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Voluntary Action Islington News & Policy
27/01/2015
Watch out for our new Voluntary Action Academy video guides on Youtube
VAA signing up as a new learner: This is a short video about how to sign up as a new learner on our Voluntary Action Academy website and it provides all the information required to register with us and to create your own account http://ow.ly/I0x1s VAA Browsing the website and...16/12/2014
Council extend voluntary sector grants to 2015-16
At the special meeting of the Voluntary and Community Sector grants committee held on 12th December it was agreed to extend current grants from the VCS Grants Fund and the Advice Fund for one year to 31 March 2016. Check out the full report. Over the coming months the Council...09/12/2014
Reaching Communities Briefing
On 1st December Voluntary Action Islington organised a briefing with the Big Lottery about their Reaching Communities funding programme. You can view the presentation from the briefing here...05/11/2014
Islington celebrates its volunteers of the year
This year’s Volunteer of the Year is Louisa Sullivan, who volunteers as a mentor with the Parent House, an organisation that encourages parents to develop confidence, skills and abilities so that they and their children can reach their full potential. As well as mentoring parents with complex needs Louisa is...04/11/2014
New Chair for Voluntary Action Islington
At its AGM this evening, attended by over 100 Islington volunteers and representatives of community organisations, Voluntary Action Islington announced a new chair. Andy Murphy is to step down after 5 years in the role. The new Chair will be former Islington Councillor and Mayor, Phil Kelly. Phil got to...17/10/2014
Take our survey with a chance to win a £50 voucher
We are planning for the future and seeking your views What are the main issues facing your organisation? How do you want to collaborate with other organisations? What are your views about our services? How should we support volunteering in the future? Tell us what you think by completing our...17/10/2014
First student to complete the ILM level 3 award in Leadership and Management
We are thrilled to announce that Susan Cornell is the first student to successfully complete the ILM level 3 award in leadership and management with the Voluntary Action Academy. Susan was supported by a bursary from Children England. She works for Mind in Havering. Susan said: “I’m from a small...10/10/2014
Voluntary Action Islington invest in the Credit Union
We have decided to invest some of our reserves in the London Capital Credit Union and are calling on other charities, both national and local based in Islington to do the same. Our borough is one of Britain’s most deprived in the country and believe that by investing reserves in...02/10/2014