In all our projects we use sport, leadership and education as a tool to empower and enrich communities and make a difference to the lives of young people, including nurturing a culture of volunteering in our own students.
Sports clubs form an integral part of University life at St Andrews and form a cornerstone of the Saints Sport experience. The vast majority are student-led and student-run, with many of our club coaches and match officials coming from within the student body.
The close integration of the University and the town of St Andrews helps our student coaches to get involved in projects in the local area and help facilitate the development of sport through extra-curricular sporting activity including taster sessions, after school clubs and sport specific training.
The University’s international volunteering programmes in Africa have been running for over 10 years and focus on sport for development and sports development initiatives in partnership with other leading UK and South African universities and key local stakeholders.
