JVN Blog

So, it’s small charity week and we decided to lend our support to the countless small charities out there by examining how difficult it is for them to make the impact and difference they want. There are 180,000 registered charities in England and Wales, all of which are recorded on the online register of charities. […]

At JVN we’re fascinated by all sorts of charities, but none more so than those who deal with the exotic and the intercontinental. So welcome to our first blog about organisations who volunteer abroad. Each of this series will feature a charity that sends volunteers abroad to make the world a better place. They’ll tell […]

This year as in the past few years, the national Volunteers’ Week coincides directly with the Jewish Festival of Shavuot. This gives us at JVN an opportunity to link the valuable contribution volunteers make to our community with the festival of chessed (kindness).  But this year, we have an added significance – it’s the 30th anniversary […]