{"id":2228,"date":"2025-09-17T13:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2228"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:43:08","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=2228","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\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=\"News and Events\" data-expand=\"200\" data-parent-fit=\"width\" data-src=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Purple-flowers-792x317.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\/Purple-flowers-376x251.png 376w 251h, \nhttps:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Purple-flowers-584x317.png 584w 317h, \nhttps:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Purple-flowers-792x317.png 792w 317h, \nhttps:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Purple-flowers-1208x317.png 1208w 317h\" 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\tNews and Events<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"c-block__description b-hero-5050__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content\">\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"635\">Discover the latest news, events, stories and opportunities from Durham University Volunteering.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"782\">Find out what&#8217;s happening, celebrate our volunteers and discover ways to get involved.<\/p>\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:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=54\">\n\n\tLive Event\n<\/a>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\" c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-left c-block--width-grid\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n\t<div  class=\"b-media-text__container l-container\">\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"b-media-text__media\">\n\t\t\t\n<figure\t class=\"c-image\"\t>\n\n\t\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"c-image__image lazyload\" alt=\"Volunteering\" data-expand=\"200\" data-parent-fit=\"width\" data-src=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/09\/Volunteering.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\/Volunteering-408x389.png 408w 389h\" 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