19/04/2016
Voluntary Action Islington News & Policy
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15/04/2016
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 Pentonville Road. The primary function of this role is to manage relationships...17/03/2016
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 migration, caring for elderly...News
03/02/2016
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...18/01/2016
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...11/12/2015
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...10/12/2015
Launch of Newsletter for Volunteer Centre
The first issue of the Volunteer Centre Islington newsletter from VAI is out now! Our aim is to send this out monthly to help and promote volunteering in Islington, as well as inform you about the latest events in the volunteering sector. We hope you find the newsletter interesting. If...03/12/2015
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...04/11/2015
Islington celebrates its volunteers of the year 2015
This year’s Volunteer of the Year is Gareth who is a member of a team of volunteers at the Single Homeless Project, supporting some of the most vulnerable local people. He has turned his own life around in the last 10 years and puts this experience to use to support...News
27/10/2015