The Volunteer of the Year Awards for Islington 2016 is now open for nominations! To commemorate the passing of our long term Trustee and local councillor we are adding the Pat Haynes Memorial Trustee Award. We are also featuring a Team of the year award for the first...
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Islington Giving Funding Opportunity
Making the Most of Free Time Funding Opportunity Providing More Activities for Islington’s Young People Islington Giving is committed to investing in Islington’s young people. They are now inviting project proposals for activities and opportunities at times and places...
Nominations for the Team London Awards 2016 are now open!
The awards are our chance to celebrate not only the excellence of volunteers, but the amazing things we can accomplish when we work together to make London the best city it can be. How to nominate a volunteer or organisation: Please use the electronic form below to...
London Borough of Islington Voluntary Community Sector Grants Programme, recommendations for allocation
Islington council’s VCS Committee has agreed the recommendations for allocation of the Grants Programme. Click the link below to see which groups have been funded for the different strands: Appendix 3: VCS Partnership Grants: Funding Recommendations Voluntary and...
Research on ethnic inequality in Islington
The Runnymede Trust released their latest research on ethnic inequality in London, which includes profiles for every London borough. The report compares outcomes for different ethnic groups relative to the White British population in four indicators; education,...
Volunteer Centre Newsletter N.3 is out!
The third issue of the Volunteer Centre Islington Newsletter is out now! You will find out about all the exciting mix of activities and celebrations across Volunteers’ Week in Islington and information about the latest events in the volunteering sector. Let’s...
Funding update April 2016
The latest Voluntary Action Islington Funding Booklet has been released. This small and medium sized grants booklet has been developed to help voluntary and community organisations in Islington in their fundraising efforts. Check out our list of new and updated...
We are recruiting an Office Coordinator
We are seeking an Office Coordinator who has excellent customer service and communication skills, is well organised and proactive in their approach. The Office Coordinator is responsible for the smooth running of Voluntary Action Islington’s Resource Centre on...
Oslo Red Cross Members visited Voluntary Action Islington
Oslo Red Cross members came to us and other organisations in London to learn more about our methods of recruiting and managing volunteers. Oslo Red Cross assists groups in need in the city of Oslo. They focus their relief work within the fields of...
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...
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 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...