Glyndŵr Careers Centre hosted the first Glynspired Volunteering and Employability Fair on 24th February in the Edward Llwyd Centre as part of National Student Volunteering and National Student Employment Week. With over 20 organisations in attendance all looking for volunteers, and a drop-in Careers Clinic by the Glyndŵr Careers Advisers, the event organisers Gareth Williams (Volunteering Officer) and Lucy Jones (Work Experience Officer) were thrilled with the response from over 250 students who attended.
“We had organisations such as National Trust, Wales Probation Trust, WCVA, North East Wales Wildlife AVOW, DW Sports, Dynamic, Oxfam, RNLI, Red Cross and many more.
We know that these organisations love to work with our students and the main point of hosting such an event was to highlight to our students the importance of volunteering and work experience and to really inspire them to get involved in events with the local community and also to see the benefit when it comes to making graduate applications. We were very happy with the students’ participation and we even had some of our own Glyndŵr Volunteers – Alan Whitfield, Walter Snowdon, Karolina Mackoviak, Juliata Jau, Rohit Gupta – helping out with the running of the event, so we’d like to thank them especially.”
Karen Lennox, Head of Careers, said,
“This event clearly showed that our students really have the enthusiasm for volunteering and for adding to their student experience. The Careers Centre has been able to make connections for many students by collaborating with such organisations, and this success is something that we will continue to build on.”
