The Community Action Network is a collective comprised of DMU staff and representatives of community organisations across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, which facilitates inter-organisational collaboration for the purpose of driving positive initiatives that benefit the community.
We host several network events each year, including which create spaces for members to come together to exchange ideas and forge collaborative links. Members receive a monthly newsletter with the latest updates on DMU’s community engagement activity.
If you would like to join the network, you can register for free using the links below.
Register as a community organisation (charity, CIC, club/association, etc.) member.
Register as a member of DMU staff.
We want our students to have access to a wide range of volunteering opportunities. To this end, part of our role to broker connections between our students and the community. In partnership with DMU Careers, we operate the MyGateway Opportunities Portal, giving local community organisations the ability to recruit student volunteers directly.
As a community organisation, you can apply for a free account. Once approved, you can advertise your volunteering opportunities directly to students.
Making a Difference: From Campus to Community is a new way to instil a deep sense of place within our students by embedding volunteering into the academic curriculum.
Within our block-teaching model, students can choose optional modules as part of their programme of study. Making a Difference: From Campus to Community, is one such module. Through it, students can apply the knowledge and skills they gain on their course to a real-world setting and simultaneously contribute to the community in a unique and meaningful way.
To enable this, we forge partnerships between academic colleagues and community organisations, giving students the opportunity to undertake a volunteering placement for the duration of the module, gaining experience whilst providing those organisations with useful capacity in the form of their time and skills.