Join us
All our volunteers are Durham students, coming from a variety of backgrounds. No previous experience is necessary to become a volunteer with us.
Prospective volunteers must first attend one of our training weekends, after which there will be an interview process.
Fluent and clear spoken English is a required skill. Volunteering commitment is flexible above our minimum commitment of two duty shifts per term.
Training Weekends
The links for our upcoming training weekends can be found here.
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All Durham students are welcome to attend our training weekends.
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Regardless of whether you’re considering volunteering for Nightline, training for welfare, or simply just interested in improving your listening skills, we encourage you to attend the weekend.
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We run a training weekends once a term, in October, February, and June.
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The weekends consist of a series of talks on topics such as depression, anxiety, suicide, loss and bereavement, and identity. These talks are accompanied by group workshops where we use role-plays to practice listening skills.
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We publicise every training weekend across our social media channels, so keep a look out on those if you are interested in volunteering.
