Student Volunteer Week
It’s officially student volunteering week – WOOOHOOO! There’s a whole host of sports-related volunteering opportunities to get involved in here at UWE Sport!
Perfect for aspiring coaches and officials, you can access funding to complete coaching and officiating courses through the Sport Volunteering Programme, where you will gain skills and real-life experience that will enhance your CV and help distinguish you when searching for a job.
Our volunteering opportunities are flexible, so we can find something that fits everyone.
We caught up with two of our recent students, Luke and Lucy, who both went through our sports volunteering programme to see how they got on:
Luke Burgess
Academic Course: Electronic Engineering
Sport: Athletics
Sport- Instagram page: @uweathletics
The Coaching Course you completed: England Athletics - Athletics Coach, Endurance Specialism
How has the Sport Volunteering Programme helped you:
With the funding, the sports volunteering program has enabled me to get a recognised coaching qualification, helped develop my people skills to deliver structured training sessions. It has also allowed me to give back to the Athletics club by supporting with the coaching of our team.
Would you recommend the Programme to other students?
Absolutely, being able to support team UWE and become qualified in the process is a win-win!!
Lucy Blake
Academic Course: Interior Architecture
Your Sport: Netball
Your Sport- Instagram page: @uwenetball
The Coaching Course you completed: Level 1 netball Coaching
How has the Sport Volunteering Programme helped you?
The sport volunteering programme has helped me to develop my personal game but also to provide help to fellow student athletes. It has allowed me to gain confidence talking to large groups of people and answering questions. The volunteering programme showed me that I enjoy giving back to the sport and I have gone on to coach a junior team outside of the university.
Would you recommend the Programme to other students?
I would highly recommend the programme as it has helped find a new way to be involved in netball and help give back to the sporting community.
If you’re interested in getting involved with sports volunteering with us at UWE Sport, please email sportvolunteering@uwe.ac.uk to get started!