► Benefits of Volunteering

At CUSU Volunteering and Employability, we believe there to be loads of reasons why you should volunteer. So instead of us telling you why you should volunteer, we have taken some figures from a recent timebank survey of empolyer's attitudes to volunteering, we think it says more than we can!
 
  • 94% of employers believe volunteering activities improve skills.
 
  • 94% of employees who volunteered developed their careers by improving their salary or being promoted.
 
  • 73% of employers would employ a candidate with volunteering experience over one without.
 

Benefits of volunteering

Volunteering is a great way to develop key transferable skills, enhance your CV, gain relevant work experience and test out potential career paths.
 
We will reward your efforts with a Certificate of Recognition and V Awards. Please note that to claim your certificates, you must return your volunteering time sheet to the Volunteering and Employability office.
 
We have a proven record in supporting and placing volunteers. During academic year 2009/10 we had over 1200 registered volunteers and over 1000 active student placements in over 150 community organisations and schools.
We believe volunteering through us is fun, rewarding and opens a world of new opportunities up to you. Our past volunteers agree with us too, just see for yourself the results from our 2009/10 evaluation survey!
 

  • 93% of our volunteers believed they developed new skills and have become more employable.

  • 94% of our volunteers enjoyed being a volunteer with us. 

  • 93% of our volunteers would recommend volunteering with us to their friends.

 

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