My SHARE with Schools Experience: Volunteer Blog Post – Emily Lewis
10 May 2023![SHARE with Schools team setting up for the event. A group of 4 volunteers and a postgraduate coordinator are setting up handling objects on the table in the foreground. Two coordinators are hanging up a SHARE with Schools banner in the background.](https://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/share-with-schools/files/2022/10/IMG_1057-254x338.jpg)
I joined SHARE with Schools in my third year of studying History and English Literature, and I’m so glad that I did. The team were really welcoming and supportive of me as a volunteer, and the experiences I had in delivering history education to varied audiences were priceless. I took part in both public-facing and school-based activities, which helped me to explore and develop in community work—SWS has definitely solidified my passion for public outreach and engaging young people with history. As a joint honours student, the project was a great way to get involved at SHARE and grow in confidence as a member of the school. More importantly, my volunteering hours were always a good laugh, and helped me to maintain a sense of excitement and curiosity for History during a stressful final year of essays and exams. I’d encourage anyone who’s curious to get involved with SHARE with Schools! The volunteering experience looks great on a CV, but beyond that, it’s a great and rewarding way to stretch and challenge your skills as a student.
![People look at artefacts on tables. A SHARE with Schools banner is in the far background.](http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/share-with-schools/files/2023/05/FgJzWQ7X0AAIa9S.jpeg)
![Young people sat in a lecture theatre facing the front where students and staff from the university stand speaking to the room.](http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/share-with-schools/files/2023/01/FmNW51RXEAgTa7a.jpeg)
![A group of people sit at lab desks facing the front where they are listening to a presentation on isotope analysis.](http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/share-with-schools/files/2023/01/FmNW7UeXoAAtVD4.jpeg)
!['Selfie' image of Share with Schools co-ordinator and volunteer team. The 'washing line of time' is visible in the background.](http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/share-with-schools/files/2022/10/cce4e687-193c-4d62-874a-f761487405cf.jpg)