volunteering

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The volunteers who went virtual but still delivered Christmas

16 Dec 2020

When Vanessa Chuang and Olivia Taylor became student volunteers, they had no idea they’d need to re-invent their activities as a virtual programme...

The student linguist who started a pro-refugee fashion revolution

09 Nov 2020

Tiara Sahar Ataii has just been named Undergraduate of the Year for Impactful Social Action. She shares how her love of languages and exploration of...

A sewage system that ‘digests’ and ‘cooks’ human waste

10 Feb 2017

Student volunteers Susannah Duck and Izhan Khan describe working with a Tanzanian community to install a system that turns sewage into essential...

Tony Smith, volunteer naturalist, talks to students from Brislington Enterprise College

‘Moral identity’ key to charitable time giving

05 Jun 2015

Charities want your time and not just your money: new study identifies factors that lessen ‘time aversion’ in charitable giving.

The student-led initiative will set up four projects in poor, overcrowded communities in Tanzania

Cambridge students launch development initiative in Dar es Salaam

31 Jul 2014

A pioneering initiative in the slums of Dar es Salaam aims to transform student volunteering, by kick-starting locally-run initiatives in healthcare...

Outstanding audience participation at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas

07 Nov 2013

This year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas was a huge success with participation numbers up by a quarter from last year’s total of approximately 14,000...

Maths in the community

21 Sep 2012

The STIMULUS programme which sends University students out into local schools to support maths, science, technology and ICT teachers is celebrating...

Sunday's procession will see the Olympic torch travel on the River Cam

University volunteers to carry Olympic torch

06 Jul 2012

Three members of the University who have excelled in volunteering activity: Ed Roberts, Catherine Potterton and Mark Fliegauf, will be among the...

Open and transparent

18 Oct 2011

An exciting venture dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and information, the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) is creating a worldwide ecosystem of...