Its all over for another year! October 22nd to November 4th saw KUSU Volunteering taking part in London Student Volunteering Fortnight. This is where London Universities get together to organise a range of volunteering sessions open to any student at any of those uni's.
You can find out what other universities got up to by checking out the LSVF 2011 blog to see photographs and write-ups on some of their events.
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| Big Woodland Workday |
Kingston contributed to the fortnight by working with the BritishTrust for Conservation Volunteers and Kingston University Bio-diversity Action Group to organise a Big Woodland Workday at Kingston Hill Campus. Our hard working volunteers got their hands dirty digging out rhododendrons, bashing brambles, creating wood piles for insects to thrive in and even donned waders and got in the pond to sort out the reed problem! They made a huge impact in making the woodland a better place for wildlife in just a few hours!
During the fortnight volunteers also made their way back to the Bloomsbury Festival in central London for a great two days spent making the experience of visitors to this lovely festival even more awesome. We were joined by students on both Knights Park and Penrhyn Road campuses to make Kite’s for Women’s Rights on behalf of Amnesty International and just like during Student Volunteering Week the staff from the International Youth Art’s Festival joined us at Knight’s Park to explain why getting involved with the festival is a great thing to do. Video to follow soon for those that missed it!
Finally there was the Olympic Torch on campus on the final Thursday. Photos from all our events can be found on Facebook. Big thanks to all those that got involved in activities both in Kingston and across London!
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