Student Action Manchester

Student Action Manchester

Student Action Manchester is a student-led volunteering organisation.  We support hundreds of people throughout Greater Manchester by ensuring our 27 projects make a beneficial and meaningful contribution.

Students can commit on a more permanent basis or as little as they like.

To get involved visit our website and see what all the fuss is about.
Student Action Manchester

Here is a brief overview of our projects:

ELDERLY PEOPLE
·    Regular socials and monthly film afternoons for isolated elderly people.
·    Afternoons trips to exciting places in and around Manchester.   

·    Fun parties throughout the year, entertainment, live music, games and food for all.  What more do you want!

ENVIRONMENTAL
·    Students repairing old bikes and making them 'shiny and new again'. These are then rented back to students for £2.50 a week!
·    Working in our glorious allotment we plant fruit, vegetables and plants which helps to sustain our other projects.

HOMELESS
      ·    Soup runs in the City Centre and Southern Manchester.
      ·    Providing English lessons for Refugees every Saturday.

LEARNING DISABLED
·    Evenings out for adults with severe learning disabilities.

KIDS
·    Teaching and assisting children in our after school learning schemes.
·    Exciting and adventurous day trips all over the UK with children from homeless and women’s refugees.
·    Football coaching and circus skills for children from local primary schools.

WHY VOLUNTEER WITH US?
·    A brilliant way to impress future employers by gaining new skills and valuable experiences to add onto your CV.
·    We provide all the relevant and effective training, support and guidance for all our volunteers.
·    Student-led means YOU decide what projects we run. Have an idea, tell us and we will help you develop, promote and manage new projects.
·    Leave the 'student bubble' and interact with a wide range of people from different backgrounds and ages.
·    Because it is run by students, Student Action is sympathetic to your studies and will not ask for a regular commitment.

Want to get involved?

Come and see us in the Activities Centre in the basement of the Students' Union on Oxford Road

Or call us on: 0161 275 2948

Or email: action@umsu.manchester.ac.uk