Jump IN
Jump IN
Jump IN is an all-encompassing programme, which supports you in every stage of your volunteering journey. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer, or looking for your first role, Jump IN is there for you.
From volunteering fairs for those just starting out or looking for something new to training sessions and expert Q&As for those more experienced in volunteering, we ensure you can build the networks, skills and confidence you need to progress in your voluntary role and enhance your employability skills.
We provide sessions around leadership, volunteer management, fundraising, influencing, communication, conflict resolution and much, much more.
Alternatively, if you have got a charitable or voluntary idea of your own, we can provide you with the guidance you need to set up and structure your project for maximum impact. We can also introduce you to key contacts that can help your project succeed.
Registration open throughout the academic year.
Sign up so you hear first when training sessions, volunteering fairs, and webinars are announced!
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UPCOMING EVENTS/TRAINING
Event Management – 20 October – 14:00-16:00 **online**
If you are going to be organising events or conferences on campus throughout the year, join us for this online event management session, delivered by Angela Martina Haley and Nicola Carson from QUB Eventus, Arts and Culture.
This training course is created to assist you in planning a successful University event or conference. It will outline all the elements of event management for you to consider. Areas included are, the event planning process, venue management, health and safety, and risk assessment. By the end of the course, you will have the tools to enable you to organise events/conferences and it will help you make the best use of the resources available to you around campus.
Find out more and register here.
Social Media for your Club/Society/Group– 27 October – 14:00-16:00**online**
You may be in the position of creating or maintaining a variety of social media accounts for your club/society/group.
Join us for this online social media session, delivered by Damian Donnelly (Ad_Man).
This training course is created to assist you in building and / or maintaining a successful social media presence for your Club/ Society. Content includes:
- Social media and the law
- Social media and good sense!
- Avoiding the pitfalls of things like fake news, parody accounts, misinformation, disinformation and so on.
- Content monitoring, management and moderation (e.g. enabling comments, how to deal with ‘complaints’, and so on).
- Dealing with trolls and ‘nuisance’ engagement (e.g. how to block accounts, how to manage ‘difficult’ users, and so on).
- Identifying and engaging ‘influencers’ and ‘good people to know’ connections.
- Building a community (what works… and what doesn’t)
- Creating engaging content and exploring useful tools e.g. photo, video and audio editing
By the end of the course, you will have the tools to enable you to effectively run your club or society social media.
Find out more and register here.
Networking & Collaborating with Organisations– 2 November – 15:00-16:30 **online**
In this 90 minute interactive and activity based session, Student Hubs will be providing advice and guidance on how students can engage proactively and successfully with local organisations in networking, collaboration, and project work.
Find out more and register here.
Confidence & Influence – 3 November – 13:30-14:30 **online**
Are you an Academic Rep, a Student Councillor, an Activist or in another role which might involve providing negative feedback and articulating an argument to influence others?
Join us for this talk around practical use of confidence when presenting and dealing with difficult conversations. In this one hour talk Elliot, with a decade of experience in this field, will share with you different coping strategies to having more confidence, explore a unique structure to present your argument with and how to manage feedback.
This talk is facilitated by Elliot Kay who, for the last decade, has worked with Future Leaders Network, The Princes Trust and business owners, to help them stand out when they are public speaking.
Elliot’s unique and effective structures, impactful delivery training, and teaching “language that lands” has helped them to hone their messaging, perfect their stories, and thus win them more influence and business.
Find out more and register here.
Climate Change– 24 November - afternoon
More info coming soon.
Project Management– 11 January – 15:00-16:00 **online**
In this 1 hour session, Student Hubs will be providing advice and guidance on project management for academic and non-academic projects.
This includes:
- Guidance and systems for organisation
- Productivity tools
- Outlining a variety of approaches to project management which may work for you
Find out more and register here.
Volunteering & Wellbeing Fair– 19 January – 10:00-14:00 **in person**
More info coming soon.
Campaigning – 26 January - afternoon
More info coming soon.
Confidence - 2 February - 14:00-15:00
Are you an activist or do you have a voluntary/charitable idea that will create positive change?
Join Jacob Kelly as he shares his story of how he founded the Coronavirus Tutoring Initiative to prevent the educational attainment gap from widening even further for children and young people across the UK during the pandemic.
More info coming soon.
Idea Generation & Campaigns – 8 February– 15:00-16:30 **online**
In this 90 minute interactive and activity based session, Student Hubs will be providing advice and guidance on how students can develop and generate new ideas/projects/social action activities, and also about effective campaigning.
Find out more and register here.
Volunteering Employability Skills & 3rd Sector Jobs – 1 March – 15:00-16:00 **online**
In this 1 hour session Student Hubs will be providing advice and guidance on applying for jobs as a university student or graduate. This includes:
- Developing your employability
- How to reflect on your volunteering experiences
- CVs, job interviews and guidance on applying for roles in the third sector
Find out more and register here.
Developing a FREE Social Record/CV of your Volunteering through Be Collective – 24 May – 12:00-13:00
More info coming soon.
These events are open to Queen's students and staff only. Please register using your Queen's email account.