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Social Policy Work Experience

I am currently participating in a project named 'Curtain Call' which

is organised by Hallam Volunteering. Hallam volunteering is part of

the students union at Sheffield Hallam University. The organisation is

led by students, it is controlled and managed by one head student who

is elected to take control by other students via a vote. It does

however have five members of staff who are not students; they are

full-time members of staff, with their roles involving support and

guidance for student volunteers (www.hallamunion.co.uk)

Hallam Volunteering was set up over thirty years ago by a small group

of students who wanted to take action and help the community. This

group got bigger and received more recognition and was formally

recognised by the students union. Students led the organisation for

ten years but it grew so much that a full-time member of staff was

needed. The organisation has progressed rapidly over the past few

years as three years ago it had only one member of staff and eight

projects, today it has five members of staff and is currently

participating in thirty-four projects.

Hallam volunteering is funded via the government, by an active

community fund, two years ago HEFCE (Higher Education Active Community

Fund) (www.hefce.ac.uk) set up a policy whereby each university in

England would be given money for volunteering, the money given to each

university varies depending on the size of the university and the

amount of students there are attending the university, the amounts

given to each university ranged between £10,000 and £500,000. This

fund was set up, as it wanted to encourage great...

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