Durham Students' Union - 'DUCK'

'DUCK'

Unlike many Students' Unions, DSU does not have "RAG week", but instead, DUCK - Durham University Charities' Kommittee - organises charitable events and activities throughout the year.

A story recently discovered in the DSU archive relates that in 1978 DUCK held a competition to find the most unpopular student in Durham with the intention of throwing them in the river. At the time the story went to print the DSU sabbaticals were the front runners.

DUCK was formed in the 1960s to raise money for local, national and international charities. It also runs a number of expeditions to destinations including Everest, Kilimanjaro and Jordan.

Durham University also runs a humanitarian project in Southern Sri Lanka in partnership with Sri Lankan NGO Sarvodaya. Project Sri Lanka "is an ‘all-inclusive' project", involving undergraduate and postgraduate students and members of academic staff from Durham University, as well as academics and partner organisations in Sri Lanka.