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Volunteering at The SU
We love connecting our community with other like-minded groups and organisations, volunteering is a brilliant way to explore your interests, meet new people, try new experiences and make a difference. We work with a range of community partners and charities to support your volunteering ambition.
Students with outstanding volunteering contribution will also be considered for the SU Awards.
We are currently working on additional incentives and rewards for volunteering.
Keep track of your hours
If you are an international student, please also be aware that there are restrictions on volunteering and voluntary work.
We are currently revisiting the Legends scheme. We will update this in due course but volunteering opportunities are live on our handshake page.
If you have any questions about volunteering, please email activities@thesu.org.uk.
Take part in one of the campaigns to support LGBTQ+ equality by writing letters to your MP, fundraising and sharing social media campaigns
Stonewall
Fundraising
Registered charities cannot donate money to other charities but Students' unions have an exemption from this rule. All charitable donations from affiliated student groups MUST be processed through the SU account and not other fundraising platforms. Don't worry - your group will still receive all the recognition for your efforts!
How to fundraise
If you are an affiliated student group you must let us know that you are fundraising, in order to be compliant with charity law. You should follow the usual event process and submit an Event Proposal Form along with a Raisely fundraising form so the SU can create your donation page. Raisely charges SU groups for using their platform, where they deduct 4% of online payments to cover payment costs. Some charities do not allow pennies to be donated so funds raised will need to be rounded to the nearest £.
You can also fundraise for your own group - the same process applies. For more information on how to get involved, contact Activities Team.
Cashless SU
We are currently operating as cashless SU, meaning we do not permit cash donations/collection buckets for fundraisers. All donations must either come through ticket sales or our card reader - please find link below to request it.
Using the card machine