{"id":995,"date":"2023-07-24T10:06:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=995"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:57:32","slug":"student-vol-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=995","title":{"rendered":"Student Volunteering Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Student Volunteering <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" b-buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\n<a  class=\"b-buttons__button a-btn a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right\" href=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=886\">\n\n\tHow to volunteer\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\n<a  class=\"b-buttons__button a-btn a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right\" href=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=952\">\n\n\tDUSVO \n<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\n<a  class=\"b-buttons__button a-btn a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right\" href=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=980\">\n\n\tColleges\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\n<a  class=\"b-buttons__button a-btn a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right\" href=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=1794\">\n\n\tGroups\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\n<a  class=\"b-buttons__button a-btn a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right\" href=\"https:\/\/duvolunteering.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?page_id=954\">\n\n\tFrequently Asked Questions\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\n<a  class=\"b-buttons__button a-btn a-btn--has-icon-after icon-arrow-right\" href=\"https:\/\/durhamuniversity.sharepoint.com\/teams\/DUVolunteering\/SitePages\/Student-Volunteering-Handbook.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;share=EWa89oihoDRFlfiaGecr7s0B5bHf5R5RjHec5lTrAU7qoQ&amp;e=ID0beI&amp;CID=d8085251-0f06-4b84-8820-55abf470dec5\">\n\n\tStudent Volunteering Handbook\n<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\" c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-right c-block--width-grid s-padding c-block--full-bleed\" style=\"background-color: #F3F4F4;\">\n\t<div  class=\"b-media-text__container l-container\">\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"b-media-text__media s-aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Student Volunteering at Durham University\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sYQmduJHwXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"b-media-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\n<div\t class=\"c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-\"\t>\n\n\t\n\t\n<h2  class=\"c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 t-top-line c-content-block__title\" >\n\tAbout us<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content\">\n<p>Durham University has a long history of volunteering, it was officially formalised by students for students in 1989, but we know that volunteering informally pre-dates this. You can see more of our history in our online exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/du-volunteering-outreach.shorthandstories.com\/du-volunteering-outreach-35-year-anniversary\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durham University Student Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO) is the home of student-led volunteering. 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