Student Volunteer Week 2026 will take place between 9 – 15th February 2026.
Student Volunteering Week is a national week, led by the Student Volunteering Network, that takes place across the UK. Universities and schools across the country step up to take part in the week, organising opportunities or events to encourage their students to volunteer and help their local communities.
What is Student Volunteering Week?
Student Volunteering Week celebrates student volunteering in the following ways:
Contributes positively to the wider and local community life
Improves student wellbeing
Develops students’ employability
What are others doing?
Some choose to use the week to recognise existing volunteers. others as an opportunity to recruit volunteers to programmes and some offer one-off opportunities for students to get involved on a low commitment basis.
To find out more about what students all over the country are up to, make sure to follow the Student Volunteering Week social media channels on Twitter and Instagram, and tag us to share your stories.
For those new to Student Volunteering, below are some slides from one of our online events last year with some tips and ideas on what you might like to deliver for volunteering week.
Student Volunteering Week 2026: Themes
We’ve added some themes based on feedback for each day of Student Volunteering Week, as we often see a range of different ways Student Volunteering Week is recognised across institutions.
You may want to host activities based around these themes each day, but
the network is committed to support all SVW related activity, so we’ll still be re-sharing and
promoting all activity from institutions across the week.
Monday 9th – Micro-Monday
Micro-volunteering opportunities are a great way to give a small amount of their time and make a
difference. Could you host a micro-volunteering event on your university campus or share online
some micro-volunteering opportunities with students.
Tuesday 10th – Transferable Skills Tuesday
We’re all aware of the many benefits of student volunteering, so we’re encouraging you to showcase the employability benefits of getting involved in volunteering.
Wednesday 11th – Wellness Wednesday
You might want to showcase or spotlight a wellbeing related opportunity students can get involved in, advertise a mental health charity or work on a campaign to spread the message that volunteering is good for mental and physical health.
Thursday 12th – Thankful Thursday
Thank and recognise your volunteers today and celebrate the amazing work of student volunteers.
Friday 13th – Friendly Friday
Friendly might mean recognising and celebrating student volunteer work in the local community, or encouraging students to get involved in community volunteering opportunities. Or you might want to showcase the volunteer work students do on the University campus, supporting their student community (e.g. academic reps or society leaders).
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th – Sustainable Saturday and Sunday
Encourage students to get involved in a green opportunity, whether it’s planting, gardening, tree
planting, litter picking or a beach clean – anything on the sustainability agenda is welcomed.
Our national team, led by the Student Volunteering Network, will be available to offer help to you in running your SVW activities, before, during and after the week.
Student Volunteering Network 