lee Ellery who is living with cerebral palsy. This gave a first-hand experience to the training and made it more impactful. This blog will summarise the session. What is a disability? The Equality Act states that: A disability is a physical or
World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. We will be celebrating World Book Day on 3 March 2022. Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success –
A massive congratulations to all our student volunteers who have been elected as Discovery trustees and our non-student trustees. Thank you to everyone who voted in the elections. Here is your new student trustees’ team: – President – Ruby Thomas Collins Secretary – Natalie Jarvis Treasurer – Devarshi Raval Non portfolio trustees: – Emma Burton Felicity McKee Georgia Rees Freya
Held from the 7th– 13th February 2022, student volunteering week (SWV) was a fantastic opportunity for students to undertake volunteering in a relaxed, friendly environment with no previous experience required. With numerous events held – from craft sessions to circus skills – there was something for everyone. In this blog, I will share with you my experience of student volunteering
STEM Micro Volunteering Challenge Are you working in, teaching, or studying STEM? We are helping our friends at Four Acres Academy, in South Bristol to inspire their Primary school aged children to consider careers in STEM. One of the most useful things we can do is help them understand the amazing, exciting range of things that people do in STEM.
The Discovery training programme for the Spring term is now live! Our training programme is a great opportunity to gain skills and knowledge relevant to your volunteering, and generally to learn new things. The sessions are a mixture of awareness talks and opportunities to practice new skills, and will be held on Zoom unless otherwise stated. We are kicking of
Student Volunteering Week is soon approaching, so here is our Discovery Project Guide full of all the wonderful volunteering opportunities coming your way on the 7th of February!! Student Volunteering Week Project Guide
Volunteering has numerous benefits not only for the communities its supports, but for the individuals who participate. As such, Discovery has interviewed Mr Phil Brophy, a member of the chair of trustees for six years, to understand his role and experience in more depth. What is the board of trustees? According to Mr Brophy, the role contains a mixture of
Guide to Swansea: Festive Period Staying in Swansea this festive period? Want to get involved in online events and virtual volunteering opportunities? Check out this guide to volunteering in Swansea during the festive period 2021! It’s jam-packed full of opportunities, including Christmas dinner, one-off volunteering opportunities, access to food banks, online socials, and virtual volunteering! Guide Preview
Vimbai Hi, I’m Vimbai, Discovery’s finance officer and an undergraduate Accounting and Finance student. I help with maintaining the financial administration and reporting needs of Discovery. I also assist with start here interviews, project delivery and fundraising. I heard about Discovery from a project coordinator during Fresher Fayre, and I started joining the Bay Campus beach clean-ups with my