Manchester Day of Action 2024
What is the Manchester Day of Action?
Manchester Day of Action is our annual community volunteering project for alumni around the world. We are now accepting projects for 2024.
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2024
We need alumni like you
This year, we ask you to propose a community action project that addresses one of the United Nations sustainable development goals.
We invite projects that seek to protect our planet and help all people live in an equal world.
You can:
• Organise a project on your own
• Work with a local organisation or charity that needs volunteering help.
Examples of previous projects
Hong Kong – Sponsored run, in aid of Plan International’s ‘Run for Girls! Save Girls from Child Marriage’ campaign – 4 April 2023
Alumni of Manchester Business School Alumni Association and their family formed teams to participate in the 10km and 3Km ‘Run for Girls! 2023 Save Girls from Child Marriage’ event organized by Plan International Hong Kong. The funds raised this year will be used to support girls in education and promote anti-child marriage projects in Bangladesh. $11,351 HKD was raised by our alumni and family.
Sustainable Development Goals:
5. Gender Equality
10. Reduced inequalities
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Career awareness event – 30 June 2019
Inspiring orphaned children aged 12-17, our alumni in Kuala Lumpur volunteered at a career event to encourage the children to go after the career of their dreams.
Sustainable Development Goals:
4. Quality Education
10. Reduced inequalities
Paris, France – Swedish clean-up and jog – 29 June 2019
In Paris our alumni went ‘plogging’ along the Seine riverbank- a Swedish concept that combines jogging or walking with picking-up litter as you go along.
Sustainable Development Goals:
3. Good health and wellbeing
14. Life below water.
15. Life on Land.
Hong Kong- ‘Press Shock-save a life – 29 June 2019
Alumni in Hong Kong learnt vital Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures and how to use Automated External Defibrillators (AED).
Sustainable Development Goals:
3. Good health and wellbeing
Baghdad, Iraq – Fundraising Dinner- 21 June 2019
Our alumni in Baghdad met up for dinner to raise money for goods, toys, and food for the local orphanage!
Sustainable Development Goals:
1. No poverty
2. Zero Hunger
10. Reduced inequalities
Sao Paulo – Children’s book collection – 15 June 2019
Alumni in Brazil gathered children’s books to donate to the Santo Andre Municipal hospital. They then visited young children on the paediatric ward to distribute them. Over 400 books were given out to these young readers.
Sustainable Development Goals:
4. Quality Education
10. Reduced inequalities
Athens, Greece – Multisensory workshop – 21 June 2019
Teaming up with the Gialltousallous initiative, our Greek alumni took part in a multi-sensory workshop to read books and record audio books for those unable to see or read.
Sustainable Development Goals:
3. Good health and wellbeing
4. Quality Education
10. Reduced inequalities
How to submit a project idea
When you decide on a project to organise, send us the idea using our form. Once we have approved it, we will:
• help you while you organise it
• ask other alumni near you to do the volunteer action.
Your project can take place on one or more days.
Tell us about your project
When you have decided on a project, please tell us about it as soon as possible.
Complete a project proposal form for us to review.
The last date you can tell us about a project is 30 September 2024.
What happens next
Once you have told us about your project, we will:
• reply to you within five working days to confirm receipt.
• give you a decision as to whether your volunteering project is suitable. If it is not suitable, we will explore with you whether we can make changes.
• help you while you organise it.
• advertise it to alumni near you.
• ask these alumni to register through our website.
• ask these alumni to work with you to help you complete the project.
• if other alumni near you have told us about a similar project, we may ask you to join their project.
The last day you can complete your community action project this year is 30 November 2024.
Benefits
Alumni who have volunteered for Manchester Day of Action tell us that:
• it improves their own wellbeing
• they enjoy working with other Manchester alumni
• they feel proud to make a positive contribution
To thank you we will:
• Celebrate and tell the story of your contribution.
• Share images/videos of your project on social media (we will need your help to capture images and videos).
• Recognise you by writing a recommendation on LinkedIn. Please email markus.karlsson-jones@manchester.ac.uk to request this.
We’re sorry, but we are unable refund expenses for your project this year.
How we use your information
The University of Manchester Division of Development and Alumni Relations (DDAR) processes personal information in accordance with all relevant data protection legislation. Our Privacy Notice is available here; and further information about data protection at the University is available here. Please tell us how you want to hear from DDAR by contacting us on alumni@manchester.ac.uk or +44 (0)161 306 3066; if you are a graduate you can also manage your personal information online at https://network.manchester.ac.uk/.