What will volunteering do for me?
Rewarding
Volunteering gives you an opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives in your community. You can use your skills and experience to help and enrich the local community.
Improve job prospects & employability
Volunteering can enhance your future employment prospects and enable employers to see that you have developed the necessary skills you may need in their organisation. It is especially useful when completing application forms and during job interviews to illustrate the skills you have developed through these voluntary experiences.
Experience
Volunteering gives you a chance to get experience in a field you would like to work in.
Training
Many of the volunteer projects will include training, which will be useful both on the project and in later life.
Experience diversity
Volunteering gives you the chance to meet people both from within and outside the University who you would not normally come across.
Influence career choice
Volunteering gives you the opportunity to test out potential career choices.
Opportunity for training and development
Volunteering provides you with development opportunities that are not always possible with paid employment, for example; communication and people skills, organisational and time management skills, planning and budgeting skills. It can help open up fresh opportunities and is a way to explore new career paths.
Builds links with organisations
Volunteering can help you build links with particular organisations like Schools, FE Colleges and specific community organisations.
Have fun!
Volunteering is fun and fulfilling, allowing you to experience many diverse opportunities not always available to you elsewhere.
