Awards and Accreditations

Durham Volunteering Awards and Accreditations

Durham University Volunteering and Outreach received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). This award was created in 2002 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee and was previously known as The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). The Queen’s Award is the highest award given to local voluntary groups in the UK, as it celebrates organisations that show outstanding work in local volunteering.

For more information on the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services visit this link

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Durham University Volunteering and Outreach won the 2023 International Corporate Social Responsibility and Excellence Award with the Gold in the Volunteering category. The International CSR Excellence Awards are presented to companies that have a heart: caring companies that use their privileged position to help their colleagues, communities, customers, the environment and the less fortunate.

For more information on this award please see this link