Voluntary Action Islington

Sporting Volunteering Opportunity at Sportmakers Event 23rd May 2012

Philip Boye-Anawomah — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:23:29 +0000

On the 23^rd 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 sporting opportunities.

Sport Makers is a new national Olympic legacy programme that encourages people to take up sports volunteering. The aim is to recruit 40,000 Sport Makers who will support community sport for adults.

People interested in becoming a Sport Maker are asked to register on the website www.sportmakers.co.uk, attend a workshop, and then complete at least 10 hours of volunteering. Participants may be eligible for sports vouchers and will have a chance to win tickets for the London 2012 Games.

Funded by Sport England, the programme runs to September 2013. Locally the programme is managed by ProActive Central London with support from us and L.B. of Islington

- Wednesday 23^rd May, 6pm, Voluntary Action Islington, 200A Pentonville Road, N1 9JP

If you are a sports provider, could you consider offering volunteering opportunities for Sport Makers. This will be key to making the programme a success. Please note that the programme is for supporting over 16s.

To register and for more information go to www.sportmakers.co.uk.

Voluntary Action Islington Exhibits

Elinor Hopson-Hill — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:44:10 +0000

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 Pentonville Road

N1 9JP

RSVP to Christopher.Taylor@vai.org.uk

VAI welcomes 6 new members

Voluntary Action Islington — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:04:11 +0000

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 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:32:14 +0000

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 service. Click here for details.

Report: Equalities in Islington

Voluntary Action Islington — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:51:16 +0000

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

Voluntary Action Islington — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:56:06 +0000

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 information session click here.

Visit by New Chief Executive of NAVCA

Voluntary Action Islington — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:54:45 +0000

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 visit

Click here to read the press release from NAVCA

Report Launched – Promoting Resilience

Voluntary Action Islington — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:31:59 +0000

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 what the sector needs to sustain itself over the next 3 years.

A London Living Wage employer

Voluntary Action Islington — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:29:20 +0000

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 and good for society.

Since its launch in 2001 by CitizensUK over 10,000 London families have been lifted out of working poverty as a direct result of the Living Wage.

Voluntary Action Islington encourages all Islington employers to support and implement the Living Wage.

Trustee Recruitment

Voluntary Action Islington — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:54:51 +0000

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 applications is 26th January.