Monia Singh
College of Business, Technology & Engineering
What they did:
They worked with various communities and charities and further encouraged classmates and other students to do the same. They worked with Archer Project, S6 food bank, Cavendish Cancer care, Bluebell hospital, Sayit, Safte, Rainbow blades etc. They also worked with lot of aslum seekers and immigrants groups and festivals like Migration matters. As part of working with charities went above and beyond to give them time along with their part time work and academics. They worked with Student union chartable initiatives like swap store and river and beach cleaning as well. On own they participated in Ration challenge and half marathon to raise funds. They also spoke to Course leader, Tutors and Employer for possible collaboration and working on community support together and working it actively. Their work was Highley appreciated publicly by their team, charities, employers and co-workers on social media platform and was awarded employee of the month and community team member of the month for the same. They initiated ideas that brought communities together and was highly appreciated by their employer and it was further replicated at various levels.
What was the impact?
Their consistent work for community and sharing their journey and experience on social media encouraged other students to participate more and also showed the further credibility of these activities in terms of learnings, exposure and networking. They shared the details with their course leader and managers and employers to carry this further and continuously. They were able to show ease of doing it and how much options are around. They definitely made community work a major area of interest for their course and fellow students.
How it inspired others
To see someone consistently engage in community work show passion for same and also do well with academics and get distinction while exploring various opportunities at University is exemplary. It was an example that it is easy and can be done. Various students from course have been in touch to understand what can be done and how it can help them have credible experience while doing something to support causes.