Publications

• Student Volunteers: A National Profile

To celebrate Student Volunteering Week 2010 (22-28 February), Volunteering England commissioned a piece of research to increase knowledge and information about students volunteering in the UK.

Using Futuretrack data, Volunteering England’s Student Volunteers: A National Profile provides an analysis of student volunteering at UK Higher Education Institutions.

• Assessing the impact of volunteering on the Further Education sector This is research we conducted on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council to measure the impact of Colleges setting up student volunteering on their institutions.
• Making a Difference: FE A pack for new volunteering groups in further education.
• Making a Difference: HE A pack for new volunteering groups in higher education.
• Making it Happen A guide for small organisations on how to involve student volunteers.
• Raising skills and improving life chances through volunteering This is a practical toolkit for Further Education Colleges wishing to set up or continue to develop their student volunteering provision.
• The Art of Crazy Paving - An updated edition of this popular title. The publication that helps you identify and create the best volunteering opportunities for you, and effectively articulate the value of your volunteering experience.
• The Employability Benefits of Student Volunteering: A Media Toolkitis a toolkit for volunteer coordinators. It contains tips on approaching and using the media to publicise student volunteering as well as student case studies, quotes from employers, extracts from government reports and some eye opening facts and figures. To download a copy please click on the icon.
• The National Survey 2003 Research on Student Volunteers in 2003.

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