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Get started – Volunteering in Islington

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There are many reasons why people volunteer

It might be to meet people, to gain new skills and experiences, to have fun, to help out in your local community or to gain experience that could help you to obtain paid work.

Voluntary Action Islington’s Volunteer Centre team provide face to face advice as to the volunteering roles available and how to access them.

We can help people with barriers to volunteering find the right role for them and support them with the application and recruitment process.

All shapes and sizes

Volunteering could take just a few hours of your time or a number of days – depending on how much you can commit and the demands of the volunteering role.
And there’s a vast number of roles too…

Different types of volunteering

Volunteering in the community with local voluntary organisations
Volunteering in the community offers wide ranging volunteering opportunities, for example:

• Administration
• IT
• Management and Finance
• Trusteeship
• Advice and Information Giving
• Counselling
• Listening and Befriending
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Event organising
• Fundraising
• Marketing and Campaigning
• the list is almost inexhaustible!

Microvolunteering

Want to volunteer but can only spare an hour or two – quite possibly only in the evenings or weekends, or generally antisocial hours? Some volunteering opportunities are ideal for microvolunteering – for example updating a website, tweeting or keeping a Facebook presence up to date.

So you want to volunteer in Islington?

To find out more and browse volunteering opportunities online:

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Whatever the reason, the Volunteering Team at Voluntary Action Islington are here to help you (phone, email or in person). You just need to live, work or study in Islington.
Our drop-in days are on Mondays and Wednesdays 1-4pm and you can always arrange a 1-2-1 on a different weekday:

E: volunteer@vai.org.uk
T: 020 7832 5826


Public Sector Volunteering:

NHS
The NHS also offers a wide variety of volunteering opportunities, see NHS choices for details of the range of volunteering opportunities within the NHS.
Contacting your local NHS trust directly is a good way of finding out about volunteering opportunities in your area. Either go to VAI’s online database, NHS volunteering , NHS Volunteer Responders, or the Whittington Health Volunteer Services

Police
The local police has volunteering opportunities as special constable or administrative roles, and many more. They are usually advertised at VAI’s online database. For more details go to their website.

Magistrates
Magistrates are volunteers who hear cases in courts in their community. They can hear cases in the criminal court, the family court, or both.
Each case is usually heard by 3 magistrates, including a magistrate who is trained to act as a chairperson.
A legal adviser in the court gives advice on the law and makes sure the magistrates follow the right procedures.
To find out more go to https://www.gov.uk/become-magistrate/


Find out more about volunteering:

TeamLondon (pan London)
Vinspired (national, youth volunteering)
Do-It: The easy way to volunteer (national)
Volunteering Matters (national)

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