The Community Award
Recognising those individuals, societies or projects that have had positive, meaningful impact on a wider community.
Winner: ICSM TeddyBear Hospital - Imperial College London
TeddyBear Hospital aims to teach students in Year 1 and 2 of primary school about what it means to be a healthcare professional, about how to stay healthy and about what happens in hospital, to reduce white coat anxiety.
Runners up:
Communi-Tea - University of Nottingham Students' Union
Communi-Tea is a student-led initiative to create a safe space for students of the University of Nottingham to meet new people without the formality of an official sport or society. In less than a year it has 1.3k members, 6 active chatrooms, 10+ advice forums, tri-weekly virtual socials and frequent competitions.
Sheffield Volunteering - Digital Projects in Schools - University of Sheffield Volunteering
Projects run with Sheffield SU societies that turned digital to respond to Covid-19. They established three new projects this year and have volunteered with 25 schools in Sheffield.