Meet the SU Volunteering Team

The Volunteering team source fantastic volunteering opportunities for any students who want to gain extra skills, meet others or improve their wellbeing. The team also helps local community organisations and charities share their opportunities with University of Bath students, as well as hosting a range of volunteering events.

David Lam

David is your elected Activities Officer for 2024-25 and is supported by the Activities Executive Committee. He is a British born Chinese person living in the West Midlands. Often, he gets told he has a Birmingham accent which he strongly disagrees with. Before he became an officer, he was studying Health and Exercise Science which included a professional placement year in Madrid as a PE teacher.

David wants to make sure all students have the opportunity to get involved in societies and volunteering. They helped to give him a sense of belonging in a large university community and he wants other people to feel the same way. He’s also quite a cool guy too, so I’ve heard.

If you need support, have a query or just want a chat, email david at suactivities@bath.ac.uk 

Shourya Gupta

Shourya is a final-year Management with Marketing student, and the Volunteer and Fundraising Liaison for 2024-25. He’s committed to creating meaningful volunteering opportunities for students and helping them get involved in impactful campus activities. After taking a year off for a professional placement, Shourya has returned to his role with fresh energy and new ideas.Outside of his work on campus, Shourya enjoys travelling, keeping up with Formula One, and diving into his love for music. He’s passionate about helping students find their place within the university community, ensuring everyone has the chance to get involved. Friendly and driven, Shourya is here to make a positive difference!

Feel free to chat with Shourya about anything from new ideas and collaborations to seeking help. You can contact him at sg2507@bath.ac.uk

Anna Boneham

 

Anna is the Volunteering and Societies Manager here at the SU, this involves responsibility for the strategic planning and direction of the area; as well as being responsible for health and safety and financial good practice.

Anna studied Social Policy at Anglia Ruskin Uni as a mature student and graduated at the grand ‘old’ age of 32. Whilst at Uni, Anna became involved in volunteering for a variety of organisations and then started working for the Oxfam development team in Cambridge, with a move to Bath in 1998 to continue her role with the Oxfam Bristol team.

Anna has travelled around quite a lot but made Bath her home where she now lives with her husband and son. She is part of the ‘Bath Women’s Fund’ that celebrates and supports organisations that empower women, girls and families and is also a volunteer befriender for AGE UK.

Anna has worked in the SU since 2000 (yikes!) and now oversees Volunteering and Societies where she is responsible for managing and developing the area.

Hazel Joel

Hazel is the Fundraising Coordinator at the SU. Originally from Sheffield, Hazel moved to Bristol 6 years ago to study Law for her undergraduate degree followed by an Events Management MSc, both at UWE.

In her spare time, Hazel is a keen rugby player and has been for over 14 years. When not in the office you can find her knee deep in mud on the rugby pitch!

With a personal connection, Hazel helped to establish the charity ‘Maddy’s Mark’ who aim to support young people’s mental health through women’s rugby. Having seen the positive impact of fundraising first hand, she aims to continue to create fundraising opportunities for students and raise awareness for a variety of charities.

She’s always happy to hear about potential fundraising ideas and use her event management experience to advise on the best ways to organise a successful fundraising event.

 

Beckie Upton

Beckie is the Volunteering Coordinator at the SU. Beckie Studied PGCert in Design at UWE and a BA in Contemporary Fine Art Practices at Dartington College of Arts. She has worked on many artistic and creative projects with young people, and within galleries developing volunteering programmes. At the SU she is working to increase activity around sustainability and climate action in volunteering and in the areas of health, wellness and community groups.

As a new student, following her move to Bristol, she set up a project to break the cycle of ‘you have to have experience to get experience’, directing an 8 week residency, exhibition, events and training programme for 8 selected artists and a small team of enthusiastic young volunteers. Since then she has led arts activities in collectives, with organisations and in 2020, received an artistic development grant through ACE for experimental studio practice and community work.

You can chat to Beckie about project planning, creative volunteering, volunteering for sustainable projects, connecting with charities, volunteering for employability.



 

Katherine Everton

Katherine is the Volunteering Administrator at the SU, providing general support to student volunteers and local charity & community partners.

Previously, Katherine lived in London and worked at the BBC in the Environment & Ethical team before moving to Bath. After a few years of being a full time parent she joined the University of Bath where she loves supporting students and the wider community in all things volunteering.

Katherine enjoys volunteering, occasionally doing something sporty like a triathlon, and practising sustainable living. She’s always happy to hear about new volunteering ideas and loves celebrating the amazing contributions that volunteers make.

 

You can get in touch with us at volunteers@bath.ac.uk or drop in to the SU office in the Edge between 10-4 to ask us anything about Volunteering!