At Southampton Hub you can get involved with a wide variety of different student social action projects. Read more below and sign up to our weekly newsletter to receive the latest news, updates and opportunities!
Structured Volunteering
Structured volunteering gets you out in the local area connecting with young people.
- Schools Plus is our flagship programme that empowers University of Southampton students like you to offer academic support in a wide range of subjects to pupils across the city. Ultimately, tackling educational inequality
- Libraries Plus brings Schools Plus into local community libraries, making academic support event more accessible to the families and young people who will benefit the most
- Empower is a 1:1 mentoring scheme which matches university student mentors with pupils at risk of underachieving to build their expectations for future life
- Branch Up activity days invite student mentors and 7-11 year olds on free days out. These days develop key social and emotional skills, self-belief and new friendships
- Inspire, Debate, Change is a series of civil education workshops led by university students for young people to raise awareness and empower active citizenship
- Invent Plus engineering workshops develop problem solving and teamwork skills whilst introducing young people to STEM careers
One-off volunteering
Our one-off events tackle various social issues across the city. From cooking up a storm at a local soup kitchen to planting seedlings in our community’s green spaces to joining an intergenerational tea party – there truly is something for everyone.
If you’re interested in hearing more about our one-off opportunities this academic year, or have an idea on an event you’d like to see, contact our President Alex at president@southamptonhub.org. You can also sign up to our mailing list for one off opportunities.
What’s on
Branch Up
- Mentor 7-11 year olds at Saturday activity days
- In person in and around Southampton
- To be confirmed.
- No experience needed
Empower
- Empower young people through mentoring
- In person
- An hour per week
- No experience needed
Inspire, Debate, Change
- Inspire young people through civil education workshops
- In person and online
- Two hours per week
- No experience needed
Invent Plus
- Deliver engineering workshops through Invent Plus
- In person around Southampton
- Two hours per week, for six weeks
- No experience needed
Libraries Plus
- Offer accessible academic support at libraries
- In person and online
- Two hours per week
- No experience needed
Schools Plus
- Tackle educational inequality through Schools Plus
- In person and online
- Two hours per week
- No experience needed