News & Events
On 14th December, JVN in partnership with the Adam Science Foundation held its first annual Trustee Drive.
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On 3rd November, JVN hosted a stall at the fair of the London leg of the official European Year of Volunteering Tour, held at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre.
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To mark Trustees' Week 2011 and the fantastic, and often unrecognised, work of volunteer trustees in the Jewish and wider charity sector, Jewish Volunteering Network put on an event at the offices of its corporate sponsors HW Fisher and Company - Being a Not-for-Profit Trustee in financially challenging times: threat or opportunity?
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Earlier this month JVN hosted the Israeli Paralympic Games Delegation in advance of London 2012, who are asking for British community support
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Over 100 people attended the JVN private film showing of A Small Act at the Everyman cinema in Belsize Park.
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The 7th JVN Volunteer Coordinators Networking Forum took place in the second week of September at the UJIA building in Kentish Town on the theme of everything volunteer recruitment.
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Over 30 women enjoyed the hospitality of Lady Sacks and stimulating conversation at the first JVN Ladies Coffee Morning at the Chief Rabbi's House.
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The next JVN Volunteers Coordinators Networking Seminar will take place on 12th September, 10am-2.15pm at the UJIA building in Kentish Town on the theme of everything volunteer recruitment.
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JVN shortlisted as Charity of the Year in the Charity Times Awards 2011
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1,000 hours, 250 children and 15 organisations - JVN helps Hasmonean Boys go volunteering!
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Hundreds attend the Yoni Jesner Award Ceremony, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Yoni Jesner (z"l)'s brother and grandmother hand out a record numbers of awards to children from six Jewish schools
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Over 60 professionals from charities in the community attended the latest - and 6th - JVN Volunteer Coordinator Forum held last Wednesday 9th March 2011 at Jewish Care's new Amelie House HQ, which aim to highlight and examine the latest topics in volunteering and volunteering management.
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Twenty-four participants from across 17 communal organisations based in the regions, including from Manchester and Birmingham attended JVN's 2nd Regional Forum which took place in Leeds on March 2nd.
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The Government new proposal would make criminal records checks portable so that individuals would not need separate checks by each organisation they worked or volunteered for.
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Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, has called on bankers to give their bonuses to charity.
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Thomas Hughes-Hallet of Marie Curie Cancer Care tells Public Administration Select Committee that donors are tired of daily newspaper adverts
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A group of Labour Lords have raised concerns over the process of turning the British Waterways Board, which was formerly a government quango, into a charity.
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The application window for the Transition Fund is too short and the conditions too difficult to satisfy, New Philanthropy Capital has said.
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Former home secretary David Blunkett has called on the Treasury and Big Lottery Fund to create a multi-million pound endowment fund to increase youth volunteering.
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Nearly half of charities have still not yet considered their strategy for the 2012 pension reform, according to research by Acevo and Foster Denovo.
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Leonie Lewis, Director of JVN, attended Jeneration Campus Ambassador, on January 6th, 2011. This is what she said...
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The Jewish Volunteering Network organised a chanukah party at the Jewish Museum to celebrate the last day of the festival of lights.
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Mitzvah Day 2010 is taking place on Sunday November 21st 2010 - Less than 3 weeks to go! Hundreds of projects are taking place all over the country to help the homeless, improve the environment and bring a little joy where it is needed.
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The Talmud describes that on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish people are "vekulan niskarin biskira achas" viewed together with a single glance. Our sages explain this to mean that not only is Rosh Hashanah an opportunity for introspection on both an individual and a communal level.
Our community's volunteers deserve special recognition. They have recognised the potential of the individual, and the priceless value of extending a hand to their neighbours.
read more >>At university he thought he was heading for a career in product design but a summer on the rugby pitch changed that.
Now Tom ,21, is thriving in his new-found passion as a rugby league development officer teaching youngsters how to play and promoting the game throughout Trafford, Manchester.
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A campaign has been launched in the West Midlands to find volunteers to help at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Times in recession-hit Britain might be tough, but volunteering can be counted on to keep you smiling, according to a new poll from social networking site i-volunteer.org.uk
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The McCann Manchester advertising agency has picked up the baton on behalf of the search for volunteers to work at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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London 2012 is recruiting 70,000 volunteers for the Olympics and Paralympics through its Games Maker programme (applications open on 15 September 2010), and the London Development Agency is looking for 8,000 London Ambassador(register now, applications start in January 2011).
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Boris Johnson and Lord Coe launch volunteer recruitment programme for 2012 Olympics
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New opportunities presented by the big society agenda will simply pass them by if they fail to do so, says our columnist
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Grants for voluntary and community sector will go up by a fifth to 630m in 2013/14, says culture minister
The amount of money the Big Lottery Fund allocates to the voluntary and community sector will increase by more than 20 per cent to 630m a year after it stops funding the 2012 Olympic Games, according to culture minister John Penrose
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A National Citizen Service for 16-year-olds will address the 'tragic waste of potential' among young people, David Cameron has said.
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The Prime Minister says charities could be funded in a similar way to the public sector.
The government should consider funding charities on "the same basis that the government funds itself", according to Prime Minister David Cameron, answering a parliamentary question on VAT. read more >>
The government should consider funding charities on "the same basis that the government funds itself", according to Prime Minister David Cameron, answering a parliamentary question on VAT. read more >>
The Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed that the comprehensive vettting and barring scheme, due to commence next month, has been put on hold and will be subject to review to bring it 'back to common sense levels'.
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Support our chairman!
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Good News for Young Volunteers
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This message is from national charity School Governors' One-Stop Shop which needs to encourage more people to volunteer as School Governors in!
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JVN together with JLGB are hosting a series of Volunteering Fairs in the Jewish secondary schools in London for Sixth Form students.
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JVN ran a training session for current and new volunteers for the London Jewish Cultural Centre
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JVN has produced it's first newsletter. We have distributed it around synagogues in London and we have also sent it to community centres across the UK.
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Professor Margaret Harris addressed over 50 people at the JVN Annual Conference in July. Here is a copy of the speech.
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At the London Jewish Forum breakfast meeting, Tessa Jowell referred to the London Jewish Manifesto and specifically mentioned the work of JVN.
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