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°×С½ãÂÛ̳ celebrates Student Volunteering Week

27 March 2003

To celebrate Student Volunteering Week, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ students joined forces with their peers from seven other London Universities to makeover a school in North-East London in February 2003.


The volunteers helped to brighten up Tyysen Primary School by painting murals and decorating the playground. Gary Boyd, Deputy Headteacher, said: "It's fantastic that young people who have made it to university can help provide an inspirational environment for their much younger counterparts at school."

Volunteering has really taken off at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ since the creation of the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Union Voluntary Services Unit in September 2002. Voluntary Services Coordinator, Mr John Braime said: "More and more staff and students are realising that when you get involved in the local community, you're not just helping other people - you are also developing new skills, building your CV and getting to know London."

The unit has plenty of activities from which the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ community can choose. Volunteers have been involved with various endeavours, including coaching a homeless persons' football team, helping an overseas development charity with its campaigning work, conducting guided tours around some of London's heritage sites and planting new trees in a conservation area.

Others have seized the initiative and set up their own projects to improve the local community, such as a party for isolated elderly people which °×С½ãÂÛ̳ students organised before Christmas.

To find out more about the unit use the link below.


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