{"id":1320,"date":"2023-11-23T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=1320"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:56:17","slug":"duvo-35-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=1320","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section  class=\" c-block b-hero-5050 c-block--full-bleed c-block--layout-right\" style=\"background-color: var(--color-primary);\">\n\t<div  class=\"b-hero-5050__container\">\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"b-hero-5050__media\">\n\t\t\t\n<figure\t class=\"b-hero-5050__figure c-image\"\t>\n\n\t\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"b-hero-5050__image c-image__image lazyload\" alt=\"Untitled design (7)\" data-expand=\"200\" data-parent-fit=\"width\" data-src=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design-7-792x528.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/img\/theme\/shims\/three-two.png\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design-7-376x251.png 376w 251h, \nhttps:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design-7-584x389.png 584w 389h, \nhttps:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design-7-792x528.png 792w 528h, \nhttps:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design-7-1208x768.png 1208w 768h\" src=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/img\/theme\/shims\/three-two.png\" \/>\n\t\n\t\n<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"b-hero-5050__content l-container\">\n\t\t\t\n<div\t class=\"c-block__content-block c-block__header b-hero-5050__content-container t-theme--light c-content-block c-content-block--layout-\"\t>\n\n\t\n\t\n<h2  class=\"c-block__title b-hero-5050__title t-top-line c-content-block__title\" >\n\tOur History<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"c-block__description b-hero-5050__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>DU Student Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO) was founded in 1989 as Student Community Action (SCA). Over the years this has grown, and we now operate as one team spread across DUSVO, College, Department &amp; Society volunteering, Team Durham Community, and Staff Volunteering (SVO) \u2013 Durham University Volunteering and Outreach (DUVO). As the team and projects have evolved, we have been shaped by many individuals across the university, and we want to celebrate this rich history of collaboration in our 35th year of operation at the university.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<p class=\"c-content-block__cta\">\n\n<a  class=\"c-block__cta-link a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right a-btn c-content-block__cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/du-volunteering-outreach.shorthandstories.com\/du-volunteering-outreach-35-year-anniversary\/index.html\">\n\n\tView our online exhibition here\n<\/a>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\" c-block b-quote c-block--layout-overlay c-block--full-bleed t-theme--light\" style=\"background-color: var(--color-primary);\">\n\t<div  class=\"b-quote__container l-container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div  class=\"b-quote__content\">\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote  class=\"c-quote\" >\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-quote__text h4\">We are celebrating 35 years of volunteering!<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/du-volunteering-outreach.shorthandstories.com\/du-volunteering-outreach-35-year-anniversary\/index.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/du-volunteering-outreach.shorthandstories.com\/du-volunteering-outreach-35-year-anniversary\/index.html\">Our online exhibition celebrating 35 years <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DU Student Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO) was founded in 1989 as Student Community Action (SCA). Over the years this has grown, and we now operate as one team spread across DUSVO, College, Department &amp; Society volunteering, Team Durham Community, and Staff Volunteering (SVO) &#8211; Durham University Volunteering and Outreach (DUVO). &nbsp;As the team and projects have evolved, we have been shaped by many individuals across the university, and we want to celebrate this rich history of collaboration in our 35<em>th<\/em> year of operation at the university.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is an online to showcase the past 35 years of DUSVO, Team Durham Community, and Staff Volunteering. We are sharing memories across our social media and working across the community to celebrate the occasion. We want to bring it to life by gathering and sharing the volunteering memories of our students, staff, alumni, service users, and community partners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAF5T2e_JvM\/1DZn4PjrXCdRnAb7PCMnQQ\/view?utm_content=DAF5T2e_JvM&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=editor\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/06\/11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1662\" style=\"width:534px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click to browse through our volunteering memories. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you were involved in Volunteering at Durham throughout our history, we would love to hear your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAF5T2e_JvM\/1DZn4PjrXCdRnAb7PCMnQQ\/view?utm_content=DAF5T2e_JvM&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=editor\">memories<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are part of our Alumni, we&#8217;d love for you to follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/duvolunteering\/?viewAsMember=true\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/duvolunteering\/?viewAsMember=true\">LinkedIn<\/a> to keep in touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any questions please get in touch at student.volunteering@durham.ac.uk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our online exhibition celebrating 35 years DU Student Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO) was founded in 1989 as Student Community Action (SCA). 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