WARRINGTON Conservative Future (WCF) – the young Conservative group – is encouraging students to get involved in their community and make a difference through volunteering.
Student Volunteering Week is taking place from February 20 to 26 and celebrates the contribution thousands of students across the UK make to their communities every day.
Delivered by Volunteering England and sponsored by Santander, the theme is “Back to Basics: Community Roots”, turning the spotlight on informal volunteering and community action.
About 63 per cent of students take part in some form of formal voluntary activity during university, with 95 per cent driven to do so out of a desire to improve things or to help people.
Volunteering also enhances employability, with half of recent graduates under the age of 30 in paid work saying that volunteering helped them secure a job.
WCF chairman Jonathan Levy said: “Volunteering is a great way of getting involved and making a difference in the community. The work of volunteers often goes unnoticed and that is why Student Volunteering Week is a great way to recognise and celebrate the work of those who are helping to improve our society.
For more information on Student Volunteering Week go to www.volunteering.org/svw
WARRINGTON Conservative Future (WCF) - the young Conservative group - is
encouraging students to get involved in their community and make a
difference through volunteering.
Students urged to volunteer
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