- This resource has been created by Edge Hill University Careers
- Author Helen Rimmer and Lynn Anderton, Volunteering Advisers
- Latest Update: March 2023
Volunteering can help you to build your experience; put the skills you have learned into practice whilst trying something new. It can be a way into your graduate career and provides a great opportunity to give something back to the community.
What you will find on these pages:
- Links to Volunteering Resources
- How to get help from Volunteering Advisers
- Opportunities relating to Media
- How to register for the Extra Edge Award
Volunteering Resources
You can find out more information about Volunteering on the Careers website , read about students who have volunteered and been recognised for their contribution, and access resources including:
Student Volunteer Handbook We recommend that all students read the Student Volunteer Handbook. This gives more information on how volunteering can benefit you, support your career goals, and give back to the community. It includes hints and tips to help you choose the right role for you.
International Volunteering Handbook International volunteering is an exciting experience, but it also means hard work far from home so it is vital that you are passionate and enthusiastic about it. Whilst we do not advertise opportunities abroad on our online vacancy pages, if you are considering volunteering overseas we would recommend that you read our International Volunteering Handbook.
Volunteering Advisers
Volunteering Advisers are here to help you in sourcing and applying for volunteering roles. EHU students can book a Getting Started Appointment With Volunteering or drop into Careers Corner in Catalyst to request a Volunteering Appointment. You can find out more through the Contacting Careers webpage.
Once you have found an opportunity Advisers can help you in the application process by checking and giving feedback on application forms or CV's. You can contact us using the Ask A Question service.
Advisers invite organisations onto campus throughout the academic year to events to promote the opportunities available, and to deliver information sessions to find out more about the work they carry out. Find out more through the Events and Workshops sections of the Careers website
What Can I Do?
We recommend that students commit to no more than 16 hours per week of a combination of paid work and volunteering.
Examples of the kind of opportunities advertised on the Careers Vacancy Portal include:
Volunteer Media Manager - Rainhill FC We need to improve our media communication and require someone to drive this forward. We use Twitter, Instagram and our website at present. We are a non profit organisation funded by subscription and sponsorship. We need to make the whole organisation of media more professional.
Volunteer Film/Media Co-ordinator - PARTIA aims to improve the patient experience, enhance the built environment and encourage sustainability and community engagement. Take, edit and catalogue photos and video of departmental activities and facilities. Prepare images and videos for instructional and promotional use
Station Manager - Chorley TV Chorley TV Station Manager is responsible for providing scheduling, preparation, production leadership, talent preparation, interstitial preparation and oversight for daily broadcasts.
Social Media/Marketing/Journalism Volunteer - Artz Centre We are looking to place an exceptional individual in a volunteer post that shadows the work of our Social Media, Marketing, Journalism and Copywriting team, this individual will work to help maintain our Social Media accounts, and write marketing and press releases for Artz Centre events, projects and productions.
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Event Organiser Volunteer - Families Fighting For Justice This role will support the Child Play Worker volunteer in the planning and organising of day trips away, annual camping trip and parties. They would be working together in doing all the paperwork for all the events that we do.
Volunteer from Home/ Microvolunteering
If you are interested in opportunities that you can carry out without a regular commitment, you may be interested in micro volunteering opportunities. Please note, the University does not endorse these organisations, this is a list to help you start to search for a suitable opportunity for you. You may find the Volunteer from Home Resource helpful.
For example:
FCancer This is a hub designed to help you contribute your skills to support cancer relief charities. You can help by providing photography, videography and/or graphic design skills.
Media Trust works in partnership with the media and creative industry to give marginalised groups and young people a stronger voice. They encourage the media and creative industry to share their time, knowledge and creativity to benefit charities, under-represented communities and young people. Whether you can only spare a few hours, or you're looking to develop a long-term relationship with a cause you are passionate about, they will help you find the right volunteering opportunity for you.
RecycleRebuild non-profit organisation empowers communities to recycle waste into affordable, high-quality building materials, whilst providing an immediate source of income for those affected by natural disasters. The recent addition of YouTube has resulted in growth in followers on their other social media platforms. Recycle Rebuild need to continue to create content, but don't have the resources to do new in country videos. As an alternative to this they seek to generate new content through animation and motion graphics.
NUMBERFIT is a Mathematics based Social Enterprise with the objective of making Mathematics active, fun and accessible for children from Preschool all the way up. We aim to raise the profile of mathematics, enjoyable learning and children’s wellbeing while providing support with the educational workload to teachers and parents.
Rewards
This employability programme helps you stand out from the crowd and increases your chances of success! Extra Edge rewards you for the work you do for your current, or future, voluntary or part-time work. Choose from an additional range of activities that will help you gain and develop new skills. You can join Extra Edge in any year of your degree.
Extra Edge is like your portable CV which will help you track the skills you are developing throughout your time at university and will help make the process of applying for opportunities in the future easier.
This certificate is about what works for you, and we will support you at each step.
If you are currently volunteering or working part-time, or are planning to do so, the Extra Edge Certificate recognises the work you will be doing and the skills you are developing and those gained through taking part in Student life. Find out more through the Extra Edge section of the Careers website
You may be also be eligible for a University Scholarship or to apply for financial support to the Student Opportunity Fund
Are you ready to make a start?
Haven't found what you are looking for, or would you like more help?
Volunteering Advisers are here to help. You can Book an Appointment with a Volunteering Adviser, or get in touch using Ask A Question
Credits:
Created with images by Aaron Paul - "Young The Giant | Home of the Strange" • Rodion Kutsaev - "untitled image" • Scheier .hr - "Opening night of "TV WALL digital to analog" exhibition in art gallery Scheier, Croatia (1)" • Denise Jans - "My grandfather has made a lot of movie with his 8 mm camera. This is one of the old movie roles wichs we converted to a digital file. I thought, why not photograph it since we aren’t going to use it anymore. Movie Roles" • Clark Tibbs - "Do Something Great" • Lucian Alexe - "Power to the people" • Avel Chuklanov - "On set"