Do you need volunteers?

Could your organisation benefit from a student volunteer to help with a specific project or the more general running of your organisation? 

We promote volunteering opportunities for community, not-for-profit and public sector organisations. Through Active Student your opportunities will reach students who want to volunteer in addition to their studies, and students who are doing a Community Participation and Development module as a part of their course.

Why work with Active Student?

• We are committed to good practice in the recruitment and retention of volunteers.
• We aim to promote safe and supported volunteering opportunities, and will provide support and guidance to organisations if required.
• We aim to match volunteers with placements according to interests, skills and ability.
• We support students throughout a volunteering placement.
• We work in partnership with Project V, the volunteering service at University of Sussex, so any volunteering opportunity you send to Active Student will automatically be sent to Project V as well. 

Please note: we cannot guarantee that you will receive volunteers from us, but we will advertise your opportunity to our students. We do not promote internships or previously paid roles.

How to get volunteers through Active Student

To register your volunteering opportunity, please complete and return the following:

• Placement visit checklist (Word 80KB)
• Service level agreement (Word 80KB)
• Volunteering opportunity form (Word 175KB)

Once we receive the completed forms, we can start to promote your volunteering opportunity to our students. If you have any questions about any aspect of the forms, please get in touch and we can provide advice, clarification or support on how to fill out the forms for your organisation.

Placements as part of the Community Participation and Development module

If you are interested in offering voluntary placements for students completing the university's Community Participation and Development module, then please visit the Community University Parternship Programme (Cupp) website for information for community and not-for-profit organisations.

Our placement visit process

We need to ensure that our students are volunteering in placements where they will be supported, valued and kept safe. Once a student is interested in volunteering with you, we will be in contact to arrange a placement visit. In this meeting we will talk about the different ways that we can collaborate now and in future and how we can best support your organisation in volunteer recruitment.

If you have any questions contact us.