{"id":1102,"date":"2024-12-05T11:33:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/?page_id=1102"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:58:50","slug":"international-volunteer-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/cultural-diversity\/international-volunteer-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Volunteer Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Happy International Volunteer Day!<\/strong> Every year on 5th December, the United Nations celebrates its Volunteers Programme, recognizing&nbsp;<em>\u201cthe power of collective humanity to drive positive change through volunteerism.\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sites\/un2.un.org\/files\/2021\/11\/ivd-logo-english-rgb-blue.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Highlighting the power of collective humanity to drive positive change through volunteerism, the&nbsp;UN Volunteers (UNV)&nbsp;programme coordinates IVD on 5 December annually to recognize and promote the tireless work, not just of UN Volunteers, but of volunteers across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/volunteer-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At The Language Centre at Queen\u2019s, we take pride in offering volunteering opportunities for students and staff to contribute to our Cultural Diversity scheme. Each year, we collaborate with passionate individuals to develop initiatives that celebrate and enrich the University\u2019s cultural diversity. Learn more about our efforts at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/cultural-diversity\/\">Cultural Diversity at Queen\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Celebration Events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2023\/12\/05\/international-volunteer-day\/\">International Volunteer Day Celebration 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Volunteer Day Celebration 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/chinese\/ccp\/ccp2025\/intl-volunteer-day-celebration-and-cny2026-info-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Volunteer Day Celebration 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy International Volunteer Day! Every year on 5th December, the United Nations celebrates its Volunteers Programme, recognizing&nbsp;\u201cthe power of collective humanity to drive positive change through volunteerism.\u201d Highlighting the power of collective humanity to drive positive change through volunteerism, the&nbsp;UN &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/cultural-diversity\/international-volunteer-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":411,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102\/revisions\/1652"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}