Here’s a wee blog summarising the journey of someone who started volunteering with Streetsport in 2011. As you can imagine, a lot has changed since then!

From improving your mental and physical health to gaining friends and feeling included, read five reasons which may inspire you to get involved with volunteering for Streetsport in 2020.

A Streetsport volunteer who hails from Catalonia has been in the spotlight recently after appearing in Universities Scotland campaign on internationalisation.

“I was only 17 when I joined Streetsport but becoming part of the charity proved to play a pivotal role in my life over the next three years. Having decided what to study further, Streetsport was a stand-out feature in my applications which lecturers picked out to ask me about during interviews at college and university”.

William’s a familiar face at Streetsport sessions. Having grown up in the community of Northfield in the north-west of Aberdeen, he began participating at Streetsport sessions in the area when he was 12.

In the final months of 2018 we welcomed Glenda into the Streetsport team after she’d approached us about doing some volunteering. Glenda, from Peru, was keen to get involved with an organisation that shared her beliefs and interests before returning home in January.