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StARs’ Conference 2014:
• Jake Campbell: Volunteering• Alice Elliot: Green Chester• Lisa Rogers: The Chester Difference Award
What is Volunteering and Why Should I do it?
Volunteering can Include:
• Work in your department (StARs!)• Roles on campus: Red T-shirts,
Student Ambassadors, Global Guides etc.
• Helping out in the community• Fundraising• One-off events• Working with charities and
organisations• Environmental and Green projects• Mentoring and buddying schemes• Helping those with disabilities• Being a committee member for your
club or society• Many more – anybody doing
something different?
Benefits of Volunteering:
• Develop your skills and gain new ones• Network within an organisation and
gain valuable contacts• It can help inform and boost career
choices: 73% of employers said they’d employ somebody who has volunteered over someone who hasn’t.
• Make a positive difference to the lives of others
• Build your confidence• Good for mental (and sometimes
physical!) health• A great way to connect and feel
established in the city• It’s good fun!
Finding out About Volunteering Opportunities
• Visit us in the office (Beswick 010/2)
• Prospects• Newsletter (register as a
volunteer and you’ll be added to this)
• Portal• Via social media
University of Chester Volunteering
@UoCVolunteering We’re based in here, behind the Careers building! Come say ‘Hi!’
Get together with the Green Chester campaign
StARs - Green ImpactDoNation league – pledge for your faculty
E.Y.E Training – Sustainable BusinessSU Ethics & Environment Forum
People & Planet SocietyNature’s Garden Allotment
*new projects welcome*
Monthly Sustainability Forum
“The goal of education is to form the citizen. And the citizen is a person who, if need be, can re-found his civilisation.”(Eugen Rosenstock-Hussy, 1888-1972)
Free Green Ts for students taking part in Green Chester activities for
the Chester Difference Award.
