STUDENTS who do that bit extra were honoured at a glittering awards ceremony.

The Southampton University Students Union (SUSU) Excellence in Volunteering Awards has become a popular fixture in the academic calendar where students who go the extra mile for others are rewarded. The awards ceremony took place at The Cube venue on campus at the University of Southampton.

The event is designed to recognise the many varieties of volunteering that take place within the Students’ Union and honour outstanding individuals who have shown enthusiasm and great personal drive.

The awards started with the students themselves being invited to nominate both societies and individuals who they thought deserved recognition.

Organisers set up the awards in a bid to help students’ employability, particularly demonstrating their transferable skills along with academic qualifications that they could take into the workplace.

Nominations were received in a variety of categories including Commitment, Innovation,; Engagement, Leadership; Impact, and Collaboration, Amongst other awards the student community was asked to nominate individuals to receive The Volunteer award - billed as the ‘ultimate’ gong of the evening.

Nominees for this category were judged to be truly exceptional, standing out from the crowd for their contribution.

The ten winners of the award were shown to have excelled in their involvement and have achieved significant results as a result of their work.

It was then down to a panel to whittle down the scores of nominations to a shortlist. The awards ceremony was hosted by Amelia Mayes and awards were presented to the winners and two runners-up by the Sabbatical Officers.

VP Engagement Ellie Cawthera “A great night was had at our Excellence in Volunteering Awards last week.

"The award categories are designed to represent and recognise the many varieties of volunteering that take place within the Students’ Union.

"I’m always so impressed with the variety of causes our students engage with – it’s my favourite night in the SUSU calendar!”

 

 

 

 

ROLL OF HONOUR

The award-winners for each category are as follows:

Collaboration:

Winner: LGBT History Month Working Group

Highly Commended: Lydia Butler, Jack Merrifield

Impact:

Winner: Becky Ivell

Highly Commended: Enactus, Southampton Hub Committee

Engagement:

Winner: Aurora Justice Highly Commended: AISEC, Southampton SSAGO (Student Scout and Guide Organisation)

Innovation: Winner: Enactus Highly Commended: Madlaina Michelotti and the Sustainability Festival Committee (Southampton Hub), Andrew Clark

Engagement:

Winner: Jade Head Highly Commended: Leon Rea, Iain Tinkler

Leadership:

Winner: Jenny Bortoluzzi Highly Commended: Simon Bidwell, Ellie Seaby

The Volunteer Award:

The recipients of this award were given Honorary Lifetime Memberships to SUSU) Shruti Verma, Frazer Delves, Nicholas Wong, Jack Harvey, Lydia Butler, Josh Hasdell, Tahlie Cooper, Sam Bailey, Madlaina Michelotti, Simon Bidwell