15/11/2013
2013 - Voluntary Action Islington
11/11/2013
One Day Volunteering Opportunities in November and December
1. Canonbury Jobs Fair: Varied Employment and Volunteering Roles 19th November 2013: 10am – 3pm, Essex Road N1 Come along and find out about various paid and voluntary roles in the Islington area. 2. The Bridge School: Santa Fun Run Assistants or Participants 7th December 2013: 2pm – 6pm, Highbury...News
07/11/2013
Celebrating our Volunteers – Islington Volunteer of the Year Awards 2013
Islington’s wonderful volunteers were celebrated at the Jurys Inn Volunteer of the Year Awards at Voluntary Action Islington (Wednesday 6th November). Awards were given in 5 categories, recognising older and younger volunteers, as well as trustees and employee volunteering. David Martin, from Body and Soul, won the Volunteer of the...News
01/11/2013
New Council Leader to speak at AGM
The new Leader of Islington Council, Councillor Richard Watts, will be speaking at Voluntary Action Islington’s AGM. He will say a few words about his plans for the Council and its relationship with the voluntary sector. Debra Allcock-Tyler will speak about funding local community organisations and Voluntary Action Islington’s latest...22/10/2013
Charity Bike Ride supports Islington’s Volunteers
Staff from the Islington Jurys Inn hopped on their bikes in support of Islington’s Volunteer Centre, raising over £700 in the process. The event, part of a national charity challenge for Jurys Inn staff, also included volunteers from Voluntary Action Islington. The money raised helps the Volunteer Centre connect potential...15/10/2013
Boost for mental health & disability volunteering!
Voluntary Action Islington has received a £5,000 grant from the Santander Foundation to fund a project run by young volunteers that helps other young people with mental health issues and disabilities to get involved in volunteering. The grant was provided from the Foundation’s Community Plus initiative which provides grants of...11/10/2013
Islington Council Consultation about child poverty strategy
Islington Council have just produced a Draft Child Poverty Strategy setting out how they are going to work with partners to tackle the very high rate of child poverty in Islington. They would now like to consult with residents and partners on their approach before they produce the final version...06/09/2013
Introductory Event – Online learning for voluntary action
We are holding an event to introduce our new online offering to people involved in voluntary action – the Voluntary Action Academy. This will be held on Thursday 3rd October 5.15pm to 6.30pm at Voluntary Action Islington and if you are interested you are invited to attend. The Voluntary Action...23/08/2013
A Tale of Two cities at the King’s Head Theatre
Wednesday 25th September to Saturday 19th October 2013. Quote promotional code VAI for a discount on your tickets. One of the darkest and most romantic of Dickens’ novels, A Tale of Two Cities was adapted for the stage by the dream-team of Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud, and now gets...19/08/2013