Hills Road Social Action Week 2025

Social Action Week is your opportunity to get out into your local community to really make a change for the world around you! You will be working with a charity of your choice to proactively raise money as well as contribute directly to the cause through social action. Social Action Week is now in its 8th year, taking place from 19th to 23rd May 2025.

In two teams within your tutor group, you have been set the challenge to raise £200 as a minimum for a chosen charity.

You will then have to create a project plan that highlights how you are going to reach your fundraising target. The project plan will outline your preparation, your execution and evaluation once you have reached the minimum target.

As you put together your project plan, don’t lose sight of the purpose behind Social Action Week. Take some time to get to know the charity of your choice and how your contribution will make a difference by helping the work that they do.

See what students had to say about their SAW experience last year:

I really enjoyed fundraising for a cause I was really passionate about. I have always wanted to participate in social activism and raising awareness but have never found the time to do so. This week was a great opportunity.

SAW surpassed my expectations as it gave me an opportunity to feel good and actually fundraise for something that everyone liked and work as a group to achieve something. The best part was going out in Cambridge and seeing the amount of different people fundraising and getting involved through different methods and means and learning more about social issues through them. I learnt that even the smallest things can make a difference, you just have to go out and try and make an impact. 

I really enjoyed working with my group towards something so productive and with such great impact. It also gave me the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone gradually with people I already knew and trusted.

Watch this video to see highlights from previous years.