About the event
The National Student Volunteering Conference is the only event of its kind and is an excellent opportunity to join student volunteers and volunteer coordinators and staff who co-ordinate student volunteering from around 60 different universities and colleges across the country, as well as representatives from voluntary and community sector organisations.
The conference is organised in collaboration with WiSCV and Volunteering England. We’ve scheduled specialist trainers from across the sector and a team of in-house volunteering experts from Volunteering England to deliver a range of innovative, specialist training in student volunteering.
This year’s conference features;
A choice of over 40 training and development sessions, focused on development of skills for student volunteers and staff co-ordinating volunteering.
Showcase of student led projects
Facilitated networking: exchange ideas with workers and student volunteers from over 60 universities and colleges
An exhibition of not-for-profit and corporate organisations
WiSCV AGM
Student Volunteer Network activity
Gala dinner and evening entertainment…that you won’t forget!
“It has given me lots of ideas/energy for student - led projects in the future.
Great chance to network, meet new people and those who work in student volunteering. Great overall!!
“Fantastic experience. Thanks to the organisers - well done”
Delegates from Conference 2008
Who can attend?
The conference is open to all student volunteering and student services departments and community action groups no matter what the size of the group, or the length of time you have been established. Delegates may be members of staff, volunteers, committee members or sabbatical officers with a remit for developing student volunteering.
The conference is open to both new and experienced staff, but we would encourage groups to send staff who have not previously attended. In the case of student volunteers, we strongly recommend that you send those who have not previously had the opportunity to attend. As a guide, groups tend to book around eight student places.
Training workshops
This year all workshops will be open to all delegates. Workshops will be split into beginners, intermediate and advanced categories. Further information on these levels will be available once the training schedule is released.
All workshops must be chosen at the time of booking and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Delegate Fees
All delegate fees include VAT.
All delegates will be provided with single bedrooms.
- Student weekend rate - £235
- Paid Staff members weekend rate- £255
- Private/Public sector/Voluntary organisation/s - £350
- Day delegate rate- £140 (Friday or Saturday)
(no accommodation is provided for day delegates)
The price covers all meals, gala dinner, accommodation, workshop materials and delegate pack.
How to book
Bookings will open in December. Please keep checking here for further information.
Deliver a workshop
If you are interested in sharing your experience and knowledge, and learning more about the student volunteering sector in return, please e-mail svevents@volunteeringengland.org for a list of topics that we are looking to cover.
Please email svevents@volunteeringengland.org for general queries and booking information.
Booking Procedures
Bookings for Conference 2009 will only be secured when we have received payment, workshop choices and a Delegate Registration Form for each delegate.
Further information will be available in December.
