Student Volunteering Week is a national week, led by the Student Volunteering Network, which takes place across the UK. Universities and schools across the country step up to take part in the week, organising opportunities or events to encourage their students to volunteer and help their local communities. As part of National Student Volunteering Week at Teesside, we are holding a Volunteering Fair on Tuesday 13 February – 11.00 – 1.30 pm, Ground Floor SLB.

We are delighted to have the following organisations attending the Volunteering Fair so please, pop along, chat to the organisations and find out more about their opportunities that they currently have available.

RDA Unicorn Centre

The Unicorn Centre, a registered charity, is a purpose-built riding for the disabled facility which offers riding therapy and learning and training opportunities for over 150 disabled adults and children from the Tees Valley area each week. Opened in 1998, the Centre has become an established part of the local community, with a strong contingent of local volunteers who assist with riding lessons each week. The Centre works across the spectrum of disabilities, age range, social status, and environments. Our focus is to ensure that everyone is given the chance to derive a direct therapeutic benefit and the opportunity to achieve their full potential. The Unicorn Centre is a natural fit for volunteers who have experience in horses and ponies but there are lots of different tasks to be done – many of which do not involve horses.   Commitment and a can-do attitude, willing to get involved with all aspects of the Centre.  

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/23763

FareShare Northeast

We work in partnership with the UK's largest food redistribution charity, FareShare UK, to source and redistribute quality, good-to-eat surplus food, which would otherwise have gone to waste. We are fighting hunger and tackling food waste one step at a time by turning an environmental problem into a social solution. As well as the food, the organisations we supply provide vital support to those who are vulnerable and facing economic hardship.

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/85986

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/85985

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/85973

Peer Talk

Peer Talk is a national mental health charity-supporting people with feelings of depression and anxiety. Our forums enable people to meet others who are going through similar life issues. We advocate respect, we are non-judgmental, and we do not offer advice-we are not counsellors, we are listeners...

https://voluntees.co.uk/organisation/90863

Billingham Synthonia FC

We are a Northern League Division Two Club playing at Step 6. Home games are currently in Stokesley but we are progressing in our mission to get back to Billingham. We are celebrating our 100th year as a club and are welcoming volunteers from all walks of life to come aboard and help the club progress.

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/86684

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/91422

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/91421

Cleveland Police Volunteers

The Cleveland Police area covers approximately 230 square miles and has a population of around 560,000 people. The force was formed in 1974 as the successor to the Teesside Constabulary and the York and Northeast Yorkshire Police. It also took over part of Durham Constabulary. The force area is the country's second smallest geographically. All our staff, officers and volunteers are expected to always adhere to the strictest of standards at all times. 

https://voluntees.co.uk/organisation/78229

Roseberry Community Consortium

Roseberry Community provides education, support, and outreach activities to disadvantaged groups of young people across the Tees Valley region. We focus on music, singing and dancing, keep fit, neurodiversity, anti-bullying techniques, martial arts, and revision classes for school curriculum. We have over 150 young people and children every month joining our activities and session. We are looking for volunteers who can give time to help and support running the charity. 

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/87145

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/86929

Locomotion Museum

Visit us in Shildon, County Durham and you can marvel at iconic locomotives and  watch engineering work in progress in the Workshop. Open all year around we attract around 200,000 visitors a year and thousands of school groups. We host large family events and major touring exhibits. We are currently looking for engaging, friendly and reliable volunteers to help inspire the next generation.

https://voluntees.co.uk/organisation/22693

Heugh Battery Museum

The Heugh Battery Museum tells the story of the Bombardment of the Hartlepool’s, which took place on Wednesday 16th December 1914, when the guns of the Heugh Battery and neighbouring Lighthouse Battery were engaged in ship-to-shore combat with the German navy. We are currently looking to recruit friendly volunteers to be on hand to help visitors understand more about the objects on display.

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/81518

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/81523

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/81524

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/81525

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/81526

TU Global

The team create opportunities for international engagement, whether that is studying with us here at Teesside University, through TNE across the globe or by engaging in our extensive student mobility activities. Internationalisation is at the heart of Teesside University, and we are proud to advance this agenda through our activity. Our people are our greatest asset; they are smart, funny, clever, innovative, and experienced. Feel free to contact us anytime at TUGlobal@tees.ac.uk. 

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/91383

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/91239

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/91222

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/89672

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/90357

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/89674

British Heart Foundation Fundraising Group

We’re looking for a group of passionate, driven, and altruistic students to be the voice of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in Teesside and be the first student fundraising group we have in the area. Our fundraising groups are at the heart of everything we do. With the funds they have raised and the support they have given, they have helped keep millions of hearts beating and had a hand in breakthroughs that have transformed our world.

https://voluntees.co.uk/opportunity/79643

Environmental Research Society

A student-led group whose goal is to raise awareness and engagement regarding the most pressing  environmental challenges and provide solutions and leadership for the adaptation ad mitigation of climate change. We believe that students have a critical role to play is addressing environmental challenges and shaping a more sustainable future. We are dedicated to empowering ourselves with the knowledge, skills and resources needed to drive research and education efforts that make a real impact.