Cambridge SCA

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Cambridge SCA (Cambridge Student Community Action) is a registered charity^[1] that provides community volunteering opportunities for students at the University of Cambridge in England.^[2] The organization facilitates various projects aimed at serving the local community. Cambridge SCA manages ten internal projects, each led by student project leaders, which focus on areas such as education and support for children and the elderly.In addition to these internal projects, Cambridge SCA collaborates with external organizations, including Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Headway, and Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre to offer additional volunteering opportunities.

Cambridge SCA became a registered charity in 1972. It is one of the longest-running student charity organizations affiliated with the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge SCA is managed by a student committee, a board of trustees (including three members from the student committee), and a body of representatives. Project Leaders oversee their respective projects with support from the student committee. Two staff members handle the daily operations of the charity and serve as the first point of contact for volunteers, committee members, and community members seeking assistance from SCA projects.

Elections for the student committee occur at the Annual General Meeting, held at the end of Cambridge's Lent term.

Cambridge SCA runs 10 internal projects:

• Children's Projects: 'Big Siblings', 'Bounce', 'Parklife', 'Craftroom'
• Educational Projects: 'Homework Help', 'Teaching English as a Second Language'
• Projects for the Elderly: 'Betty Stubbens Musical Entertainment Group', 'Saturday Club', 'Sunday Club'
• Miscellaneous: 'Taskforce' provides sporadic one-off volunteering events.

SCA partners with numerous external organizations to offer volunteering opportunities for Cambridge students:

• Arts Projects: Cambridge Music Education and Outreach Group, Libra Theatre Company
• Children's Projects: Scouts, Girl guides
• Educational Projects: Cambridge Hands-On Science (ChaOS^[3]), READ International, YMCA New Deal Provision for unemployed adults.
• Environmental Projects: Botanical Gardens Education Programme, Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Cambridge Preservation Society
• Healthcare Projects: Arthur Rank House (local hospice), CAM-MIND, DHIVerse, Umbrella Autism
• Projects for the Elderly: CONTACT, St Martin's Centre
• Miscellaneous: Cambridge University Student Action For Refugees (STAR), Cambridge Women and Homelessness Group, Jimmy's Night Shelter, SOS Children's Villages

• Official website