Volunteering with us is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience, develop your skills and meet new people from all over the world. It can also count towards your Bristol PLUS Award. Currently, you can:
Fancy helping others to learn a language at our fun, friendly weekly Language Café? We'd love to hear from you.
To make sure we are delivering authentic cultural events, we are looking for volunteers who can share their own cultural experiences to make activities, decorations and presentations as accurate to the culture as possible. If you are of the nationality being celebrated or have significant links and/or an understanding of the culture being celebrated, then we'd love to work with you!
Do you have a topic, country or culture that you would like to share with others? Well we’re giving you the space to do so! Book a slot to deliver a presentation on your own or as a group. In the past we’ve had presentations on Ecuadorian culture, New Year’s celebrations around the world, as well as street art in Berlin. The choice is ultimately yours!
Keen to make new friends and help bring other students together? Help shape our weekly Friday afternoon hangouts with other volunteers.
Whether you are a society or an individual, if you have an idea for an exciting event you'd like to organise with us, we'd love to help you bring it to life. As you work alongside our friendly team, you'll gain confidence and develop important transferable skills. For an informal chat, and to check available event dates, please email global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.
The Global Lounge offers dynamic, bookable spaces which can be reserved by students and staff, free of charge. You can use our space to run events, hold meetings or for social gatherings.
‘It is always a pleasure working with the Global Lounge team: stress-free, organised, great communication! I loved the decorations, ambience, and the food! It was a lovely event, thank you!’
Blake Makuuchi, BSc Criminology (Thanksgiving, 2022)
‘The team are really, really helpful and go out of their way to make sure you have everything you need. They’ve made our entire journey really comfortable’
Deepa Lakshi, MA Law alumna (A Glimpse into the World of Indian Dance, 2020)