Current Projects

Student-Led Volunteering Projects

Student-led volunteering projects are volunteering projects run by students, for students! There are plenty of projects ready to volunteer in, or, you can set up your own. Projects are delivered by Volunteer Project Coordinators, who are recruited, trained and supported by UoC Volunteering. Project Coordinators also recruit and manage the student volunteers for their project.

Have a look at some of the projects our students are currently running: 

 

Chester Student Dog Walkers                   

Are you interested in animal welfare? Do you have experience of dog walking?

Chester Student Dog Walkers provide support to members of the community who own dogs but are unable to walk them on a regular basis due to medical reasons, illness or injury. Student volunteers provide a free dog walking service on a regular basis, based on enquiries from the community.

Volunteers will work in pairs, picking up the dogs from their owners at an agreed day and time each week. The project aims to ensure that the dogs are kept healthy by regular walks and to help members of the community who can no longer walk their dogs.

Watch this short video from the Project Coordinators to find out a bit more about the project.

studentdogwalkers@chester.ac.uk   

 

Hedgehog Friendly Campus     

The Hedgehog Friendly Campus project is supported by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and aims to make university campuses a safe and attractive site for hedgehogs. Activities can include building hedgehog houses, keeping feeding stations topped up and organising litter picks. Hedgehogs are officially classified as vulnerable to extinction so the project aims to make university spaces hedgehog friendly, as well as give people the tools to make their own spaces hedgehog friendly.

Email: hedgehogs@chester.ac.uk