The Community Award

Recognising those individuals, societies, or projects that have had positive, meaningful impact on a wider community. For this award, the community could be the student community in their university or college, or the local, national, or international community.

The longlist

Discovery Project Coordinators, Swansea University - The project coordinators recruit and support students to get involve in the community. They coordinate activities, create resources and facilitate social groups to support the volunteers.

Mentorship Subcommittee, In2MedSchool - The subcommittee works to support aspiring medical students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue this dream. To achieve this they support a team of 74 volunteers to get out in the community.

Clubbing Crew, University of Sheffield - Students connect with adults with learning disabilities at Students' Union club nights. They have lots of fun at the parties which often include karaoke and games.

Rosie Waspe, University of Essex Students' Union - Rosie founded the Poetic Legacies project which allows students to come together to create poems, express themselves and make friends. This year they have worked shared a monthly anthology of poems with people at the local hospital.

African and Caribbean Society, University of Oxford - The society has delivered four outreach initiatives to support over 100 students across the UK with their aspirations to study at Oxford.

Refugee Teaching Project, University of Essex Students' Union - Volunteers provide English lessons to refugees. They have 37 active volunteers and reach at least 25 individuals per session.