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Student
Action
Project
Summary
2016/17
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Homeless Outreach
DBS check required? Yes.
Brief description: Student
leaders go out onto the
streets in pairs to engage with
homeless people, with the aim of
signposting them into services which can offer specialist,
long-term support. They record all interactions with people, following
these up with services and other volunteers. This year we are working in
partnership with local charity Mancunian Way, which runs a very similar
project called Change4Good.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Volunteers are required to make a
weekly commitment of around three hours. This includes going out onto the
street, recording and sharing information, and following actions up with
services and other volunteers.
Contact:
o Outreach Projects Coordinator, Hannah Featherstone:
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Women’s Projects
DBS check required? Yes.
Brief Description: For several years, student
leaders and volunteers have been going
along to a local women’s shelter/temporary
accommodation centre to cook for the
women staying there. However, the centre
will closed from July 22nd 2016 for six months
for a refurb.
In light of this, a new SA project is being
set up at the Burkhart Centre in
Fallowfield, which is a community centre
joined to supported housing for women who have
mental health issues.
The hope is that both projects will run after Christmas, when the shelter
reopens.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Project Leaders are required to
make a weekly commitment of 2 – 3 hours. Sessions will run during the day –
afternoons.
Useful contacts:
o Women’s Project Coordinator on the SA Committee:
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Willowbank Project
DBS check required? Yes.
Brief Description: Volunteers run activity sessions for children, young people
and families staying at the Willowbank temporary accommodation centre in
Fallowfield.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Weekly commitment required on a
weekday or weekend.
Useful contact:
o Children & Young People Projects
Coordinator, Andreea
Avramescu:
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Conversation Club for Asylum Seekers & Refugees
DBS check required? No.
Brief Description: Volunteers go
weekly to a church in
Stockport, to deliver English
language sessions for asylum
seekers and refugees. The club
is a drop-in service so the
attendees vary weekly, and
their abilities are very mixed.
The club is run in partnership
with STAR (Student Action for
Refugees) who run ongoing
training for project leaders and volunteers.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Project Leaders are required to
make a weekly commitment for 2 hours on a Saturday.
Useful contacts:
o Educational Projects Coordinators, Anas Alsakkal and Yasmin Mannan:
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People with People & the
Ladybarn Project
DBS check required? Yes.
Brief Description: Student leaders and
volunteers run weekly evening activities
sessions for adults who have disabilities.
Sessions include activities like watching a
film, making smoothies or arts and crafts.
Sometimes the activities will be outside of the SU; groups might
go for meals, go bowling, go to a disco, etc.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Weekly commitment required.
One evening per week approximately 5.00 – 10.30pm
Useful contacts:
o Accessibility Projects Coordinators, Sally Waddington & Serena Cobb:
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Intergenerational Projects – Parties & Film
Afternoons
DBS check required? Yes for Project Leaders, no for volunteers.
Brief Description: Project Leaders organise themed parties 4 times per year in
the SU bar, with the help of around 15 additional volunteers on the day.
Approximately 60 older people usually attend and the event runs from 12 –
4pm.
Film afternoons happen monthly. These
happen in SU meeting rooms and
usually 15 – 30 guests will attend.
When does the project run? We will
advertise new opportunities when
they become available on the
Volunteer Hub. Parties run 4 times per
year – Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s
Day and Spring Fling. Film afternoons happen
around once per month.
Useful contacts:
o Intergenerational Projects Coordinator on the SA
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Incredible Edible
DBS check required? No.
Brief Description: Project Leaders and volunteers
look after two community gardens in Fallowfield,
growing fruit and veg which any members of the
public are allowed to take from the plots. It is a
council scheme to make use of disused land,
which SA started a branch of this year.
When does the project run? We will advertise new
opportunities when they become available on the
Volunteer Hub. Project Leaders work out between
themselves when they are going to tend the plots
and create a timetable.
Useful contacts:
o Environmental Projects Coordinator, Jenny Jackson:
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Biko Bikes
DBS check required? No.
Brief Description: Volunteers identify
‘left’ bikes around campus, then do
them up in their workshop and rent
them out to students for £1 per week.
When does the project run? We will
advertise new opportunities when
they become available on the
Volunteer Hub. New opening times
will be set for September.
Useful contacts:
o Environmental Projects Coordinator, Jenny Jackson:
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The Closet
DBS check required? No.
Brief Description: The Closet is a
student-run charity shop, based in the
building in between the SU and
Academy 1 (Room 9 and 3/4.) All
proceeds go to Mind mental health
charity.
The Closet has run some very
successful events in the past year, most notably their Missguided x The Closet
sample sale – through selling clothes donated by Missguided (and some
brilliant advertising) the shop raised over £10,000 for Mind in five days.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Opening times and events info can
be found on their Facebook page.
Useful contacts:
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Breakout
DBS check required? Yes.
Brief Description: Breakout is a 3
– 5 day activities club for around
ten children aged 8 – 11 from a
local Primary School. Volunteers
plan activities; this year these
included visiting MOSI, playing
games at the SU, going to SeaLife, the Zoo and
Lazer Quest.
Breakout is really special for the kids who come along. For many of them it is a
holiday, during which they get to do lots of things they might not usually get
to do.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Usually during Easter break, at a
point where school and uni breaks cross over.
Useful contacts:
o Children and Young People Projects Coordinator and Breakout PL,
Andreea Avramescu: [email protected].
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Time of the Month Campaign
DBS check required? No
Brief description: TOTM aims to raise
awareness of the fact that sanitary
products are expensive and therefore
often inaccessible for women who are
homeless. There is a collection bin in the
SU foyer for people to donate sanitary
products. Last year a lot of fundraising for
women’s charities happened, mainly
through selling themed cupcakes.
Useful contacts:
o Message the Facebook page for more info.
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Minibus Drivers
DBS check required? Yes and no
depending on the project.
Brief Description: Volunteer
minibus drivers are crucial for
many of our projects to run. If you
are aged 21 or older and have
held a UK drivers licence for 2 or
more years, you’re eligible to
complete a short minibus
assessment to become a
volunteer minibus driver.
When does the project run? We will advertise new opportunities when they
become available on the Volunteer Hub. Project dependent, this can be a
one off or regular commitment.
Useful contacts:
o Email Marie and Maddy on [email protected]
