Student Volunteering Week 2020
Student Volunteering Week 2020 is well underway, running from 10th to 16th February!
Volunteering gives students practical skills that they can take into future careers, allows students to make local changes leading to large-scale change, allows students to tackle mental health and gives students a platform on which they can engage with social issues.
Here are just some of the volunteering opportunities happening in and around the Union, University and the local community.
Population Health Data Consumer Panel
Health Data Research UK culminates data from GPs, hospitals, and other healthcare settings across the UK and uses that data to make relevant changes to them. The general public is used at every step of the process to give their view, as everything they do is for the public benefit.
Volunteers take part in meetings 4 days a year to discuss research proposals, affect policymaking and review scientific information for a lay audience. But you don’t need to be strictly science-minded to get involved.
Email: DSBConsumerPanel@swansea.ac.uk
Twitter PopDataSci_SU
Click here for more information.
Health Volunteers
When health professionals do their training, they need involvement with members of the general public to learn about real-world scenarios. Swansea University trains many health professionals in areas including nursing, paramedic science, and audiology. Everyone at some point in their lives uses health services and public volunteers engaging in healthcare education programmes help students learn how to provide excellent care.
Health Volunteers have very flexible working hours and can pick and choose from a range of activities to be involved in throughout the year. Activities involve selecting and interviewing candidates, developing learning resources and being involved in teaching exercises.
Email: CHHShealthvolunteers@swansea.ac.uk
Go Green for GWA
Varsity is a huge university event, a gem in many students' calendars, however, it can’t run smoothly without a lot of effort from staff and volunteers. This year we’re recruiting volunteers to litter pick across many of the Varsity Venues. Volunteers can expect to receive lunch, a T-shirt and tickets to the Men’s Rugby Match at Liberty Stadium in the evening.
If you want to get involved, the form can be found here. This opportunity is all thanks to Georgia-Rose Gleeson, the Union’s Environment Part-Time Officer. Speaking of which...
Part-Time Officers
Part-Time Officers represent different groups of students, run campaigns and hold the Full-time Officers to their word. They volunteer their time to make Uni life better for you - they're pretty special people.
A full list of our current part-time officers can be found here. Nominations for Part-Time Officers for 20/21 are now open! You can nominate yourself here until 21st February 2020.
Discovery
Discovery SVS, Swansea University's volunteer service covers such a breadth of volunteering. With over 600 volunteers across 30 projects there’s bound to be something for you. Opportunities include running crafts events for the elderly, beach cleans, food collection campaigns and running sports for kids.
If you want to get involved, here’s some details.
Sports Clubs and Societies
Swansea University Students’ Union facilitates over 150 societies and over 50 clubs. These student-led groups only flourish because of their amazing student committees. You may or may not already be a part of a club or society, but if you are, then you may have a few ideas about how you’d like that group to run, so why not consider running to be a member of the club/society committee? Have a chat with the current committee about what it’s like and share the ideas you have, they can give advice on which role is best for you and how to achieve your goals.
A full list of our societies and clubs can be found through the links below:
All Societies
All Clubs
Egypt Centre
The Egypt centre is a museum of Egyptian antiquities, but also a resource to aid widening participation in Universities and a means of breaking down barriers between the University and local community. Volunteering shifts are flexible and open to anyone keen to help educate others. Current volunteers range from ages 10 to 87, from students to refuges to academics, across a wide range of nationalities.
Volunteering at the Egypt Centre is a great benefit for those wishing to enter teaching work, museum work or those in historical degree programmes.
If you want to volunteer at the Egypt Centre, click here.
Wythnos Gwirfoddoli Myfyrwyr 2020
Mae Wythnos Gwirfoddoli Myfyrwyr 2020 wedi cychwyn, o 10fed tan 16eg Chwefror! Mae gwirfoddoli yn rhoi sgiliau ymarferol i fyfyrwyr allu mynd â nhw i’w gyrfaoedd yn y dyfodol, ac yn galluogi myfyrwyr i wneud newidiadau lleol sy’n arwain at newidiadau mwy. Mae gwirfoddoli hefyd yn galluogi myfyrwyr fynd i’r afael ag iechyd meddwl a rhoi platfform i fyfyrwyr ymgysylltu â materion cymdeithasol. Dyma rhai o’r cyfleoedd gwirfoddoli sydd ar gael yn yr Undeb, y Brifysgol, y gymuned leol a thu hwnt.
Panel Defnyddwyr Data Iechyd y Boblogaeth
Mae Ymchwil Data Iechyd DU yn casglu data o feddygon teulu, ysbytai a sefydliadau gofal iechyd eraill ledled y DU, a’i defnyddio i wneud newidiadau perthnasol iddynt. Defnyddir y cyhoedd yn ystod pob cam o’r broses i roi eu barn, gan fod popeth maent yn ei wneud er budd y cyhoedd.
Mae gwirfoddolwyr yn cymryd rhan mewn cyfarfodydd 4 diwrnod y flwyddyn i drafod cynigion ymchwil, effeithio ar bolisïau ac arolygu gwybodaeth wyddonol ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd lleyg.
E-bost: DSBConsumerPanel@swansea.ac.uk
Trydar: PopDataSci_SU
Ewch yma am ragor o wybodaeth.
Gwirfoddolwyr Iechyd
Pan fod pobl broffesiynol y maes iechyd yn cael eu hyfforddi, rhaid iddynt ymgysylltu â’r cyhoedd i ddysgu am sefyllfaoedd yn y byd go iawn. Mae Prifysgol Abertawe yn hyfforddi nifer o bobl broffesiynol yn y maes iechyd gan gynnwys nyrsio, gwyddoniaeth barafeddyg a chlywedig. Ar ryw adeg o’u bywyd, mae pawb yn defnyddio gwasanaethau iechyd, ac mae gwirfoddolwyr o’r cyhoedd yn ymgysylltu â rhaglenni addysg gofal iechyd yn helpu myfyrwyr i ddysgu sut i ddarparu gofal gwych.
Mae gan Wirfoddolwyr Iechyd orai gweithio hyblyg iawn a gallent ddewis o amryw o weithgareddau i gymryd rhan ynddynt drwy gydol y flwyddyn. Mae gweithgareddau’n cynnwys dethol a chyfweld ag ymgeiswyr, datblygu adnoddau dysgu a chymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau dysgu.
E-bost: CHHShealthvolunteers@swansea.ac.uk
Ewch yn Werdd ar Gyfer GWA
Mae Varsity yn ddigwyddiad enfawr o fewn y Brifysgol, gem mewn calendrau nifer o fyfyrwyr, ond ni all y digwyddiad gael ei gynnal yn llyfn heb ymdrechion staff a gwirfoddolwyr. Eleni, rydyn ni’n recriwtio gwirfoddolwyr i gasglu sbwriel o leoliadau rhai o gemau Varsity. Gall gwirfoddolwyr ddisgwyl cinio, crys-t a thocynnau i gêm Rygbi’r Dynion yn Stadiwm Liberty yn y noswaith.
Os hoffech chi gymryd rhan, gellir dod o hyd i’r ffurflen yma. Dyma gyfle i ddiolch i Georgia-Rose Gleeson, Swyddog Rhan-amser Amgylchedd yr Undeb. Ar y pwnc hwnnw...
Swyddogion Rhan-amser
Mae Swyddogion Rhan-amser yn cynrychioli gwahanol grwpiau o fyfyrwyr, cynnal ymgyrchoedd a dal y Swyddogion Llawn-amser i gyfrif. Maen nhw’n gwirfoddoli eu hamser i wneud y Brifysgol yn lle gwell i chi - maen nhw’n bobl arbennig iawn.
Gellir dod o hyd i restr lawn o’r swyddogion rhan-amser yma. Mae enwebiadau ar gyfer Swyddogion Rhan-amser 20/21 ar agor nawr! Gallwch chi enwebu eich hunain yma tan 21ain Chwefror 2020.
Discovery
Mae Discovery SVS, gwasanaeth gwirfoddoli Prifysgol Abertawe yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd gwirfoddoli. Gyda dros 600 o wirfoddolwyr o fewn 30 o brosiectau, bydd rhywbeth i chi. Mae cyfleoedd yn cynnwys digwyddiadau crefft i bobl hyn, glanhau traethodydd, ymgyrchoedd casglu bwyd a chynnal chwaraeon i blant.
Os hoffech chi gymryd rhan, dyma’r manylion.
Clybiau Chwaraeon a Chymdeithasau
Mae gan Undeb Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Abertawe dros 150 o gymdeithasau a chlybiau chwaraeon. Mae’r grwpiau hyn yn cael eu cynnal gan fyfyrwyr ac yn ffynnu oherwydd eu pwyllgorau anhygoel. Efallai eich bod chi eisoes yn rhan o glwb neu gymdeithas, ac os ydych chi, efallai bod gennych chi syniadau am sut i gynnal y grwp, felly beth am ystyried sefyll i fod yn aelod o bwyllgor clwb/cymdeithas? Siaradwch ag aelod o’r pwyllgor cyfredol am y profiad ac i rannu syniadau sydd gennych chi a gallent roi cyngor i chi ar ba rôl fydd well i chi a sut i gyflawni eich amcanion.
Gellir gweld rhestr lawn o’n cymdeithasau a chlybiau isod.
Cymdeithasau
Clybiau
Y Ganolfan Eifftaidd
Mae’r Ganolfan Eifftaidd yn amgueddfa o hynafiaethau Eifftaidd, ac yn adnodd i helpu ymgysylltiad ehangach o brifysgolion a ffordd o chwalu rhwystrau rhwng y Brifysgol a’r gymuned leol. Mae’r gwaith gwirfoddoli yn hyblyg ac yn agored i unrhyw un sydd am helpu i addysgu pobl eraill. Mae’r oedrannau’r gwirfoddolwyr cyfredol o 10 i 87, o fyfyrwyr i ffoaduriaid i academyddion, ac o amryw eang genedligrwydd.
Mae gwirfoddoli gyda’r Ganolfan Eifftaidd yn fuddiol iawn i unigolion sydd am ddysgu neu weithio mewn amgueddfa yn y dyfodol, neu unigolion sy’n astudio gradd hanes.
Os hoffech chi wirfoddoli yn y Ganolfan Eifftaidd, ewch yma.