Here are 10 ways you can give back to your community this winter through volunteering!
We all know that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you do something nice for someone else in the community, but did you know there are so many other benefits of volunteering?
As a Uni student, it’s only natural to be thinking about ways to build your career and future. Volunteering can enhance your employability, as well as create new connections and friendships along the way. Studies have also shown volunteering can make us healthier, happier and can even improve self-esteem and our professional and inter-personal skills!
The best thing about volunteering is that you can pick and choose as many or as little opportunities as you like, to suit your interests. Whether it’s helping out in a community garden, assisting with an event on campus at UQ or even helping cook at a community kitchen, there really is a volunteer opportunity to suit everyone!
As a starting point, we’ve compiled the below list of 10 Ways You Can Give back to your Community this Winter through volunteering. Don’t forget to join our UQ Get Involved program to be informed of volunteering, mentoring and student representation opportunities you can participate in throughout the year!
Have any questions? Contact the Get Involved team at getinvolved@uq.edu.au
10 ways to give back
9. Join up with Volunteer Queensland's "Re-engaging Volunteers into Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) Program"
The Re-engaging Volunteers into Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) Program has been established to provide time-limited non-clinical support to older people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), and to re-engage volunteers with the aged care sector. The Australian Government is seeking to ease social isolation, loneliness, and other mental health pressures experienced by aged care residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find out more information via the website.
How to register: To register, fill out the online application form.