On the 23rd 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…
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
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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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
