On a warm June afternoon at the Sainsbury Laboratory, with the Cambridge University Botanic Garden just beyond the glass, the second annual Volunteer Summit brought together members of Cambridge’s volunteer community for a moment of connection and perspective.

Following a recent launch event at the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) at the legendary Silverstone motor racing circuit, we find out more about Will’s story and how his family joined forces with Cambridge University Hospitals and the BRDC to raise money for an intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) facility.

Peterhouse, Cambridge’s oldest College, has seen waves of progress sweep through its halls in the past few decades. Sarah Ransome (Peterhouse 1987) and Sophia Ewulo (Peterhouse 1996) share their experiences of this time of transition and how they have continued to champion progress as members of the Peterhouse Society Committee.

An endowed professorship at the Cambridge Department of Psychiatry promises to pave the way for aspiring clinicians and researchers to do research that will ultimately illuminate the mysteries of mental illness and treatment for generations to come. Dr Stephen Stahl and his wife Shakila made the gift this year.

Victoria Ayodeji’s (Queens’ 2018) experience with social mobility organisations began before she became a student at Cambridge. Victoria has made a career out of Social Impact and continues to inspire students across the country through her outreach work

With the Bennett School of Public Policy newly launched, donor and leading light Peter Bennett (Churchill 1975, Economics) shares his philosophy of giving and his ambitions for the School's impact.

How alumna volunteer Jennifer Haywood celebrates the past and contributes to the future.

Behind a transformative gift to the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)

‘It's nice to contribute to the system and make a change—and it's an everlasting change."

To call Dr Lewis Owens (Queens’ 1996) a veteran volunteer is an understatement. Lewis has been weaving together the threads of meaningful service since his Cambridge days.

In a special event to raise money for the ground-breaking new Cambridge Children's Hospital (CCH), author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus took to the stage to discuss her bestselling debut novel with the hospital’s campaign board co-chair, Dame Mary Archer.