Serving the community

By Ms Kath Notley, Director of Service Learning

This week, a group of our students had the wonderful opportunity to support St Ninian’s Uniting Church in Lyneham as they prepared for their much-anticipated Clothing and Manchester Sale.

What started as an empty hall quickly transformed into a vibrant display of casual and formal clothing, shoes, and manchester items— all thanks to the teamwork and enthusiasm of our students. Working alongside the dedicated church volunteers, they helped sort, organise, and prepare the merchandise for the big event.

The volunteer supervisors were incredibly grateful, praising our students for their positive attitude, strong work ethic, and willingness to contribute. Their efforts not only eased the workload for the volunteers but also helped ensure the sale would be a success.

"Once again on behalf of St Ninian’s UCA we wish to say thank you. After you and the students left, the ladies were full of praise for the work you and the students achieved this morning and just how much easier the rest of the week will be for them. They were really impressed by the thoughtfulness and politeness of the students who represented Radford College. They very much look forward to doing this together again through the year as the relationship between us develop. Thank you and God bless." – Rev. Sharon Cutts, St Ninian’s Uniting Church.

This marks our first collaboration with St Ninian’s, and we look forward to building on this connection in the year ahead. Thank you to all involved!