Reading University Student Union Volunteering

17/11/2022

Last week, a group of Green Volunteers took part in the University of Reading's Green Festival by litter picking in the local community, collecting over 10 full bags of rubbish! 👏

Interested in getting involved with our next Green Volunteers litter pick? ♻️

👉Get your free membership here to keep up-to-date: https://www.rusu.co.uk/student-activities/volunteering/soc/greenvolunteers/

03/10/2022

As well as the 360 bus operating on Wednesday and Saturday nights, RUSU operate the Safety Bus Mon - Sat.

This is a free service dropping students off along the route below between 6pm and 11pm Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri and 6pm - 10pm Weds & Sat.

A space on the bus can be booked at the below here - https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ejq42M5d

The bus leaves from outside the Student Opportunities building in car park 4 (next to RUSU)

30/09/2022

This week RUSU were involved in Connect Reading's Reading RESCUE, collecting 4 full bags of litter from the local community!

Fancy getting involved with our next litter pick in the local community? ♻️

👉 Visit our Green Volunteers page to get your membership to keep up-to-date on our events: https://www.rusu.co.uk/student-activities/volunteering/soc/greenvolunteers/

Students, Rosy and Wendy, your Inclusion & Communities Officer, Jem and our Volunteering Coordinator, Lucy, headed out today as part of Connect Reading's Reading RESCUE. They did litter picking in the roads around campus and picked 4 bags worth of rubbish!

22/09/2022

Come down to the Sports, Dance and Volunteering Fayre from 11am - 4pm today. Find out about all the volunteering opportunities we have for you to get involved with! 🙌🏻🎉

17/09/2022

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MUSIC PROJECT - READING 🎼

Turtle Key Arts are looking for volunteers with musical skills to take part in the Turtle Song project in Reading. Turtle Song is a singing and song-writing initiative for people living with dementia and their carers.

The project is led by a professional composer and director. Volunteers would work with the composer, director & participants to write songs as a group, and help with accompaniment.
The project will take place on Fridays from 7th October to 2nd December from 9.30am - 12.30pm at Reading Rep Theatre, with a training session on 30th September.

For more information, please get in touch with Charlotte: [email protected] 020 8964 5060 or Carolyn: [email protected].

10/08/2022

Looking for a new volunteering opportunity and want to make a difference on campus?

UoR Hedgehogs Society are looking for a Team Leader to help run the project for the next academic year – no experience needed!

Becoming a student ambassador for UoR Hedgehogs will help you stand out from the crowd and boost your CV, all whilst making a difference locally and helping the nation’s favourite mammal! 🤩

Help make UoR a !

For more information, get in touch directly with [email protected] or [email protected]

29/06/2022

Coppafeel! are currently looking for a student to take on the Uni B**b Team Leader role at Reading University!

CoppaFeel! exists to educate and remind every young person in the UK that checking their chest isn’t only fun, it could save their life. Breast Cancer will affect 1 in 7 women in their lifetimes, with 400 men being diagnosed annually in the UK.

Uni B**b Team Leaders are the very important folk responsible for rallying teams of students to bring boob-love to campuses across the UK. As a Uni B**b Team Leader, you have two main goals:

⭐️ Recruit a team of students to help you spread the CoppaFeel! message on-campus
⭐️ Get students talking about and checking their chests

If this is something you are interested in getting involved in, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Find out more here:

We’re recruiting for our next cohort of Student Brand Ambassadors, the Uni B**b Team, and are looking for students who are keen to step into the leadership role & bring chest chat to their campus!

24/05/2022

Summer fete volunteers needed! ☀️🌼

The Friends of Berkshire Hospital's Summer fete returns on June 18th at Victoria recreational Ground in Tilehurst.

They are looking for volunteers to come and help keep the site clean and tidy enabling a quick close down at the end of the day.

This will include helping stalls close down and pack away and litter picking. Ideally they need people from 3-6 if possible.

👉 Contact [email protected] for more details!

19/05/2022

MAPP in need of volunteers to offer pupils tutoring support

MAPP are a local organisation which offer educational support for students who are excluded from school, particularly those at GCSE level. MAPP are looking for volunteers to come to the centre and offer tutoring support for these pupils.

MAPP operate from their centre in Reading Town Centre, during term time at 22-24 Mount Pleasant, Reading RG1 2TD. They hope to welcome students Monday - Friday, within the time frame of 9am-3pm. The main subject areas they are looking for are Maths, English and Sciences. Student volunteers from ethnic minority backgrounds would be ideal, but any help is appreciated. A paid coordinator role is also available for this project.

👉 Please contact [email protected] if you are interested or would like to find out more

16/05/2022

Alzheimer’s Research UK is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our awesome Cheer Squad at the UK’s biggest 24 hour race - Endure 24 Reading 2022! 🏅

They need you, your family and friends to whoop and cheer as loud as you can to give our runners and all the other participants a vital boost as they go past, encouraging them to keep going and helping them to achieve their goal.

Your support will make a huge difference to the runners who are all raising vital funds for dementia research. In 2021, the Cheer Squads supported runners in events across the UK raising upwards of £1.3 million!

Location: Wasing Park, Berkshire, RG7 4NG
Date: Saturday 18 June & Sunday 19 June
Time: Flexible slots available between midday (18/06) and midday (19/06) with option to camp overnight

👉 To find out more about the Cheer Squads and to sign up to join them at Endure 24 Reading, please visit https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/volunteer/cheer-squads

💬 For any enquiries about the role please contact the volunteering team on 0300 111 5 333 or email [email protected]

28/04/2022

Today we're joined by Engage Befriending who help connect isolated older people with their community!

Head down to have a chat with Christine and Jackie to learn more about Engage Befriending and how you can volunteer. We are also looking for a student ambassador to help run our new project here at RUSU, encouraging more students to get involved with this amazing project!

To find out more, contact [email protected] 🙌🏻