What We've Achieved Together: A Year in Review What a year it's been! We've run so many volunteering events, fundraisers and opportunities throughout the year, most of the time we've been too focused on our next goal than to appreciate how
Thank You to All Our Volunteers (& Why You Should Volunteer Next Year) As another year comes to an end, we'd like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to all of our volunteers! Whether you had a cuppa in a care home
Working From Home: A Study Guide With the recent UK lockdown and social distancing rules, many people are now working from home. Make the most out of the time you'll be spending indoors, with our committee's favourite study tips!
How You Can Still Volunteer During A Nationwide Lockdown As of the Prime Minister's announcement on Monday evening, the UK is now adhering to a nationwide lockdown, where residents can only leave their homes for limited reasons. But there's still lots of
Committee Highlights of 2019/20 We asked our committee what they thought was the best thing about having been part of Winchester Hub this year. Here's their responses:What's been the best moment of this year?Feeling Empowered'Oh
10 Ways to De-Stress Around Deadlines With the threat of dissertations deadlines fast approaching, and many more assignments looming over us this late in the semester, it's important to take time out to relax. Here's our top ten tips
'I Don’t Have Time to Volunteer,' and other excuses Most of the time, when we speak to students on campus about volunteering, the overwhelming response we get is this:"I don't have time to volunteer."Here at Winchester Hub, we want to
list 5 Awesome Altruistic Societies You Should Consider Joining Winchester Hub and Winchester Student Union are both student led organisations, who are interested in social and environmental issues, and empowering students to take up leadership roles in pioneering change. At Winchester Hub,
Student Volunteering Week 2020 Student Volunteering Week (10th -16th February) is a national celebration of volunteering, where universities and further education institutions across the country actively organise and encourage student volunteering. At the University of Winchester, Winchester
youth theatre The Arts and Budget Cuts With the swinging cuts to the national education budget in recent years, children's arts education has been suffering. Often, schools have less and less funding available to provide a fully comprehensive programme of
volunteering 10 reasons to volunteer this semester According to YouGov, around one in four people in the UK regularly volunteer. We think everyone should volunteer, as there are endless benefits to volunteering, such as making new friends, building your confidence
linkages Elderly Isolation, and what we’re doing to tackle it The number of older people in the UK who regularly feel lonely is growing. With the dedication of our staff and student volunteers, our LinkAges project aims to change this.The problem of
schools plus Educational Disadvantage: and what we’re doing to tackle it In a perfect world, all children would have equal opportunity to succeed in education. Unfortunately, the educational achievement gap between disadvantaged and privileged students is only getting bigger, but there are things we
Happy New Year 2020 from Winchester Hub! We hope you all had a restful holiday and are ready for the upcoming semester! In the spirit of New Year's celebrations, we thought we'd get ready for the new year by setting
volunteering The Gender Gap in Volunteering In 2015, the Office for National Statistics also found that 58% of students volunteered over the year for an average of 16.3 minutes per day, compared with 42% of those in paid
highlights Semester One Update As this very busy semester has come to an end, we thought we'd take the opportunity to reflect on the highlights of the year so far. Here's our student committee's favourite moments from
#iwill write about #iwillweek2019 What is #iwillweek?The #iwill national campaign was started to encourage wider participation in social action for people under the age of 20. #iwill's vision is that social action will become a normal
dyanmo Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Dynamo! “Dynamo expanded our knowledge about implementing sustainability so well that our brains went kaboom!" - Sam Jenkins, participant at Dynamo 2019What is Dynamo?The Dynamo Challenge is an inter-university competition where students are
charity work Why work in the charity sector? If you're like most students, you may have no idea what you want to do after you graduate. It's a big question. How about if we ask what you're passionate about? What sort
Our Story: Part Two (Who We Are) Now that you know a little more about what we do, and our role in Winchester's thriving community, we'd love to introduce the wonderful people who make it all happen.
