Staff Volunteering and Outreach

Staff Volunteering & Outreach News

Take a look at the latest Staff Volunteering Newsletter

The latest Staff Volunteering Newsletter is now available. This issues has news about our latest teams challenges, upcoming events and activities and more information about our community partners. Please let us know what you think about the newsletter and if you have ideas for future issues. You can take a look at the newsletter online or download through the link below.

 

Staff Volunteering & Outreach awarded prestigious national quality mark

We are proud to announce that the University's Staff Volunteering & Outreach Scheme was awarded the Investing in Volunteers for Employers (IiVE) quality standard by the United Kingdom Volunteering Forum in January 2012.  The liVE mark is the UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management and Durham is the first North East University and the first of any of the leading research intensive 1994 Group or Russell Group universities to attain this quality standard.

Dr Andy Cattermole, Durham University's Head of Staff Volunteering, said: "This award is a tribute to the many hundreds of Durham University staff who volunteer in local communities every year.  The University is world renowned for its teaching and research excellence but this award also highlights the world class depth of quality, skill and commitment of our employees.  We're immensely proud of the work that our volunteers undertake and hope that this will in some way put the spotlight on their fantastic efforts in supporting a voluntary sector increasingly under pressure due to the current economic climate."  The full press release text can be downloaded below.

Staff Volunteers contribution acknowledged by awards - March 2011

For the first time the significant contribution of staff volunteers has been acknowledged alongside student volunteering in the recent Student Community Action oSCArs awards.  John Little from Mathematics received the inaugural Staff Volunteering Palatinate and Carol Bainbridge received a Commendation - Congratulations!