20/09/2012
Voluntary Action Islington News & Policy
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10/09/2012
Business of the year Awards
Please remember that you are eligible to enter these awards and Voluntary Action Islington are backing the charity and social enterprise award. The deadline for nominations is September 14th and you can nominate yourself. For full details visit www.cibawards.com The full list of categories is: Corporate Social Responsibility Award Local...29/08/2012
Volunteers should get more honours
Too many civil servants, politicians and celebrities are receiving honours, a report by a group of MPs has said. The Public Administration Select Committee called for a rise in honours for volunteers in the community. Read the full story...News
28/08/2012
Islington Somali group faces £50k funding cut
SOMALI groups in Islington – who believe they could produce another Mo Farah – are under threat due to a massive £50,000 cut in grants. See link for full details. ...News
28/06/2012
1,000 Voices
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 services in the borough....News
04/05/2012
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...News
23/04/2012
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 record in delivering volunteer support in Islington to run a different...18/04/2012
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. ...News
01/02/2012
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 information about the programme. To view the presentation from our...News
30/01/2012
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 photo from the...News