--- title: "News: Volunteer" url: "https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/tag/volunteer" school: "Birkenhead Sixth Form College" --- [![Birkenhead Sixth Form College](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/images/logo/BSFC_FC_RGB(1).png)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/birkenheadsixthformcollege) - [X](http://www.twitter.com/BSFC) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0mV-sqmiu8V_19dpFY3Zw) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bsfc_/) - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@bsfc_college) [Apply Now](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/application-form) ![OFSTED](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/theme/birkenhead/img/ofsted_new.png) # News: Volunteer [![Image of Volunteering in Cambodia: The Trip of a Lifetime](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/MAIN_PIC.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-09-22-volunteering-in-cambodia-the-trip-of-a-lifetime) 22 September 2016 #### [Volunteering in Cambodia: The Trip of a Lifetime](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-09-22-volunteering-in-cambodia-the-trip-of-a-lifetime) Read Learning Support Assistant Johanne's account of her life-changing trip with ten of our students to volunteer in the Far East. [![Image of Cambodia Calls for Intrepid Volunteer Adventurers ](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Camps_Int_Camb.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-05-26-cambodia-calls-for-intrepid-volunteer-adventurers) 26 May 2016 #### [Cambodia Calls for Intrepid Volunteer Adventurers ](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-05-26-cambodia-calls-for-intrepid-volunteer-adventurers) Ten students and one teacher join a Camps International team to make a vital contribution in Cambodia, and they need your help! [![Image of Pioneering Mentor Scheme Goes From Strength to Strength](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/HE_Mentors_Picture.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-01-19-pioneering-mentor-scheme-goes-from-strength-to-strength) 19 January 2016 #### [Pioneering Mentor Scheme Goes From Strength to Strength](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-01-19-pioneering-mentor-scheme-goes-from-strength-to-strength) The college has 16 university students acting as personal mentors in Humanities and Sport. [![Image of The Sixth Form College Volunteers Fair 2015](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Collage_for_Social_2.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-10-09-the-sixth-form-college-volunteers-fair-2015) 9 October 2015 #### [The Sixth Form College Volunteers Fair 2015](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-10-09-the-sixth-form-college-volunteers-fair-2015) Representatives attended The Sixth Form College’s Volunteers Fair to offer advice and volunteering opportunities to students… [![Image of Kind-Hearted Student Spends Summer Volunteering in Uganda](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Elizabeth_Pennington_IVHQ_Montage.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-08-28-kind-hearted-student-spends-summer-volunteering-in-uganda) 28 August 2015 #### [Kind-Hearted Student Spends Summer Volunteering in Uganda](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-08-28-kind-hearted-student-spends-summer-volunteering-in-uganda) Elizabeth Pennington spent 4 weeks over the summer in Mutungo, Uganda on a Volunteering Programme with International Volunteer HQ… [![Image of Students explore ways they can Do More this New Year at our Annual Do More Fair](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Montage_Image.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-01-09-students-explore-ways-they-can-do-more-this-new-year-at-our-annual-do-more-fair) 9 January 2015 #### [Students explore ways they can Do More this New Year at our Annual Do More Fair](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-01-09-students-explore-ways-they-can-do-more-this-new-year-at-our-annual-do-more-fair) College clubs, societies & outside organisations attended The Sixth Form College Do More Fair this week offering students a range of enrichment opportunities to get involved with in 2015… [![Image of WIRRAL STUDENTS RECOGNISED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AT CHESTER CATHEDRAL](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/NCS(1).jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-12-17-wirral-students-recognised-for-their-contribution-to-society-at-chester-cathedral) 17 December 2014 #### [WIRRAL STUDENTS RECOGNISED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AT CHESTER CATHEDRAL](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-12-17-wirral-students-recognised-for-their-contribution-to-society-at-chester-cathedral) Students from the Sixth Form College in Birkenhead attended a glittering ceremony at Chester Cathedral to graduate from the National Citizenship Scheme (NCS). [![Image of Sixth Form College Students Raise Vital Funds as Part of Citizenship Scheme...](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/National_Citizen_Service_-_Students_and_Chris_Marchant_from_NCS(1)(1).jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-11-06-sixth-form-college-students-raise-vital-funds-as-part-of-citizenship-scheme) 6 November 2014 #### [Sixth Form College Students Raise Vital Funds as Part of Citizenship Scheme...](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-11-06-sixth-form-college-students-raise-vital-funds-as-part-of-citizenship-scheme) Students from The Sixth Form College have helped to raise more than £3,700.00 for Wirral charities as part of the National Citizenship Scheme (NCS). [![Image of Enrichment Fair 2014](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Full_page_photo.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-09-17-enrichment-fair-2014) 17 September 2014 #### [Enrichment Fair 2014](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-09-17-enrichment-fair-2014) Students were able to explore a diverse range of Enrichment Opportunities including volunteering opportunities and much more at one of our largest Enrichment Fairs so far… [![Image of BSFC Team George push raises cash for sick Wirral youngster](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/National_Citizen_Service_-_Students_and_Chris_Marchant_from_NCS(1).jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-05-23-bsfc-team-george-push-raises-cash-for-sick-wirral-youngster) 23 May 2014 #### [BSFC Team George push raises cash for sick Wirral youngster](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-05-23-bsfc-team-george-push-raises-cash-for-sick-wirral-youngster) Twenty-one kindhearted students from The Sixth Form College have rallied to the cause of a little boy who suffers from a crippling mystery illness. [![Image of Wirral Sixth Form College student to take part in a prestigious US study programme](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/IMG8230.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-03-31-wirral-sixth-form-college-student-to-take-part-in-a-prestigious-us-study-programme) 31 March 2014 #### [Wirral Sixth Form College student to take part in a prestigious US study programme](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-03-31-wirral-sixth-form-college-student-to-take-part-in-a-prestigious-us-study-programme) Wirral Sixth Form College student is celebrating after being selected from thousands of people to take part in a prestigious US study programme. 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