Our ABCD Award is for students who have gone ‘Above and Beyond the Call of Duty’ whilst volunteering with the Students’ Union. The award is nominated and chosen monthly by volunteer managers to recognise the great work that our student volunteers do.

Our Semester One winners are:

Hanadi Iftekar Khan

Throughout the planning process, Hanadi demonstrated commitment to the success of the event and proved to be an invaluable asset to the Craft and Food Fair project.

In particular, Hanadi showed wonderful initiative and professionalism while handling the administrative tasks that were essential for the fair's smooth operation. From coordinating vendor requests to addressing last-minute changes, she managed every aspect with efficiency. Her ability to stay organized and focused, even during the most stressful moments, was impressive.

Praise Ekpo

Praise has gone above and beyond in creating opportunities for fellow students, demonstrating commitment and dedication. From the outset, he worked to address a gap in student activities by working to support social basketball options.

Recognising the desire amongst his peers for more athletic options, he invested time and energy - outside of his academic responsibilities, to ensure that the social sport not only existed but thrived.

Sai Pavan Kumar Balabomma

Sai is pretty much single handedly running the PGR Society and is doing a stellar job at making sure postgraduate students have a student-led space for them to meet and make friends. He overcame his nerves to do an induction talk on the society for the new intake at the start of the year, and played a key role in hosting a pizza night in Lampworks. Dozens of PGR students went along - a huge achievement considering how tricky it is to pin them down! Sai has since continued to run the society with various events and activity, and is also playing an active role in giving feedback to the Engagement Team about how groups could be better tailored for postgraduate students. Postgrads are notoriously difficult to engage due to the likelihood that they commute and are mature and more focused on their studies, so he's doing brilliantly and I can't wait to see what else he does!

Keen to find out more about our volunteering opportunities and get involved? Visit our Volunteering page and take a look at what we've got on offer or email us at suvolunteering@uclan.ac.uk