
V Team is the student volunteering group of the Students' Union they 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.
2022-2023 Objectives:
- Increase participation of volunteers across all projects by generating more awareness, regularly updating the teams chat
- Work with each project to make a contribution to our community and track how we have improved.
- Relaunch the V Team on social media and raise identity on campus to increase engagement.
- Develop a framework on what a good student-led project is and ensure our projects meet it.
Check out our Instagram page, to see who are our Project Leaders.
Here are the projects which need next year’s leaders:
V Run – Organise the volunteer support for the 3 big running events of the student calendar - Santa Dash, Colour Run and Bath Half.
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 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 Whale and Dolphin Conservation charity.
V Schools – Lead volunteering with local primary schools, such as organising a Christmas party or an Easter Egg Hunt, which is always loved by children.
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 – Help collect donations for Bath’s Royal United Hospital (RUH) shoebox and food appeals or distribute Christmas/Easter card packs for volunteers to make, all for members of the community in need.
V Kind - A new project for 2023! V Kind aims to create a domino effect of wellbeing through encouraging students to volunteer to complete acts of kindness on campus and beyond.
Dr V (Doctoral students only) – Lead volunteering opportunities with other doctoral students.
V Graduate (Postgrad students only) – Organise events and volunteering opportunities for postgraduate students.