Voluntary Action Islington

Our web site

Mike Sherriff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:13 +0000

Unfortunately our web site was hacked into on 3rd February 2012 and advertising that is not authorized by us was placed on the site. We immediately contacted, Public Life who developed the site to try to resolve the problem. In the meantime please note we do not endorse any of the advertisements on the site- in fact we would encourage you not to buy goods and services from organisations who have arrangements in place that result in advertisements for their products being placed without authorization on the web sites of other organisations.

Apprenticeship in Leadership and Management

Mike Sherriff — 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

Mike Sherriff — 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

Duncan McLaggan — 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

Duncan McLaggan — 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

Mike Sherriff — 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.

Volunteering for Stronger Communities Project starts in Islington

Mike Sherriff — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:46:41 +0000

Volunteering for Stronger Communities Project starts in Islington

This week a new project to encourage and support volunteering in communities most affected by the recession got started in Islington. Paul Stephenson joined Voluntary Action Islington as the member of staff leading on the project. Paul has a background in running a local befriending scheme, organising volunteers who campaign on human rights and coordinating volunteers who distribute surplus food from business to people who need it.

Mike Sherriff, Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Islington said “This project will play an important role in transforming volunteering in Islington. The project will support local people who want to keep using existing skills, gain new skills and experience, and make a positive contribution to the community. It will enable us to work more effectively with local organisations to develop new volunteering opportunities and undertake more outreach to recruit new volunteers.”

Voluntary Action Islington is one of only 15 Volunteer Centres to receive a share of a £1.9m Big Lottery Fund grant for this project, led by Volunteering England. It did so because it was an accredited Volunteer Centre with a strong track record of placing volunteers in Islington. Andy Murphy, Chair of Voluntary Action Islington said “This is an example of the additional resources that Voluntary Action Islington can bring to the borough when there is core support from the Local Authority. We are delighted that we were selected to be part of this project that will be pioneering new ways of supporting local citizen involvement. It will make a big difference at a local level during a time of real need”

Health and Wellbeing Board in Islington

Mike Sherriff — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:53:16 +0000

Voluntary Action Islington held a briefing on the new Islington Health and Wellbeing Board and the latest Public Health Report. You can read the presentations here.

Presentation to Scrutiny Review Committee

Mike Sherriff — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:48:51 +0000

Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Islington, Mike Sherriff, presented evidence to Islington’s scrutiny review committee on the value of local voluntary and community organisations. Click here to view the presentation.

Successful Islington voluntary sector conference

Mike Sherriff — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:23:06 +0000

150 people attended the Islington voluntary sector conference on Promoting Resilience: Priorities and Support for the voluntary and community sector in Islington on Saturday 19th November. Click here to read the address by Chief Executive of Voluntary Action Islington, Mike Sherriff, to the conference.