How to Volunteer - Volunteering

Links to begin volunteering

Find an opportunity you would like to join. A full list of our student-led volunteering opportunities can be found here Project Catalogue. College volunteering opportunities can be found here. All other volunteering opportunities available can be found on our volunteering platform.

Complete the online volunteer induction on Oracle learning. If you want your volunteer profile updated quickly, please email a screenshot of your result to [email protected].

Working with Children?

If your volunteering opportunity involves working with children, you must complete the online safeguarding course here and send a screen grab of the completed course to [email protected]. If your project requires a DBS check, your project manager will reach out to the student volunteering coordinators to arrange this for you.

Working with Adults at Risk?

Please complete the adult safeguarding training and send a screenshot of the completed course to [email protected]

Accessing or Processing Personal Data?

If your volunteering opportunity involves accessing or processing personal data please complete the online data protection training course and send a screen grab of the completed course to [email protected].

Are you interested in a tutoring project?

We are in the process of creating tutor training on Oracle learning, until this is available online please ask your project manager when the next session of tutor training is.

Find all of the information you need about student volunteering at Durham University in our Student Volunteering Handbook!

With any other questions about how to become a volunteer or about any of the training, please contact [email protected]