Member Groups

Ageaid is a new charity running in conjunction with Oxhub. It is geared to get student-volunteers visiting Nursing homes and Elderly day centres around Oxford. Why should you get involved? Elderly people are faced with the dilemma of being isolated in their homes and nursing homes. The time you can give them is enormously appreciated and will help alleviate some of the boredom and loneliness that they experience. Not only is it a fantastic chance to escape the Oxford bubble for a couple of hours a week, but it will also look great on your CV. What does it involve?

AIESEC is the world's largest student organisation, and the most structured opportunity on campus to get involved in topical issues, learn and develop new skills, travel the world and attend conferences all over the country and beyond.

AIESEC is an international non-profit organisation currently based in 106 countries. It is run by student volunteers in order to promote cultural understanding, develop real world skills and activate leadership among participants.

Christian Aid is a development agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland that works wherever the need is greatest, irrespective of religion or race. Much of Christian Aid's work is done abroad, where it supports local organisations that already serve their communities? needs. The organization also campaigns for change in national and global institutions. The agency focuses on climate change, trade justice, debt in developing countries, corporate regulation and HIV/AIDS.

The Oxford branch of Engineers Without Borders UK, a student-led charity whose mission is to facilitate human development through engineering.

Hands up for Darfur is a student initiative, launched in 2006, which is raising awareness and funds for relief agencies in Darfur Last year we put on - a sponsored rowathon - a forum at the Oxford Union chaired by Jon Snow - a ball at the Oxford Town Hall, which featured former child soldier turned, up and coming rap artist, Emmanuel Jal - a street fair in Gloucester Green all in all we managed to raise a total of £50,000 for our two charities Medicins Sans Frontières and Kids for Kids

Jacari is a student-run charity providing one-on-one tuition for children living in Oxford. These children, who are between 4 and 16 years old, do not speak English as their first language and often come from refugee families and those seeking asylum. University students volunteer to help improve their allotted child's English and performance in other subjects as required.

KEEN is an organisation that provides activities for young people (4-25+ year olds) with special needs. We run an over 18s social club on a Monday evening, an arts and drama club for under 18s on a Friday afternoon and a sports session for everyone on Saturday afternoons. We also do lots of special events like day trips and holiday activities.

We send 10 volunteers from Oxford together with 10 from Cambridge to rural Kenyan schools for 10 weeks in the summer. Our focus is on investment in sustainable resources to allow independent growth for our schools.

The OUSU Environment and Ethics Committee campaigns on environmental and ethical issues in Oxford. We meet every tuesday in the OUSU building. Email Ian to be added to the Green mailing list, and check our website for all our information including a League table of colleges according to their green credentials. http://ousuenvironment.blogspot.com