Tom Dando has been elected the new Chair of SUBU Volunteering for 2015/16.

Tom has been involved in SUBU Volunteering since he began life as a student at BU, and will take over the reins from current Volunteering Chair Gemma Kingshot.

Over the years the work of SUBU Volunteering has made a huge difference to our local area. In just the first term of 2014/15 students volunteered over one thousand hours of their time across various projects. These included donating over six tonnes of food to local food banks, while also working tirelessly to preserve the environment of our region.

The Volunteering team also work with a number of well established organisations on various projects, including the National Trust and a number of local charities.

Kim Appleton is the Volunteering Coordinator at the Students' Union and said "we can't wait to start working with Tom, he has stood out as an excellent member of the Vounteering team and I'm very excited to be working with him again next year."

Tom will begin his role from the start of the new academic year this September.