The GO!Team

The GO! Team

Student Volunteering Opportunities

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The GO! Team - Who are we?

International@CampusLife offers a volunteering opportunity in the form of our GO! Team. The GO! Team are a special group of student volunteers from all over the world who help us deliver our packed social programme by giving up their time to run trips and activities throughout the year. We work hard to ensure our GO! Team's volunteer hours are correctly logged and recognised with a special award, celebrating their achievement, which they can take forward to future employers. We work closely with DiscoverySVS who kindly provide excellent training opportunities and offer a range of other volunteer projects.

GO! Team Activities

There are a range of activities run throughout the year that our GO! Team can be involved with.

GO! Team activities include:

Promoting and attending social activities aimed at engaging international students
Welcoming new international students to the University on a year round basis
Helping to deliver the International Welcome Day and ongoing induction activities
Developing and producing a regular GO! News newsletter - promoted to all students
Helping to run the ICL led social activities
Participating in and promoting the DISCOVERY Student Volunteering Swansea
Making webcasts and videos about the GO! Team project
Setting up and maintaining a GO! Team members Facebook page and engaging with University wide social networking activities
Working with other GO! Team members in developing and organising new, supported, social and cultural events and activities
Writing short reports, and maintaining statistics related to, of activities undertaken under the GO! Team Project
Building interest and momentum in the GO! Team Project to ensure ongoing success

Our Volunteers

Our GO! Team volunteers come from a range of different backgrounds - it doesn't matter who you are, if you have a positive, can-do attitude, a passion for working with others and understand how to make others feel welcome then come and join us!

Volunteer benefits include:

The opportunity to develop employability skills and enhance their CV (resume)
Making a real difference to the experience of other Swansea University students
Access to free or reduced entry to many international and other social events on and off campus
The opportunity to develop skills in areas such as Cultural Awareness and Event Planning
Be actively involved in the wider university community
Meet new friends and people from all over the world
Try something new!

What we expect from you:

To represent Swansea University in a positive light
To listen carefully and follow instructions
To endeavour to communicate with ICL, staff, students and others calmly and effectively
To be reliable; if you agree to volunteer at a particular event, or agree to do a piece of work for us, please follow through on it. If something happens which means you cannot meet a responsibility you have, please let the Team Leader or your Mentor know as soon as possible
To have good timekeeping skills; please arrive on time to events and keep to given deadlines for written reports, articles or social media posts
To be flexible and adapt to new situations.
To have a good understanding of issues facing new students.
To be approachable and have an understanding that some new students will be shy and apprehensive.
To be able to take the initiative and be able to think on your feet.

What you can expect from us:

Training opportunities from ICL, DISCOVERY and other University sources. If you want training in any specific areas, feel free to speak to your mentor about it and we will see what can be arranged for you.
Help and support in managing individual Projects and activities
A Project Leader and Team Mentor that will guide you and give you feedback. If you have any questions or worries, they will always be happy to have a chat with you.
Help in assessing what employability skills you have gained
Provide a reference letter for future employers

Apply for the GO! Team

International@CampusLife (ICL) are always looking for new volunteers to join our GO! Team project and help us support more students and activities!

If you are interested in applying for this exciting opportunity, get in touch with us at gosocial@swansea.ac.uk and also download our GO! Team Handbook 2023/24 pack to learn all about being a GO! Team Member.

Please direct any queries related to this volunteer project to gosocial@swansea.ac.uk (write GO! Team in the email subject).

Please be aware that the GO! Team Volunteer Scheme is a joint project with Discovery Student Volunteering Swansea so some of your details may need to be shared between ICL and DiscoverySVS.