Planned Closure of Service
In line with our new strategy, and a reduced staffing team following a restructure, from 1st August 2024 we will no longer be providing our volunteering brokerage service. We are instead focusing on embedding a community organising approach across all of our work, both on campus and in the communities where our students live, with the aim of tackling some of the root causes of issues that students face.
What this means in practice is that our online module where organisations can post volunteering opportunities for students to be matched to, will not exist after the 1st August. We understand that this provision may have been a useful source of student volunteers for your organisation, however during our review of our services we have considered whether similar provision is available elsewhere. We feel that organisations such as Voluntary Action Leeds are likely to be able to promote volunteering opportunities to students, and Leeds Beckett University have also indicated that they might be able to help with this. We will continue to signpost students to other places that they can find volunteering opportunities if they approach us about this.
We would like to thank you for the opportunities you have provided to students to gain experience and make valuable contributions to your work. If you have any questions, please contact LBSU-Welcome@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.