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!
Vision:
That the University of Bath has a culture of volunteering enabling students to engage with meaningful opportunities and contribute to their local community.
Aim:
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:
V Aware - Raising awareness for FearFree to educate on domestic abuse, healthy relationships and how to get support. (If you have an idea for an awareness campaign you would like to lead please get in touch)
V Clean – Coordinate events aimed at keeping our community clean such as city litter picks with the Student Community Partnership, or a beach clean day out with the Marine Conservation Society
V Code – In collaboration with Mighty Girls, support girls to consider a career in tech and STEM subjects by teaching them how to code.
V Collect – Collect donations for Bath’s Royal United Hospital (RUH) shoebox and food appeals, and distribute Christmas/Easter card packs for volunteers to make, all for members of the community in need.
V Eco - A 6 week project to empower a group to learn more about making eco friendly changes in their community following the EcoTogether workshops
V Kind -V Kind aims to create a domino effect of wellbeing through encouraging students to volunteer to complete acts of kindness on campus and beyond.
V Nature – Run volunteering sessions in the outdoors, such as planting tree saplings and conserving the parks in Bath, often in partnership with More Trees BANES
V Repair – Help host Repair Cafes with Share and Repair to increase sustainability within the university by having staff and students bring broken items to be repaired free of charge.
V Run – Organise the volunteer support for the 3 big running events of the student calendar - Santa Dash, Colour Run and Bath Half.
V Schools – Volunteering at local primary schools, such as organising a Christmas party or an Easter Egg Hunt, and setting up a planting project for 2024.
V Wildlife - A project encompassing all aspects of biodiversity on campus and hosting wildlife based events
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