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Volunteering is an enjoyable way for you to make a difference, provides a fantastic opportunity for you to develop key skills for your future career and to check out possible career paths. On top of that it’s a great way to make new friends, to do something different from your studies and to get a different perspective of life.

We offer you the opportunity to volunteer in a wide variety of locally based organisations and community projects as well as for the Students' Union.

There are lots of options to choose from and we will help you find the volunteering placement that is right for you so contact us for more information.

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► CHEERS! Awards Night

Early in the summer term we have our Annual Students' Awards Night This is a night of glitz and glamour to celebrate Project V Volunteering and to present Certificates of Excellence and the prestigious 'Gold Awards' to students who have made an extra special contribution to their volunteering.  

Gold Awards

The Volunteering England Gold Awards are the most prestigious awards in Student Volunteering and are a nationally recognised mark of excellence in volunteering. Each year we invite community placements to nominate Project V Volunteers who have contributed in an outstanding way to their volunteering placement. 

Gold Award Winners 2010-11

Isobel Barrett (left) volunteers with the Hove Stroke Club.

Janet Seymour from the Hove stroke club said the following about Isobel:

"Since I.B intends to be a speech therapist as a career, she works with our stroke survivors with speech problems, sometimes in a conversational way by encouraging them to tell her about their activities that week or their past. Her achievement with working with our club members is that she has won their confidence as she is so patient working with them. The non speakers seek her out to impart information."

 

Lulu Awori (right) volunteers with READ International.

Dinaria Zapparova from READ International said the following about Lulu:

"Lulu has been a committed volunteer all academic year, leading the project with energy and determination. She has organised regular book sorting days and worked hard to keep the volunteers motivated and inspired."

 

Gold Award Winners 2009-10

Two students received Gold Awards for their outstanting contribution to volunteering:

Rebecca Newman (far right)

 

Nadine Bell and Helen Richards of RASP described Rebecca's contribution to the project:

Rebecca is very much a teamplayer, responsible and dependable, and someone who uses her instinct and intuition, and who is always at hand to support the young people she befriends in the RASP sessions. In addition, she frequently leads by example and in this way her impact extends further, guiding other new volunteer befrienders. She is a reliable and committed volunteer who excels in her role with RASP. Rebecca is pro-active in her approach and has played a key role in the development of RASP which is still a relatively young project.

Noemi Reiner (far left)

Sarah Ford of READ International describes Noemi's contribution to the project:

Noemi has shown a huge amount of dedication to her role within the READ team. She has worked extremely hard to help the project be successful and it is with this commitment that she has helped to encourage and inspire volunteers around her. She has also been an extremely positive leader within the group, communicating well with the other interns and volunteers and supporting others in their own roles whilst undertaking hers.

 

Gold Award Winners 2008-09

Two students received Gold Awards for their outstanding contribution to volunteering:

Jennifer Yarnall (right) for her volunteering with the 11th Hove Brownies (left: Tracy King)
Leigh Tullier (left) for his volunteering at The Friends Centre (right: Dave Owen)