All by Neha Sadik
When Eden Seager and Kassem Kassem, two 3rd year medics, first established the Friendly Society at Barts and The London, they could not have predicted the year that was to come. They established this volunteering group after learning about social isolation amongst the elderly population in the UK, and especially in London.
In this time of doom, gloom and uncertainty, the need for positive content is more needed than ever. For your reading pleasure, here are 10 stories related to coronavirus that will (hopefully) make you smile!
“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return”
– Roy T. Bennett
This quote perfectly encapsulates the spirit of charity and giving back in an exceptional volunteering group at Barts and the London.
For many students at BL, Charity Week is an established mainstay week of events in October that they have come to know and love. For others, it is simply a Facebook invite that they click on once and proceed to ignore. Well, for all those people in the second group, this is your chance to find out exactly what Charity Week is and what it entails! In its most basic form, Charity Week or CW is a week of various events with the aim of raising money for meaningful causes. This special week doesn’t just occur at Barts but across the UK in many different schools and universities, as well as Qatar, South Africa and numerous other countries.
