Welcome to Volunteering

Sheffield Volunteering helps students to make an impact in our city through community volunteering. Join our friendly volunteering family of over 2,200 students and staff sharing their time, skills and enthusiasm with the Sheffield community. Develop your skills, discover your city and make fantastic new friends along the way!

Featured Opportunities:

Join the Clubbing Crew!

Clubbing Crew project is for adults with mild to moderate learning disabilities and aims to improve the social interaction opportunities for the participating adults. Volunteers provide support so everyone enjoys a fun night out that they may not usually experience. Training Monday 21st Oct (6-8pm). Sign up in the Office

Volunteer with Older People, Guildford Grange

The Guildford Grange project combats loneliness and creates friendship through arts, crafts and games for older people in a local residential home. Training is Tuesday 22nd October 6pm. Sign up in the Volunteering Office

Help children on the Autistic spectrum with computer activities!

As a Computer Club volunteer you will provide one-to-one support to children and their siblings. Gain teaching experience and lots of skills! Training Saturday 26th October or 9th November. Sign up in the Volunteering Office

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Student volunteers are being celebrated in a series of films, produced by the University's digital media team.

More than 2,000 students from the University of Sheffield dedicate their time to causes and organisations in the city.

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Students’ Union give students the opportunity to give back to the local community and make a positive impact. Student volunteers have worked on a range of projects, from assisting mental health charities to preparing and serving meals to the homeless.

We hope you are inspired by these students and volunteer in your city too!

'Can you spare some change mate?'

We’ve all experienced it. Around the University campus, in the city centre or anywhere in between, if you’re a Sheffield student it’s likely you will have been approached by people begging for money. Sheffield students are generous, and want to help - but is giving money on the street the best way to do that?

Causes in our city Read the article

Tom leads the way to welcome asylum seekers

'I feel priviledged to have met people from all over the world'

Medical student Tom is determined to tackle the challenges that face asylum seekers and refugees who are making a new home in Sheffield. Read on to discover how his Global Community Basketball project uses the universal language of sport to create a fun and welcoming space for some of the most disadvantaged members of our community.

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