Mike Sherriff, Author at Voluntary Action Islington

Guljabeen Rahman new Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Islington

Voluntary Action Islington has appointed Guljabeen Rahman to be its new Chief Executive. She took up the role on 21st March 2016. Guljabeen was until recently Director of the Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre in Camden and has also been a trustee of several community organisations. She has previously worked in...

Islington Council to continue a community grants programme

Islington Council have announced that they will be continuing a community grants programme over the next four years, and that this is one of their priorities. Full details are included in the Council budget: Budget Proposals 2016-17. Applications for the next round of the  VCS grants programme will open on...

The value of grant funding to Islington voluntary organisations

We are pleased to bring to your attention this report of research by staff and students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at London Metropolitan University that was undertaken on behalf of Voluntary Action Islington. The report is based on several case studies of local voluntary organisations of...

Our Chief Executive, Mike Sherriff, to leave

After over nine years in post Mike Sherriff has resigned as Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Islington and will be leaving as soon as a successor is in post, early next year. Mike said: “It has been a great privilege to work with the creative, committed and diverse volunteers and...

AGM and Volunteer of the Year Awards – 4th November 2015

Voluntary Action Islington’s AGM and Volunteer of the Year Awards presentation will be held on Wednesday 4th November at Voluntary Action Islington, 200a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP. We are pleased to have as our guest speaker Neil Jameson, Executive Director and London Lead Organiser, Citizens UK. The AGM will...

Health Voice Islington Survey

The Health Voice Islington survey allows you to quickly and anonymously give feedback on NHS health services you have used in the past year. This helps to improve the quality of the services you receive. Responses are completely anonymous and no registration is needed. follow the link to quickly and...

Nominate Islington Volunteers of the Year

Last opportunity to nominate volunteers for the  Islington Volunteer of the Year Awards 2015. Please download the nomination form and nominate local volunteers and trustees for the Awards, which will be presented by the Mayor at our AGM on 4th November 2015.  ...

Second Round of Big Lottery ESF funding open for applications

The second round of Building Better Opportunities projects funding has now opened for stage one applications. The projects run until the end of December 2019 There are 2 opportunities covering  the 9 Central London Boroughs: Common Mental Health ( Project 10) – £2,351,000 Support for refugees ( Project 15) –...

Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn MP

Congratulations to our patron, Jeremy Corbyn MP, on becoming leader of the Labour Party...

London Community Foundation Grant programmes

At our latest briefing we had a presentation about the London Community Foundation Grant programmes...