D and S Projects

This year Hallam Volunteering is teaming up with the faculty of Development and Society to offer students a new and unique volunteering opportunity. The one off days will be aimed at encouraging students who do not normally volunteer with us to get involved!

The faculty are investing in Hallam Volunteering and this will enable students to increase their skills base by offering unique and tailored volunteering opportunities on their doorstep, in their neighbourhood such as the Peaks! The investment from the faculty has increased the flexibility and appeal of Hallam Volunteering to more students.

Peak District Conservation (Feb 2010)

At the Peak Park Conservation Volunteers (PPCV), there is no age and experience limit - anyone is welcome to take part in conservation projects within the Peak District National Park.

Volunteers will take part in a wide variety of activities that are normally performed by the National Park's staff, local professionals or outside contractors - giving students real experience. The activities will include:

Footpath construction and repair;

Stile, step and footbridge building;

Fencing, walling, hedge laying and tree planting;

Nature reserve management and habitat protection;

Erosion control, drainage and pond clearance.

This project can offer you the opportunity to experience the environment first hand. The aim of Hallam Volunteering is to provide students with a placement based project, which may be more appealing and more applicable to Built Environment students.

Come and lend a hand to Hallam Volunteering!

Distinctive Sharrow Project (February and March 2010)

The 'Distinctive Sharrow' project is an innovative new opportunity for students to focus on the perceptions and utilisations of space. It aims to help you and others alter spaces and places in Sharrow on a small or large scale by influencing development projects.

The first event will aim to look at the empty shops on London Road and investigate what can be done with the empty space. The second will be an art trail to alter people's perceptions of this area as a pedestrian. These projects look set to be popular and lend themselves to those studying Surveying or Architecture based degrees.

ACES projects

Lantern Carnival (March 2010)

This coming March there is a fantastic opportunity to take part in the Sharrow Lantern Carnival. On 13th, 20th and 27th March volunteers can work with local art facilitators and the local community in workshops to produce handmade lanterns. These lanterns will then form part of a procession in April through the streets of Netheredge/Sharrow, ending in a big celebration in Mount Pleasant Park. This project would ideally suit students on courses in the ACES faculty such as Contemporary Art, Creative Art Practices, Contemporary Fine Art and Contemporary Media Art giving these students a great chance to illuminate you individual creativity!

How can you benefit?

Looks great on the CV as the evidence of getting extra skills;

Fun and useful experience for those studying relevant degrees.