JVN Blog

What is a Trustee and How do I become one? Nicky Goldman, CEO of JVN, Penny Wilson CEO of Getting on Board and Michelle Janes, Co-Chief Executive of the JLC and Executive Director of Lead   The value charities bring to our society is widely known and we have seen this even more so throughout the pandemic, […]

This Pesach, Jewish people all over the world will be asking, how is this night different from all other nights? Four people in particular will be asking themselves: HOW WAS THIS YEAR DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER YEARS? — This year, Jacob and his mum helped prepare lunch on December 25th at The Manna at St […]

I must admit it’s been a very busy couple of weeks in preparation for the release of the JVN Newsletter for Shavuot, which you can expect to land in your inbox next Thursday (provided you’re signed up – if not you can register here). And there’s also the small matter of the brand new and […]

Have a look at our latest infographic! We’ve pulled together some statistics about volunteering in the Jewish community. For a small community the numbers are staggering! If you’d like to join the 1000s volunteering across the community register with JVN here, and if you want to see the latest volunteering opportunities check out our network. […]

In 2002 a very special person was taken from the world. Yoni Jesner gave his time to lead and inspire young people, volunteering for his local youth movement, helping the local Sunday school. An intelligent boy, Yoni wanted to be a doctor, but during his second year in Israel a bus he was travelling on […]

Those of you more familiar with the work of JVN will be aware that we recently spread our wings and became more involved with the Jewish communities in Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. Our Manchester Volunteering Champion Melissa Chapman recently wrote this article for Gesher, the newsletter for Hale Synagogue, and we thought we’d share […]

You may remember that JVN, supported by the Board of Deputies, conducted a campaign in 2012 on behalf of the Jewish community called the Jubilee Hour campaign. The campaign encouraged people to give 60 minutes of their time for Her Majesty The Queen’s 60 years of public service. JVN collected 50,000 hours from the Jewish […]

JVN’s new employee volunteering scheme, Embrace, is in full swing, with a brand new website and more and more businesses and charitiesbecoming involved. This week, the JVN team decided to put our money where our mouth is and embark on some employee volunteering of our own with GIFT. Meeting at the GIFT warehouse on Tuesday evening we helped […]

This penultimate blog post of 2012 will reflect on two major changes that will affect JVN going into the New Year, both of which have occurred within the last week. The first change sees the end of the Jubilee Hour campaign. This campaign was set up by John O’Brien and his team of staff in […]

One of JVN’s primary aims over the next few months is to expand the work it does to encourage young people to become involved in volunteering. Aside from its regular work with schools, synagogues and youth groups, including the Yoni Jesner Award Scheme (to be relaunched in the coming weeks), and the new activities to […]