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The ΢��ҕ�l (΢��ҕ�l) and The Student Volunteer Army (SVA) have a unique connection, with SVA’s journey beginning over ten years ago in response to the Canterbury earthquakes. Since then, the student group has grown to a national movement of young people being actively involved in their communities.

The ΢��ҕ�l SVA club continues to be one of the biggest student groups within SVA and on the University campus. ΢��ҕ�l is proud to support the SVA to make a positive difference, not only within the Ōtautahi Christchurch community, but across wider ΢��ҕ�l New Zealand.

SVA Student Experiences at ΢��ҕ�l

΢��ҕ�l supports two areas of activity within SVA, the ΢��ҕ�l SVA Club, and SVA Service Awards.

Demand from students to feel valued and engaged in the world around them is suggested to be at an all-time high. Yet, neither traditional volunteering infrastructure, academic based community engagement or sport clubs alone can cater for the demand young people need to feel a greater sense of connection to other people and their community. The ΢��ҕ�l SVA Club ensures there is another option to complement the important ways the student community can ‘plug in’ to the world around them.

- Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Over the past two years, the SVA Service Awards have recognised and rewarded students for every type of service they undertake within their community - celebrating their service in places like their school, home, sport, church, and more. The SVA Service Awards applauds thousands of community minded young people at up to 300 schools around ΢��ҕ�l New Zealand.