{"id":2307,"date":"2018-11-28T15:45:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:45:24","slug":"my-volunteering-ventures-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/2018\/11\/28\/my-volunteering-ventures-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"My Volunteering Ventures So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s almost December! This year is absolutely flying by, so I thought I\u2019d chat a bit about some of the volunteering I've done so far.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re new to reading these blogs, one of the requirements of the Gold Scholarship Programme<\/a> is completing 50 hours of volunteering, fundraising or outreach per year. Although it sounds like a lot, it\u2019s actually one of my favourite aspects of the programme. I\u2019ve found it really pushes me to take part in activities that I wouldn\u2019t usually do and say \"Yes!\" to every opportunity that comes my way.<\/p>\n

Before I came back to Bath in September, I volunteered in my home town at a summer fete to raise money for our\u00a0local hospice. I spent the majority of the day at the \"Smash a Plate\" stall... who knew how much people love throwing balls at plates?! It was also pretty cool because Martin Clunes, who plays Doc Martin on ITV, is a big supporter of the charity so he was at the fete too. Turns out he likes smashing plates too! Overall the day raised \u00a325,000 for the hospice and it felt amazing to have been a part of it.<\/p>\n

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Martin Clunes, AKA Doc Marten, with some of the hospice staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another thing I\u2019ve done this year is join the committee of the Baking Appreciation Society. I\u2019m the events officer, responsible for organising things like bake sales and the biweekly \u2018bring your own bake\u2019 meetings. Just last week, I set up a bake sale with Bath Marrow and we raised \u00a366 for the charity Anthony Nolan. Interesting fact - I\u2019m actually really bad at baking! I usually just \u201chelp\u201d my flatmate, who is the treasurer of the society. It\u2019s been really cool to learn a bit more about how societies are run in the Student\u2019s Union, I didn\u2019t realise how much goes on behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

Here's a selection of our bakes so far this semester...<\/p>\n