Provide Volunteering - The home for QMSU Volunteering
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Find out what opportunities we have available, coming up or suggest new ones; or find out how you can use volunteering to best develop your skills or career! Just drop in for a chat!
Provide Volunteering is the home for Volunteers at Queen Mary, University of London and Barts and the London Medical School.We offer QM and BL students the opportunity to get involved in the local community, with charities and organisations in Tower Hamlets, and across London. Opportunities range from one-off volunteering opportunities through Community Action Days to large selection of regular placements with over 450 opportunities currently listed. There are also student-led projects to volunteer with, set-up and entirely led by students, including the READ Book Project London East, SIFE, YELP and Aspire.
Why Volunteer?
- Develop or learn new Skills
- Enjoy new experiences and have fun!
- Make a difference in the local community
- Improve your employability
"We believe young people if supported can realise their dreams and make a positive contribution to society and volunteering is the perfect way to make this happen. Never has this been more important than now with unemployment soaring especially for the young population."
Nigel Trood.
CEO, Red Bull
In a Time Bank Survey it stated that: When recruiting, 80% of employers value volunteering on a CV. And 84% of those responsible for hiring agree that volunteering is a way to help people find work. Over 70% of employers believe that those who volunteer have a better chance of earning a higher salary and gaining promotion. But don't take our word for it, here's what some businesses had to say about Volunteering:
"As an employer, I'm always keen to look for things in people outside the ordinary. Exam results are important of course, but we're also looking for other skills and other attributes. If somebody has volunteering on their CV, they are more likely to be attractive to potential employers."
Peter Bull,
Senior Executive, HSBC
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