Volunteering Groups
Volunteering Groups at Leeds University Union
Click on the links below to find out more about or to contact each volunteering society. You can also join the society online at their pages.
- Action
Action is a student-led volunteer group. We run projects with children, older people and the environment, and are always looking for more opportunities to provide for the needs of the community.
- Conservation Volunteers
Hands-on conservation work in and around Leeds.
- Homed
HOMED is a charity who works with three hostels in Leeds. Come and help make a difference to the lives of the homeless in Leeds!
- Horse Riding Club Volunteering Project
LUU Horse Riding Club's volunteering project
- Leeds Marrow
Marrow is in over 40 universities in the UK. We sign people up to the bone marrow register via saliva sample to try and find matches for people who are dying from leukaemia and blood cancers.
- LUUMS Education
LUU Music Society (LUUMS) Education is a student-led society that runs a number of projects involving music and the wider community of Leeds and the surrounding areas. Click to find out more!
- MEDAID Africa
- Nightline
Nightline is a student peer counselling service open every night of term with branches at over 40 UK universities
- RAG
Leeds RAG is Leeds University Union’s official fundraising body.
- READ International
Read International is a nationwide charity which collects books from UK high schools and takes the best and most relevant textbooks to Tanzania. We enthusiastic volunteers to work at every stage
- St John Ambulance Links
We train students in First Aid, a useful and beneficial skill that everyone should have. Volunteers from the society can then provide First Aid for university and local events.
- STAR Bike Project
Project renovating and redistributing bikes to refugees and asylum seekers.
- STAR Saturday Project
Project that provides English classes for refugees and asylum seekers.
- STAR Wednesday Project
Project providing English classes for refugees and asylum seekers on Wednesdays.
Start your own Volunteering Society!
If non of these societies interests you, why not start your own? Find out more about how to start your own club or society at www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/clubsandsocieties/howtostart.