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SAS VolunteersUniversity SAS muck in on the farm

The Student Administration Service (SAS), with the help of SheffieldVolunteering, has been lending a hand at Whirlow Hall Farm Trust as part of this year’s Summer Voliday season.

The 17 volunteers from the SAS spent the day completing a variety of tasks both indoors and outdoors. These included, preparing a flower border ready for children to plant flowers in the afternoon, clearing a polytunnel before building potting benches and clearing an overgrown wildlife garden.

Cheryl Hewitt, a Faculty Support Assistant from the Taught Programmes Office said, “By the time we finished at around 3.30pm the difference we had made was clearly visible and very satisfying. We had just about enough energy to enjoy a tour of the farm before going home for a well earned rest. It was a great team building away day.”

Summer Volidays are organised by SheffieldVolunteering. Volidays offer the chance for teams to work together and enjoy themselves while making a difference with projects across the city and our region. To find out more about what you can do on your voliday take a look at the Sheffieldvolunteering website: Happy gardenershttp://sheffield.ac.uk/union/get-involved/volunteering/

The Whirlow Hall Farm Trust was founded in 1979 as an educational trust working with inner city children and young people with special needs or disabilities. More than 10,000 children a year benefit from the Trust’s learning and development programmes, visiting on a daily or residential basis. You can find out more about the work of the Whirlow Hall Farm trust on its website: http://www.whirlowhallfarm.org/?page_id=678

The Student Administration Service is part of the Student Services Department. It comprises the Taught Programmes Office and the Service Quality Unit. The service has a number of functions including the maintenance of student records on the CIS system, processing assessment and exam results while focussing on student rights and responsibilities. You can find out more about the team on their website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/ssd/sas