7-11 November is London Student Volunteering Week, and the LSE Volunteer Centre is bringing this city wide event to campus! To celebrate this special week, see what events are on offer and make sure you book on and sign up. We also hope to share with you various student volunteering blogs, so if you’re feeling inspired to share your volunteering story please email your entry to volunteer@lse.ac.uk.

How volunteering can get you your first job – Tuesday 8 November, 1 -2pm

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Join us at this panel event discussing how volunteering can kickstart your career. It’s the perfect chance to hear from professionals (including LSE alumni) who are now employed in a range of organisations discussing how volunteering has helped their career.

  • Jen Wilkins – Senior Account Executive, PHA Media
  • Bobak Saadat – Fundraising Product Officer, Child.org
  • Hannah Baker – IMD (Investment Management Division) Product Controller, Goldman Sachs
  • James Cook – Senior Associate Solicitor, Collyer Bristow LLP

One-off volunteering: Souper Sorters with FareShare – Wednesday 9 November, 11am-4pm

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The LSE Volunteer Centre is organising for a team of LSE student volunteers to get involved at the heart of FareShare’s food re-distribution, giving you the opportunity to help improve the daily lives of people facing food poverty.

Our ‘Souper Sorting’ will see your teams pitted against pallets of food ready to be sorted and trayed ready for distribution across London, and even the rest of the UK (this activity is physical and will involve some lifting and bending but we’ll cover safe lifting etc in the briefing).

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Women Breaking the English Barrier with the Wonder Foundation – film screening and Q&A Thursday 10 November, 7 – 9pm

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Women Breaking the English Barrier tells the stories of two women, Zarlasht and Esmeralda, in their own words. They both came to the UK as refugees and share their experiences of what helped them to build a new life for themselves and their families far from their homeland.

The film was made by LSE students and alumni. Laine Carcuzca, Elanore Peake, Samantha Kanu and Lowri Williams worked with the Wonder Foundation to develop the concept and filmed and interviewed Zarlasht and Esmeralda (Samantha directed and edited the film). The Q&A session will be led by Olivia Darby, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Wonder.

Breakfast: Careers in the charity and not-for-profit sector – Friday 11 November 8 – 10am

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The charity and not-for-profit sector is a popular destination for LSE graduates wanting to make a difference in the world and this breakfast is an opportunity to discover some of the opportunities on offer across the sector.

Our breakfasts provide an informal environment for you to meet with representatives and LSE alum who will talk about their experience and role, and answer questions about what day-to-day life is like working for some of the top charities and not-for-profit firms.

Organisations attending include:

Charityworks
British Red Cross
Cancer Research UK