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His job went beyond lesson revision from previously taught material by tutors. He also prepared students for revision and provided social support. This comprehensive approach, combined with his dedication, led to his recognition as the winner of the Student Mentor of the Year award within the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science.

One student feedback: “Momoh has always been extremely helpful in person and over Teams. He gave me very helpful feedback on my work. He also ran very informative and helpful sessions. He also would allow us to give our input as to what we would want to see in the sessions which really helped to cater the sessions to our needs.”

The voluntary social media role combined Sophie’s passion for sustainable shopping with her spirit to help others. During this time, she has helped raise awareness of Emmaus Preston charity shops by creating social media posts, engaging new and wider audiences (most notably growing and single-handedly tending to Emmaus Preston’s TikTok account), and giving people supported by the charity, who have been homeless, a voice.

Sophie’s role developed into more than social media, as she researched, wrote and submitted an award nomination on behalf of Emmaus Preston with support from the team, which was submitted to UCLan’s Centre for Volunteering. This resulted in the charity securing second place for Community Team of the Year 2023!

Similarly, volunteering has allowed Daisy to benefit from good quality training opportunities, especially online training platforms.

Although Daisy has engaged in a lot of volunteering within the Preston area, the volunteering she engages in with Action Tutoring is remote and with young people aged 10-11 years from London. Similarly, when she starts volunteering with Samaritan’s she will be answering calls from people in crisis nationally.

“Don’t be put off from volunteering because you’re not from the immediate area. CVCL offers so many different kind of opportunities.”

He also volunteers his time in hospitals around ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ and supports people struggling with alcoholism.  He offers his time to make sure that people are getting the support they need and are signposted to the right services once they leave hospital.