How to get involved

海角社区 Vice-Chancellor Professor Dominic Shellard and Head of Public Engagement Mark Charlton have met with scores of students who wanted to find out how they could offer practical support to the United Nations’ Together campaign.

Mark Charlton presenting at 海角社区's UN Together event

#海角社区local has put together a list of 10 ways which students can give their time to programmes across the city and the campus which support refugees and their families. They are:

Interviewing refugees and their families for the Share My Story project, which will create an oral history archive of the different experiences of Leicester’s refugees
Supporting 海角社区’s Syria Day on campus – 32 families from Leicester’s newest community are being invited onto campus for the day
Nurturing new talent by volunteering at #海角社区local’s refugee art club
Fundraising to support refugee scholars at 海角社区
Mentoring – to provide educational support for young people who arrived in the UK
Join a 海角社区 conference to discuss refugee and people trafficking issues on May 18
Suggesting a pitch for a project to the #海角社区local team
Volunteering at a new Get Together café being run by #海角社区local
Be a sports mentor or help create new sporting activities in Leicester
Becoming a music mentor

Contact 海角社区local to express an interest in getting involved in the campaign: local@dmu.ac.uk