A third year Bioscience student is to be presented with the first ‘Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award’ and a £2,000 bursary for his commitment to student volunteering.
Martin Engel will be the first ever recipient of the award, which will be presented to him at the Student Volunteering Cardiff (SVC) annual winter ball on Saturday 29 November.
Banco Santander is supplying the bursary as a result of the new partnership between Cardiff University and the group.
Cardiff is the first educational institution in Wales to join the expanding group of ‘Santander Universities’ – an international network of higher education organisations.
Martin dedicated over 300 hours of his time to volunteering during his second year of university.
He was especially involved in coordinating the SVC Weekenders projects, which offers young carers the opportunity to go on various trips and take part in activities.
Martin had also given numerous talks to promote the work of SVC and organised the first ever SVC charity fun-run which raised more than £1,200.
He is currently on an industry placement in Copenhagen but will be coming back to the UK for the awardpresentation.
SVC is one of the largest student-led volunteering organisations in the UK which coordinates more than 40 different projects with more than 1,000 student volunteers all contributing to the local community in various ways.
