Students provide accounting services to charities

Accounting students are providing local charities with free access to accountancy services, under a new scheme.

Oxford Brookes University Business School will begin placements at seven different charirites across Oxfordshire, giving up to half a day a week for a year to a local charity. They will work on the charirties' budgeting, record keeping and bank reconciliations, among other help.

The project was developed alongside Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action and accountants Critchleys.

The sheme has been incorprorated into the university's accounting degree.

“This scheme shows the positive and very real contribution students make to their community,” said Catherine Dilnot, senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes’ Department of Accounting, Governance and Information Management.