V Team is the student volunteering group of the Students' Union. We are committed to providing a range of different ways to get involved in volunteering with the local and wider community.

It's FREE to join!

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Newsflash
V Team Project Leader spaces are still available

We need you! If you'd love to lead volunteering activites across the 2024-25 academic year (as many or as few as you like) in an area you feel passionate about, get in touch!

Email vteam@bath.ac.uk to let them know which of these projects you're interested in:
V Eco, V Graduate, Dr.V, V Kind, V Pizza, V Run
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V Team's vision

The University of Bath has a culture of volunteering, enabling students to engage with meaningful opportunities and contribute to their local community. Volunteerting also gives students CV-boosting skills and contributes to positive mental wellbeing.  

V Team's aim is to build relationships between students and local residents through compassionate, inclusive and sustainable projects that focus on improving the lives of those around us. 

Here are our amazing project groups for the 2024-25 academic year:

Sustainability

  • V Clean – Runs city litter picks with the Student Community Partnership and an annual beach clean day out with the Marine Conservation Society.
  • V Collect – Helps collect donations for food appeals and run Christmas/Easter card making sessions for members of the community in need.
  • V Repair – Hosts Repair Cafes with local partner Share and Repair for students and staff to bring broken items to be repaired. Donations welcome!
  • V Eco – Empower students to make eco-friendly changes in their community by following the 6 week EcoTogether workshops.

Wellbeing

  • V Aware – Raises awareness of important causes. If you have an idea for an awareness campaign you would like to share please get in touch.
  • V Run – Organises the volunteer support for the main running events of the year - Santa Dash on campus and Bath Half in the city centre.
  • V Pizza - Support mens wellbeing by running activites that create a relaxed environment for men to get together with a hands-on activity, pizza and chat. 
  • V Kind – Encourage a domino effect of wellbeing through acts of kindness on campus & beyond. 

Education

  • V Code – Supports girls to consider a career in tech and STEM subjects by teaching them how to code. Works in collaboration with Mighty Girls.
  • V Graduate / Dr V - Working with postgraduates and doctoral students on bespoke volunteering opportunities for postgraduate students  
  • V Schools – Coordinates volunteering at local primary schools, such as improving play areas or running interactive sessions for children in collaboration with University student drama and music groups.

Nature

  • V Parks – regular activities with local charity Your Park, clearing, planting and seed collecting
  • V Trees – Working with charity partner MoreTrees BANES & Avon Needs Trees to grow saplings, plant them and prepare trees for winter
  • V Wildlife – Runs biodiversity and wildlife sessions on campus and locally, often partnering with charities like Hedgehog Friendly Campus and Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields 




Last years' 2023-2024 projects

 

Products and Events 

Tue 15th October

Repair Cafe
15th October 11am - 22nd October 3pm
Ground Floor Foyer, SU building
Does your faulty toaster need fixing? Favourite pair of jeans coming apart? Mend it don’t end it!
Sustainability | Fundraising | Student Group | Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Learn

Tue 22nd October

How To: Hand-Sew Workshop
1pm - 3pm
The Edge, Arts Studio, Level 2
Join our hand sewing skills workshop and learn from Share and Repair volunteers!
Arts | Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Learn | Sustainability | Free

Thu 24th October

Dough Bros Pizza Club
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Esther Parkin
A new project for V Team this year - Dough Bros is a relaxed pizza making event for men, to connect, chat & learn how to make pizza in a gas fired oven. Oh, and eat pizza of course!
Student Group | Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Connect | Free

Mon 18th November

Dough Bros - Movember Edition
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Esther Parkin
A new project for V Team this year - Dough Bros is a relaxed pizza making event for men, to connect, chat & learn how to make pizza in a gas fired oven. Oh, and eat pizza of course!
Student Group | Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Connect | Free

Thu 21st November

Repair Cafe
11am - 3pm
Ground Floor Foyer, SU building
Student Group | Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Learn | Sustainability

Thu 13th February

Repair Cafe
11am - 3pm
Ground Floor Foyer, SU building
Does your faulty toaster need fixing? Favourite pair of jeans coming apart? Mend it don’t end it!
Student Group | Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Learn | Sustainability

Wed 12th March

Repair Cafe
11am - 3pm
Ground Floor Foyer, SU building
Does your faulty toaster need fixing? Favourite pair of jeans coming apart? Mend it don’t end it!
Wellbeing - Learn | Sustainability | Student Group | Volunteering Event

Wed 23rd April

Repair Cafe
11am - 3pm
Ground Floor Foyer, SU building
Does your faulty toaster need fixing? Favourite pair of jeans coming apart? Mend it don’t end it!
Volunteering Event | Wellbeing - Learn | Sustainability | Student Group