The SVA Service Award is a national framework recognising the volunteering efforts of Year 7-13 students.

Available free to students who are awarded a pin for initial volunteering hours and log additional efforts online or through the SVA App/website. School, community and in-home volunteering all qualify and are combined into a single record of service. 

Log. Earn. Build. Use.

The Service Award follows the model of Log. Earn. Build. Use.

Students Log hours using the SVA App or website. They Earn pins when the reach volunteering hour milestones. Build a Summary of Service to Use in their university/job/student leadership applications.

Students can download the SVA App directly to their devices through the App Store or Google Play Store. 

Once the app is downloaded, students click the Sign Up button and are guided through the pages. Once they have created the account, students can start logging their hours. 

Signing up through the website follows the same process. Visit https://volunteer.sva.org.nz/ and click the 'Create an Account' button. 

Summary of Service

As hours are logged, students start to build a record of their service. The Service Record includes the details of each logged event, total hours, dates of pins achieved and hours contributed toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Students can use their Service Records to support things like:

• Student Leadership applications
• University/Halls of Residence applications
• Job applications

Top Volunteer

Top Volunteer is the prestigious award given out annually to one student at each school participating in the SVA Service Award.

Top Volunteer recognises the contribution of that student throughout the school year and identifies them as leader within school community. The award goes to the student who has logged the most volunteering hours within the school year, at your school.