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UCD in the Community Volunteering Awards

UCD in the Community Volunteering Awards

Overview of Award:

The UCD in the Community Student Volunteering Awards aim to celebrate and recognise student volunteering in the community (with volunteer-involving organisations) and in UCD activities, such as clubs, societies, peer mentoring, class representatives and the SU.

There are three awards available to UCD students, Bronze, Silver and Gold:

BRONZE:  20 hours of volunteering

SILVER:  40 hours of volunteering

GOLD:  60+ hours of volunteering

All types of volunteering are recognised. Perhaps you volunteer with your local sports club, or in a nursing home, maybe you did some remote volunteering online or some fundraising for a charity, or you could have volunteered with a social justice or environmental group. You may have volunteered in Dublin, in UCD, in your hometown or internationally. 

To apply for the 2024/25 awards you will need to track and log any hours spent volunteering between 1 June 2024 - Wednesday 31 May 2025 inclusive. 

Applications for the 2024/25 Awards will open in mid January in the New Year 2025.

  • UCD students have the opportunity to earn a Bronze, Silver or Gold award every year, a minimum of 20 hours of volunteering activity is needed to apply.
  • For the 2023/24 Awards, volunteering hours must be completed between 1st June 2023 to 31st May 2024 inclusive.
  • You do not have to get a Bronze or Silver award before applying for a Gold.
  • The volunteering role/task undertaken must be extra-curricular and without payment or course credit.
  • Please only include volunteering from your time as a UCD student - you can also include summer volunteering, outside of UCD during the dates outlined above.
  • The award is awarded to students who have completed an (opens in a new window)application form and have their volunteering hours logged and approved on www.StudentVolunteer.ie/ucd. 

The closing date for applications is Monday, 1 July 2024

STEP 1:

Complete your volunteering! 

Register on (opens in a new window)www.StudentVolunteer.ie/ucd and log your volunteering hours. If your organisation isn't registered on studentvolunteer.ie you will need to log as ad-hoc hours. (opens in a new window)This video shows how to log ad hoc hours. UCD in the Community will confirm your volunteering hours with the organisation you volunteered with.

STEP 2:

Fill out the UCD in the Community Volunteering Awards (opens in a new window)Application form and complete the reflective questions. 

STEP 3:

To be eligible for an Award, STEP 1 and STEP 2 must be completed by Monday, 1 July 2024.

STEP 4:

All completed forms will be reviewed by the UCD in the Community team and once signed off you will receive confirmation of your award via email.

STEP 5:

The Awards ceremony will take place in the Academic term 2024/2025.

  1. Ensure you are (opens in a new window)registered on StudentVolunteer.ie. 
  2. Log your volunteering hours
  • If you completed volunteering hours through an opportunity that was posted on StudentVolunteer.ie you can log your hours under that opportunity in your dashboard. 
  • If you completed volunteering with an organisation not registered on StudentVolunteer.ie. you can log those volunteering hours by using the 'Log Additional Volunteering Hours' section on your dashboard. 

After you have logged your hours, complete the UCD in the Community Volunteering Awards (opens in a new window)application form. 

If you have any questions please contact us on (opens in a new window)ucdic@ucd.ie 

Contact UCD in the Community

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T: +353 1 716 2268 | E: ucdic@ucd.ie