| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 76.52 |
| Liaison | Maria Kirrane |
| Submission Date | July 28, 2022 |
University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
EN-13: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.32 / 5.00 |
John
O'Halloran Deputy President and Registrar Office of the Deputy President and Registrar |
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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service
Yes
Total number of students:
18,464
Number of students engaged in community service:
9,416
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
51.00
Part 2. Community service hours per student
Yes
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
28,600
Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
1.55
Part 3. Employee community service program
No
A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
UCC formally recognizes student contribution to extracurricular activities and their development of employability skills through their involvement in a range of activities and initiatives inside and outside UCC through the EmployAgility Awards – previously known as the Works Award.
To receive an award through the Volunteering Pathway a student must complete a period of unpaid volunteering in an on or off-campus approved UCC EmployAgility Award organization. Students have to complete an average of 40 hours.
In addition, there are many other ad hoc informal volunteering endeavors undertaken by UCC students such as UCC's Enactus Society’s ‘Ceangal’ project. Ceangal is a local project in which products (candles, lip gloss) are handmade by asylum seekers, with profits helping communities within the direct provision. Ceangal also plans to improve its social impact by upskilling participants and engaging in outreach activities and diversifying into other products. Its primary goal is to improve the lives of residents in direct provision. This project plus the UCC Food Bank Initiative are examples of unrecorded volunteering hours by UCC students so the total number of hours presented in the above figures is an under-estimate.
A student-wide survey undertaken in April 2018 was the last survey conducted due to the pandemic. These results are therefore based on a representative sample of the UCC community. The results of the 2018 survey showed the following:
9,416 students engaged in Community Service which at the time was 51% of the student population. The total number of student community service recorded hours was 9,883 which equaled .54 hours per student.
In total 272 UCC Works Volunteering Pathway awards were distributed in 2019 and
10, 880 hours of community service hours were contributed through the Volunteering Pathway.
However, all participation in the Awards program is voluntary so here are the overall figures for the 2019 Awards program including Volunteering, Student Life, Internship, and Entrepreneurship pathways.
No of students: 434 students received 715 awards. Total hours committed: 28,600
The following is a list of some of the organisations that UCC staff volunteer at:
1. Cork Life Centre
2. Codejo
3. Suas
4. Samaritans
5. Cork Penny Dinners
6. St. Vincent De Paul
7. Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
8. Foroige Big Brother and Big Sister Programme
9. European Youth Parliament
10. Irish Red Cross
11. Local GAA Clubs
To receive an award through the Volunteering Pathway a student must complete a period of unpaid volunteering in an on or off-campus approved UCC EmployAgility Award organization. Students have to complete an average of 40 hours.
In addition, there are many other ad hoc informal volunteering endeavors undertaken by UCC students such as UCC's Enactus Society’s ‘Ceangal’ project. Ceangal is a local project in which products (candles, lip gloss) are handmade by asylum seekers, with profits helping communities within the direct provision. Ceangal also plans to improve its social impact by upskilling participants and engaging in outreach activities and diversifying into other products. Its primary goal is to improve the lives of residents in direct provision. This project plus the UCC Food Bank Initiative are examples of unrecorded volunteering hours by UCC students so the total number of hours presented in the above figures is an under-estimate.
A student-wide survey undertaken in April 2018 was the last survey conducted due to the pandemic. These results are therefore based on a representative sample of the UCC community. The results of the 2018 survey showed the following:
9,416 students engaged in Community Service which at the time was 51% of the student population. The total number of student community service recorded hours was 9,883 which equaled .54 hours per student.
In total 272 UCC Works Volunteering Pathway awards were distributed in 2019 and
10, 880 hours of community service hours were contributed through the Volunteering Pathway.
However, all participation in the Awards program is voluntary so here are the overall figures for the 2019 Awards program including Volunteering, Student Life, Internship, and Entrepreneurship pathways.
No of students: 434 students received 715 awards. Total hours committed: 28,600
The following is a list of some of the organisations that UCC staff volunteer at:
1. Cork Life Centre
2. Codejo
3. Suas
4. Samaritans
5. Cork Penny Dinners
6. St. Vincent De Paul
7. Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
8. Foroige Big Brother and Big Sister Programme
9. European Youth Parliament
10. Irish Red Cross
11. Local GAA Clubs
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
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Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
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Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.ucc.ie/en/sefs/news/2022/ucc-students-donate-laptops-to-students-in-direct-provision.html
https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/getexperience/volunteering/spotlightonvolunteering/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/getexperience/awards/volunteeringcommunityengagement/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/wellbeingdevelopment/coaching/whatiscoaching/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/uccmentoringprogramme/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/getexperience/volunteering/spotlightonvolunteering/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/getexperience/awards/volunteeringcommunityengagement/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/wellbeingdevelopment/coaching/whatiscoaching/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/uccmentoringprogramme/
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