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Reward & Recognition

 

Our reward & recognition scheme has been designed to celebrate and thank King’s staff and students for their contributions to our local, national, and global community, through volunteering.

To receive any of the rewards below, you'll need to submit your hours via the King's Volunteering platform. Hours will need to be approved either by the organisation that you've volunteered your time to, your line-manager if you are a member of staff using your Service Time or King's Volunteering (volunteer@kcl.ac.uk) if you have volunteered your time for an initiative King's Volunteering have organised. 

If your approver isn't one of the above, please email volunteer@kcl.ac.uk with a brief explanation as to who your approver is and why they are approving your hours. 

Sign up to King's Volunteering  and  find out more about recording volunteer hours.

Rewards

Available to share across your network (including LinkedIn and Twitter), volunteers across King’s can be awarded the following digital credentials:

  • The King’s Volunteer credential will be awarded to those who have logged any amount of volunteering hours on the King’s Volunteering Platform.
  • The Remarkable Contribution credential will be awarded to those who have logged 20 volunteering hours on the King’s Volunteering Platform.
  • The Extraordinary Contribution credential will be awarded to those who have logged 36 volunteering hours on the King’s Volunteering Platform.
  • The Exceptional Contribution credential will be awarded to those who have logged 100 volunteering hours on the King’s Volunteering Platform.

Credentials are awarded in the first week of January, April, July and November.

Log your hours on the King's Volunteering platform and be recognised for the time, skills and knowledge you volunteer to your community,

We have partnered with King’s Sport & Wellness, enabling staff and students to gain points through volunteering, that can be redeemed via King's Move.

Points are awarded at the end of each month, for the following:

  • 1500 points for staff and students who sign up to King's Volunteering
  • 100 points for every hour of volunteering, recorded on the King's Volunteering Platform (maximum number of points awarded is 2000)

All volunteers who receive our Extraordinary Contribution credential will also receive a King's Volunteering Tote Bag.

You will be contacted about this when you receive your credential.

The Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) provides students across King’s with a record of your achievement during your period of study.

Students who have completed 36 and 100 hours of volunteering will have this recognised on their HEAR – with those completing 100 receiving a Dean’s Commendation.

Please submit your hours onto the King’s Volunteering platform by the end of April.

 

How to record your volunteering

Once you have spent time volunteering, or completed your volunteering activity, you can submit your volunteer hours for approval via King’s Volunteering.

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