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·2nd March 2023

How volunteering can save your soul

Ali Khosravi
The mere idea of working for free may sound counter-intuitive to all the assumptions of the market economy in which...
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·26th February 2021

I am a Crankstart scholar, and I am proud of it. 

Jade Calder
I am a Crankstart scholar, and I am proud of it. For those who are unaware, the Crankstart scholarship is...
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·27th October 2019

The misadventures of a charity concierge

Hannah Patient
When I first heard of Charity Concierge, I couldn’t believe my ears. Free tickets to the Latitude Festival in exchange...
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·22nd April 2019

Seeking refuge in Oxford – in conversation with Asylum Welcome

Clotilde de Maricourt
“you have to understand, no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land”...
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·26th October 2018

Transformations at Turl Street Kitchen: Oxford Hub president Sofya Sudets on student engagement and community values

Saanjh Gupta
Image Credit: Sofya Sudets There is a Boston Consulting Group recruiting event in full swing on Turl Street Kitchen’s compact...
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·5th May 2017

Volunteering for change: identifying responsible overseas charity work

Joe MacConnell
Much has been published criticising the phenomenon of ‘voluntourism’, whereby individuals (often students) mix foreign holidays with voluntary work for...
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·23rd April 2016

Oxford students volunteer in Calais Jungle

Neha Shah
Over Easter, almost 50 students from a number of different colleges travelled to the migrant camp in Calais to offer...
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·3rd March 2022

Latest Statistics Show Significant Increase in Youth Volunteers

Dania Kamal Aryf
Image description: Emily Wright, a fair-skinned youth with dark hair, clad in a purple jacket, smiling.    The British Heart...
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·11th May 2020

Volunteering during COVID-19 – the work of Vennture

William Roberts
COVID-19 poses a unique challenge to the lives of all people, but the effect on each individual is not the...
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·11th October 2019

Just Like Us: why you should consider volunteering

Charlotte Hughes
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·25th January 2019

KEEN: students making Oxford a more inclusive place

Naomi Hirst
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·12th February 2018

The voluntourism that is turning orphanages into tourist attractions

Rachel Kevern
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·7th February 2017

Oxhub Spotlight: Project Soup

Anna Klaptocz
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Not ANOTHER Voluntourist…?

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