Further Investment in Student Volunteering at LIT Voluntary Fair 2018

Pictured at the launch of the LIT Voluntary Fair 2018 event were LIT Give Volunteers, Rachel Leonard, Luke Hogan and Shannon Walsh. Picture: Alan Place.

Further Investment in Student Volunteering at LIT Voluntary Fair 2018

Pictured at the launch of the event were, Prof. Vincent Cunnane, President LIT and LIT Give Volunteer Luke Hogan. Picture: Alan Place.

Students at Limerick Institute of Technology have enhanced their commitment to volunteerism both on campus and in the community as the third level institution announces its membership of studentvolunteer.ie.

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Studentvolunteer.ie is a brand new one-stop-shop portal which opens students to countless volunteering opportunities with many civil society organisations (CSOs). 

The launch of LIT’s membership of the volunteering website was held in conjunction with the annual LIT Voluntary Fair which saw more than 15 organisations recruiting student volunteers on the Moylish Campus this Wednesday, April 11, 2018.

Students at LIT are no stranger to volunteerism as they have already contributed more than 9,000 hours of voluntary work both on and off campus.

LIT Access Officer Anna Murphy noted that students have engaged in volunteer work for the past decade through the GIVE (Guided Initiative in Voluntary Engagement) project which was established in LIT during the 2007/2008 academic year.

Pictured at the launch of the event were, Sarah Dineen, SVP, LIT Give Volunteer Jade Foynes and Suzanne Roche, SVP. Picture: Alan Place

“GIVE encourages students to engage in voluntary activities under the guidance of the Access Service. The

LIT GIVE project benefits both the community and the volunteers by combining a service experience with a learning and development experience,” she said.

“Students have volunteered with on-campus initiatives such as the Go4IT programme, Skills @ Work programme and the Leaders@LIT scholarship programme. While off campus some of the organisation’s students have volunteered with include Northside Family Resource Centre, Limerick Youth Service, Milford Hospice, Corpus Christi NS, among others.”

“The new student volunteer system will enable student volunteers to find and register for volunteer roles, build their volunteering portfolio, manage their volunteering hours and eventually achieve either a gold, silver or bronze President’s Volunteering Commendation depending on the number hours they have dedicated to volunteering,” added Ms. Murphy.

Stakeholders in student volunteer include up to 163,000 student users from across the higher education landscape and close to 8,000 civil society organisations (CSOs) registered with the Charities Regulator. Strategic partners include Volunteer Ireland and Comhlámh. (All international volunteering opportunities must be signatories of the Comhlámh Good Practice Charter).

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For more information on LIT Voluntary Fair 2018, go here.