Information for Organisations
Students and staff from the University of Southampton have been successfully volunteering in the local community for over 40 years. We’re always looking for interesting new roles for our volunteers within a wide range of organisations.
Our Key Values
Through volunteering in the local community, the key values that we hope become installed in our volunteers are:
- Social, political and environmental responsibility
- Active citizenship, community action, engagement and support
- Global awareness, employability and leadership
- High aptitude and positive attitude
Benefits to YOUR organisation
- Widened participation in the work of Higher Education
- Effective partnerships to tackle issues such as social exclusion and health and well-being
- Free service from a tapped source of current volunteers and future active citizens
- Aspiration raising activities through enthusiastic, trained and monitored volunteers
Benefits to the Volunteers
- Exposure to people from very different socio-economic, cultural and religious backgrounds
- Opportunities to develop their leadership, problem-solving and team working skills, to demonstrate initiative and become more self-aware improve their employability
- Integration into the community and the opportunity to develop local and/or national networks
- An enhanced student experience whilst individually benefiting from the transferable skills learned
Typical volunteering opportunities
Documents to include with your Volunteer Request Form
Feedback/Evaluation for volunteers
Organisation initial application form
If you have any questions or would like to be sent an application pack please do not hesitate to contact:
Lizzie Gross
Community Volunteering Office, Room 2053
George Thomas Building, 37
Careers Destinations, Student Services
Highfield Campus
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
Email: volunteering@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 23 8059 7168
Internal: 27168
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