HEACF: case studies of good practice

List of projects

Accreditation and volunteering in the curriculum

• AV 1: Making it count - in the long term(2003)
  London Metropolitan University
• AV 2: Leadership, Enterprise and Citizenship Award (2003)
  Middlesex University
• AV 3: HEACF Volunteering Module (2003)
  University of Derby
• AV 4: Innovative Learning in Action (2004)
  University of Salford
• AV5: Online Learning Material for Volunteers (2003)
  Manchester Metropolitan University
• AV6: Imperial Volunteer Centre: Accreditation (2004)
  Imperial College London

Communications

• C1: Voluntary Services Unit (VSU) Website (2003)
  University College London/UCL Union
• C2: Points of Contact (2003)
  University of Huddersfield
• C3: "I Want More…" Project (2003)
  University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• C4: Promotion of Volunteering as an Opportunity for Students (2003)
  London Metropolitan University
• C5: The CommUNIty Newsletter Project (2003)
  University of Northumbria and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Devolved projects

• DP1: STAX (Students Taking Action for Community Change) (2003)
  Oxford Brookes University
• DP2: Running a Grant Scheme (2003)
  University of Cambridge
• DP3: HEACF and Community Brokerage (2003)
  University of Gloucestershire
• DP4: The Community Volunteers Project; Innovation Fund (2003)
  University of Teesside
• DP5: Building a Bridge into the Community (2003)
  Manchester Metropolitan University

Evaluation and sustainability

• ES1: Measuring Community Activities (2003)
  University of Cambridge
• ES2: Participatory Evaluation of Volunteering with Community Groups (2003)
  Manchester Metropolitan University
• ES3: Project Leaders Scheme (2003)
  University College London/UCL Union
• ES4: A Blueprint for Sustainable Volunteering (2003)
  University of Sheffield
• ES5: Leeds University Community Initiative (LUCI) (2004)
  University of Leeds
• ES6: Sheffield Volunteering Hub (2004)
  University of Sheffield

Infrastructure

• IN1: Volunteer Management (2003)
  
• Imperial College London
• IN2: A Framework to Manage Volunteering Projects (2003)
  Lancaster University
• IN3: Quality Standards (2003)
  London Metropolitan University

Links with the community

• LC1: Trash Splash (2003)
  University of Liverpool
• LC2: Mentoring and Guidance Project (2003)
  London South Bank University
• LC3: Building Community Links, Training Event (2003)
  Oxford Brookes University
• LC4: Live Guides (2003)
  Kent Institute of Art & Design
• LC5: Community Engagement (2003)
  University of Leeds
• LC6: Up Your Street Project (2004)
  University of Leeds
• LC7: Mentoring Refugees into Employment (2004)
  Leeds Metropolitan University
• LC8: TVU Volunteers (2004)
  Thames Valley University

Partnerships

• P1: University of Liverpool HEACF Project Team (2003)
  University of Liverpool
• P2: Gateside Festival Mentoring Project (2004)
  Goldsmiths College Students' Union
• P3: University and Students' Union Partnership (2003)
  University of Plymouth
• P4: Sports Volunteer Scheme (2003)
  
• University of Manchester

Recognition of volunteering

• RV1: A Celebration of Volunteering (2003)
  University of Salford
• RV2: Annual Celebration of Volunteering (2004)
  University of Exeter Guild of Students

Recruitment

• R1: Manchester Student Volunteers Taster Sessions (2003)
  University of Manchester and UMIST
• R2: Kaleidoscope Fair (2004)
  University of Manchester
• R3: University of Warwick Volunteering Fair (2003)
  University of Warwick
• R4: 'Just Do It' Recruitment Event (2003)
  University of Northumbria at Newcastle
• R5: Quality Checks on Volunteers and Volunteering Opportunities (2003)
  Manchester Metropolitan University
• R6: Sponte Community Volunteer Scheme (2003)
  Staffordshire University
• R7: TVU Volunteers; Volunteering Awareness (2003)
  Thames Valley University
• R8: Interviewing Volunteers (2003)
  University of Brighton
• R9: Recruitment of Volunteers at a Freshers' Fair (2003)
  University of Lincoln
• R10: Mentoring Project: promotional approach to enhance volunteer recruitment (2003)
  York St John College
• R11: Using HEI and HEACF resources to overcome a barrier to volunteering (2003)
  University of Liverpool
• R12: University of Leeds Refugee Support Network: encouraging students to volunteer (2003)
  University of Leeds

Safety and security

• SS1: Safe and Sound Recruitment for Sports Volunteers (2003)
  University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University
• SS2: @ctive Student and Project V: the Placement Visit Process (2004)
  University of Brighton and University of Sussex

Staff volunteering

• SV1: Best Practice in Staff Volunteering (2004)
  University of Kent

Training

• T1: Involve (2003)
  University of Birmingham
• T2: Specialist Volunteer Training for HEI staff (2003)
  Manchester Metropolitan University
• T3: Lancaster University Volunteering Unit; Volunteer's Handbook (2003)
  Lancaster University
• T4: MMU Volunteers' Handbook (2003)
  Manchester Metropolitan University
• T5: Student Mentoring - Training (2003)
  University of Bath

Vulnerable and non-participating groups

• VN1: Inmates; Prison Visiting Volunteers (2003)
  Goldsmiths College, University of London
• VN2: Mentoring at Campion Catholic High School for Boys (2003)
  Liverpool Hope University College
• VN3: The Befriending Project (2003)
  University of Hull
• VN4: Volunteer Recruitment Fair (2004)
  University of Bristol
• VN5: KAIROS: Working with Disenfranchised Groups (2004)
  Coventry University
• VN6: Easter and Summer Schools (2004)
  Surrey Institute of Art & Design