Volunteer at V4U Day

V4U Day is Victoria University’s largest community volunteering event, held over a full day every year.

The event takes place in Semester 2, and involves students, alumni and staff members taking part in volunteering activities across the western suburbs of Melbourne. Since V4U Day began in 2011, we have partnered with 58 unique organisations in Melbourne’s west.

Due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria, V4U Day 2020 will be delivered remotely with the oppotunity for volunteers to participate from home.

V4U Day has received:

a Highly Commended – Most Successful Event award at the 2018 Campus Link Awards
a citation for Excellence in Service at the 2015 Vice Chancellor’s Awards
Best Event award in 2012 by the Australian Association of Campus Activities.

To register to be a V4U Day volunteer, you need to be one of the following:

a current VU student
a VU staff member
a VU alumnus.

V4U Day 2019

V4U Day 2019 - Transcript

Benefits of being a V4U Day volunteer

As a V4U Day volunteer you can:

connect with students from different campuses and backgrounds
earn volunteering hours towards your LEAD Program
enjoy a sense of achievement by giving back to the community
learn new skills
have fun
add volunteering to your resume.

On V4U Day, all volunteers will also receive:

an exclusive V4U Day T-shirt
tools and equipment for needed to complete your project (if applicable)
a Certificate of Appreciation
an invitation to the after-event celebration.

V4U Day is a lot of fun and a great way to meet new people.

What happens on a remote V4U Day

As a V4U Day volunteer, you will receive a project pack with all materials you will need to participate in your team project from home.

On V4U Day, Friday 30 October 2020, join the event opening on Zoom at 9.30am and then join your project group on Zoom from 9.45am.

After reporting to your project Team Leader and meeting other volunteers on your assigned project, you'll receive a project briefing and instructions about your project and meet your team.

You will then remotely complete a team volunteering project with other volunteers. Once your project is completed, you can join our live "show-and-tell" session to showcase what you have accomplished and see what the other teams have been up to, before finsihing up the day with an after-event celebration party.

Check out V4U Day photos on the Student Life Facebook page to get a glimpse of V4U Day 2019!

V4U Day projects

Volunteers work remotely on their team projects for approximately four hours and complete a range of tasks such as:

making face masks, ear protectors, or pocket hearts to donate to our partners
participating in breakthrough conversations on social justice and asylum seekers
creating a mindful walking route in your local community
reading stories to children
singing in a virtual choir to dedicate a song to frontline workers
having your children draw a picture or make a postcard for aged care residents or frontline workers.

Feedback survey to our volunteers shows that after volunteering for V4U Day: