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We support all Cardiff Met students by offering projects to get involved with in our growing city. With our projects, we aim to increase awareness of local community issues, with you working alongside having a positive impact. It’s a real chance to meet new and likeminded people and to work alongside them on these projects. There is always something to get involved with in, whether short-term or long-term, so please call in to the SU offices in Llandaff or Cyncoed to find out more.
Maddy Sims - msims@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Student Volunteering Cardiff (SVC)
Cardiff Met SU also works with SVC in order to link their fantastic range of volunteer projects to Cardiff Met students. Their volunteers work with:
• Homeless people
• Children and young people
• Those with disabilities
• The environment
Here is a list of their current projects:
Children and Youth:
Greenhill School - At Greenhill, volunteers support pupils with social, emotional and behavioural dicciculties who are aged 11-16 to take part in classroom activities.
Home and Away - Home and Away is a befriending project where you'll work in pairs to organise fun activities for children and young people aged 5-18 with physical and/ or learning disabilities.
Adults with Disabilities and/or Mental Health Conditions:
Crafty Creatures - Crafty activites for adults with learning/ physical difficulties and/ or mental health conditions.
Fantastic 4 Party Planners - Fantastic 4 is an exciting project to help organise and run parties for adults with disabilities and mental health conditions.
Field Days Organic -The Field Days Organic Project provides skills and education for adults with learning disabilties where volunteers help out each week.
Fun Days -Volunteers help to run fun day trips once every 2 months for adults with disabilities and / or mental health conditions.
Green Days - Volunteers will support people with learning disabilties to gain skills and experience by getting involved in conservation and volunteering.
Supported Living Befriending Project - Volunteers work alongside Support staff to support adults with learning disabilities to own or rent thier own home and make choices about how they live their lives.
Womanby's Clubbing - Womanby’s is a club night for adults with disabilities and mental health conditions which runs monthly. As a volunteer you will befriend beneficiaries and support them at the club to dance and have a good night.
Community and the Environment:
Chronicle - Researching history of volunteering in Cardiff from 1914 to 2014.
Watch - WATCH is a befriending and support project for adults in Cardiff whom are homeless.
For more information, please get in touch with SVC: generalenquiries@svcardiff.org
Visit their webpage: http://www.svcardiff.org/
Student action for refugees (STAR)
We are looking for students to volunteer at weekl
y sessions at Oasis Cardiff which supports refugees and asylum seekers living in Cardiff. The aim of the sessions are to help the refugees integrate into British society and to run an informal and basic English conversation club for those at the centre who wish to improve their English. The project would work as part of the national STAR (Student Action for Refugees) network of student groups working to improve the lives of refugees living in the U.K.
The project runs every Tuesday in term time from 18:00-20:00 at Oasis Cardiff.
This would be a great opportunity for aspiring teachers, those with a particular interest in supporting refugees and the local community or anyone wanting to develop their skills and employability.
If you would like take part, please email Amy: acampbell@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Environmental Champions
Environmental Champions is a made of up volunteers who simply work together to improve their local community and environment. The group works on a variety of projects focusing on waste and recycling, food waste, housing and energy efficiency, sustainable travel, community growing, fair-trade, environmental tasks and much more.
Environmental Champions is a partnership project between Cardiff Digs, Student Volunteering Cardiff, Cardiff Metropolitan Students’ Union, Cardiff Volunteering and Cardiff Students’ Union. The project is supported by a wide range of organisations including South Wales Police, City of Cardiff Council, Sustrans, Keep Wales Tidy, Fairtrade Cardiff and many more.
We ask those who join the group to commit to volunteering on the project for at least 10 hours per term.
To join the group, please email: environmental.champions@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Cardiff Met Community garden
Cardiff Met’s brand new community gardens project needs you!
If you’re interested in gardening, getting involved in sustainable and environmental projects, or just want an excuse to meet new people and spend some time outside, then the Cardiff Met Community Garden might just be the thing for you.
The community gardens project is open to all staff and students and will see existing ‘plantable’ on-campus areas transformed into productive gardens. The team leading the project is looking for people to help nurture both a physic garden and a vegetable garden, and develop new and exciting projects based on the garden and its products.
The project is looking for student reps to join the tram managing the garden as well as general volunteers. To find out more about the project, or to join the mailing list, please contact Jen Evans on jmevans@cardiffmet.ac.uk. You can also follow the project on Twitter: @CMetGardens
Sport cardiff VSB
The Sport Cardiff VSB is an online volunteer bureau making volunteer opportunities in sport as accessible as possible.
Coordinated by Sport Cardiff — a partnership between Cardiff Metropolitan University, the City of Cardiff Council, and Sport Wales – the VSB is a legacy of the London 2012 Games and links those who want to volunteer with organisations wanting volunteers.
Cardiff’s vision is to be a world-class Capital for sport. This cannot be achieved without the dedication, energy, and skills of a volunteer workforce making sport tick right through from the grass-roots to major events.
If you’re thinking about volunteering then getting involved has never been easier – now you can search a wide range of voluntary opportunities in sport across Cardiff, and sign-up at the click of a button! To get involved simply register with the Sport Cardiff VSB today and click here: https://sport-cardiff-vsb.com/index.htm
If you would like to volunteer but don't think you have time to make a regular commitment then one-off projects could be more suited to you. In the past, we have done a beach clean and transformed a primary school outdoor area.
