Islington LINk has completed its 1,000 Voices report. The LINk has recorded the experiences of health and social care services of 1,000 local people. The report will be presented to the Islington Clinical Commissioning Group so as to influence the future of these...
VAI News
Volunteers’ Week 2012
As part of Volunteers’ Week 2012, the Volunteer Centre at Voluntary Action Islington will be holding 2 recruitment events in Islington. On Friday the 1st of June from 10am to 4pm at the Museum and Library of the Order of St John St John’s Gate, St John’s Lane,...
Sporting Volunteering Opportunity at Sportmakers Event 23rd May 2012
On the 23rd May 2012, Voluntary Action Islington will be running our second Sportmakers workshop We are looking for sports enthusiasts looking to take part in, or create sporting opportunities. We are also looking for Organisations, groups or clubs looking to promote...
Voluntary Action Islington Exhibits
Voluntary Action Islington with support from Creative Islington will be featuring Christian Kerrigan and Jon Britten in the third of the series of exhibitions planned for 2012. Please join us for the private viewing on Thursday 7th June 2012 from 5.30pm – 8.30pm. 200a...
VAI welcomes 6 new members
We are pleased to welcome 6 new members: Kin 4 Youth UK Disability History Month Morenada Bloque Kantuta HoardingUK SPEAK4ME 4 MINORITY COMMUNITIES Heart of Westbourne TRA
Proposals to end Council support for Volunteer Centre
Voluntary Action Islington is disappointed by proposals being considered by the Council's Executive next week that would mean the end of Local Authority support for an accredited Volunteer Centre. Instead the Council propose to support organisations without a track...
Report: Equalities in Islington
Islington BME Forum and Islington Community Network have compiled a report in response to the Council's review of equalities in the authority. Click to access the full report.
Apprenticeship in Leadership and Management
In partnership with Rocket Consultancy we are offering a level 3 apprenticeship in leadership and management. This is available to people employed or volunteering with voluntary organisations and also to people in the public and private sectors. Click here for...
Visit by New Chief Executive of NAVCA
Joe Irvin, the new Chief Executive of NAVCA visited Voluntary Action Islington on Friday. His visit was his first to a member organisation of NAVCA. Joe came to find out about our new project helping unemployed people to take part in volunteering. Click here to see a...
Report Launched – Promoting Resilience
A follow-up report from the Islington VCS Conference, "Promoting Resilience", has been published by Voluntary Action Islington. The report covers the key topics and issues raised by attendees at the conference, which looked at how the VCS can support fairness, and...
A London Living Wage employer
Voluntary Action Islington is proud to be a London Living Wage employer Described by David Cameron as "an idea whose time has come", and promoted as a key recommendation of Islington's Fairness Commission, we believe that paying a living wage is both good for staff...
Trustee Recruitment
Click here for information about trustee vacancies at Voluntary Action Islington. We are having an information session for people interested in becoming trustees of our organisation on Wednesday 18th January 6pm- 7pm at Voluntary Action Islington. The deadline for...