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What do you get if you put 2,600 Jews in Warwick University, mix them with a whole host of differently themed presentations, lectures and discussions, and put the entire process in the hands of a few hundred volunteers? The answer is the Limmud Conference 2013. This conference, held on an annual basis, is a chance […]

Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust is an exciting new-faith based organisation working with people who find themselves in prison. We run a befriending scheme which supports them through the gate upon release. WCCT is an independent charity set up jointly by Wandsworth Prison’s multi faith chaplaincy and the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common, from […]

If you’re volunteering it’s not uncommon to ask yourself whether you can really make a difference. Volunteering can be a real challenge, and when you don’t see any obvious effects it can be downright frustrating – but just because you can’t see the results, it doesn’t mean they’re not there. Whatever your chosen charity, it […]

In one of our past blog posts, we talked about how many university students struggle with building the best possible CVs. This leads many of them to view volunteering as a requirement, or even a chore, that they need to do in order to because there is so much demand for paid starter-level jobs, or […]