Welcome to Volunteering

Sheffield Volunteering helps students to make an impact in our city through community volunteering. Join our friendly volunteering family of over 2,000 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!
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Refugee Week

Refugee Week (14-20 June) is an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees, and the theme for 2021 is ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’. Here are some ways you can get involved.

Moving out? Give your unwanted items a new home!

Are you moving out of your Sheffield accommodation over the next few weeks? Have clothes, homewares, books or other items you no longer need? Don't throw them out, donate them to a good cause!

Give Volunteering A Go! (GIAG)

Would you like a break from revision and studying? Want to do something fun with friends? Join a one-off volunteering activity with other students! At each of the GIAG taster sessions you can try something new, see more of the city and gain new skills.

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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?

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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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