Connect with the Community

Public Service events and volunteering

Public service is central to the core mission of the Harvard community and the Club is always looking to grow its public service involvement.

Community service events foster a sense of social responsibility and collective well-being. HCUK organises these events to provide members with the opportunity to make a positive impact on their communities and address social issues.

One example is serving food to the homeless in London in collaboration with the charitable group, Nishkam SWAT. Another example is Holland Park’s ‘Task Force for Nature’ that mobilises volunteers to engage in preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the park by planting trees and restoring habitats of wild-life.

We also leverage other large events like Global Networking Night to raise donations of funds or clothing for victims of war or natural disasters. For example, we ran a successful clothing drive to collect winter coats for the Wrap Up London Campaign, and collected donations for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal and for victims of the 2023 earthquake in Syria and Turkey.

Join us this Giving Tuesday to support the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter

This Giving Tuesday, the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom is proud to join forces with the Harvard Extension Student Association to support the 4th Annual Winter Supply Drive benefiting the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. We’re also thrilled to welcome the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council as a co-sponsor for this important initiative.

Since its founding in 1983, the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter has been one of the few student-run shelters in the U.S., providing essential support to the unhoused in Cambridge. Over the past three years, this drive has delivered more than 20,000 essential items to the shelter, thanks to the generosity of donors worldwide.

This year, with your help, we aim to make an even greater impact.