For the Rotork Community Challenge, the University of Bath Students Union Volunteering team works in collaboration with Student Experience Officers from the School of Management by connecting charities to student groups, delivering training, and offering support to both students and charities throughout the projects.
Students have 8 weeks to complete the challenge set by the charity, which could be a fundraiser, a social media campaign, an event or any other project that would be feasible in this timeframe. The University of Bath SU are currently looking for 'challenges' set by local charities to commence in October, and are accepting applications until August 22nd 2023.
At the end of the project, the group with the most votes from the panel of judges (which includes staff working in the charity sector, from the University and Rotork), win a monetary prize for their charity.
The Rotork Community Challenge is an incredible opportunity for students and charities to connect with the community, reach new demographics and make a difference.
The project involves small teams of students volunteering their time and skills in October and November to add value to local charitable organisations, whilst helping the students to develop their employability skills.
The University of Bath SU are now looking for a new set of ‘challenges’ that will allow up to 15 teams, each consisting of 6 or 7 students, to get involved with.
Here are just a few examples of some of the brilliant projects that students completed:
Held 4 fundraisers for Genesis Trust, raising £560 in person and £268 online
Created a marketing strategy for the Energy Sparks Twitter feed based on research, increased followers through an in-person stall, and led social media campaign over the 'Big Energy Week'
Designed a recipe booklet based on donated ingredients for Foodcycle
Created a promotional video for Homestart, researched crowdfunding platforms and held an awareness-raising stall to direct people to the crowdfunding campaign
Opened a new Instagram account for Dorothy House Furniture Shop, creating 53 posts, reels and stories which showed engagement by 832 people over 4 weeks
Click here for the Application Form - Please complete the form giving us as much detail as possible about the challenge and the benefits for your charity or community group. You may submit as many projects as you like but each one must be on a separate form. The application deadline is 22 August 2023.
If you have an idea for your charity and are interested in finding out more about how to get involved with the 2023 Rotork challenge, please get in touch with us at volunteers@bath.ac.uk
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