Good Deed Day 2015 proved a huge success with students and staff from Uxbridge College and Brunel University racking up more than 900 hours of volunteering and raising more than £500 for charity.
The mass volunteering event, the second of its kind, included a range of spontaneous and pre-arranged activities in and around Uxbridge town centre including:
* Packing customers’ shopping in stores including Tesco and M&S
* Dance performances in the High Street, Uxbridge
* Washing scooters for Shopmobility
* Litter picking
* Nail painting, hair styling, and face painting
* Re-painting the library at Hillingdon Hospital
* Fundraising for the Mayor of Hillingdon’s charities and Michael Sobell House
* Helping elderly people with technical issues with gadgets at the library.
The event, which was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Hillingdon, Councillor Catherine Dann and Mrs Rita Kilroy, involved 12 outside organisations including: Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge Library, St Margaret’s Church, DASH, Wilkinson’s, Marks and Spencer’s, Michael Sobell House, The Hillingdon Law Centre, Age UK Hillingdon, The Carers Trust, The London Borough of Hillingdon, and Shopmobility.
Sharon McCann, Uxbridge College Enterprise, Volunteering and Citizenship Coordinator, said: “It was great to see Uxbridge College and Brunel University students in partnership in this year’s Good Deed Day, which was even bigger and better than the last. It was a unique opportunity for all those involved to put their energies into supporting their local community and it is really incredible to see what can be achieved in one day.”
Mike Crane, Business Development Manager for Uxbridge Forward, said: “It was a brilliant and thoroughly successful day with great engagement with the community.”
Steve Hickman from Hillingdon Hospital said: “The students were all very keen and enthusiastic and did everything I asked of them. They managed to get the first coat of paint up in the library which looks great now as it's much cleaner and brighter.”
