JVN Blog

We are delighted to say that Tristan safely and happily completed the 10k run and managed to raise over £2,000 for JVN!!!

The JVN is delighted to present a new video which showcases the work we do and why we do it.

In addition to helping find volunteers (and did we mention that you can find out more here), JVN is delighted to say that we have our very own – and very first! – runner raising much-appreciated funds for JVN!

Over the last 6 months, I’ve made a number of visits to Birmingham’s Jewish community to help identify and tackle its volunteering needs…

Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once said that Jews do not have rights, but do have responsibilities: responsibilities about what we can do for ourselves and what we can do for others. Big Society in a nutshell.

The JVN is looking for a new intern! But before you apply, you want to know details, wouldn’t you? Naturally, we thought we ask our current intern, Myriam, to provide you with a brief rundown of her JVN experience…

Since JVN started in 2007, we have grown rapidly from just a few hundred volunteers and a score of organisations, to thousands of volunteers and hundreds of organisations. We are – of course – delighted about this. But our poor website is creaking under the strain and so we are in the early stages of […]

It’s been a very busy few weeks here at JVN – getting schools linked in with volunteering opportunities for the Yoni Jesner Award scheme, researching new website requirements, not to mention the day-to-day business of matching volunteers and organisations! But what’s been keeping us particularly busy was our Spring Volunteer Coordinator Forums: our 2nd Regional […]

It would be difficult to disagree – the 8th of December was a night to remember! Chanukah went out with a bang, as the newly reopened Jewish Museum in Camden hosted the JVN Chanukah Party. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate all the hard work JHub volunteer coordinators have invested […]

On Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 a very special event was organised by the Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) in cooperation with TrainE-TraidE, the Pears Foundation and UJIA Adam Science Foundation at the Jewish Social Action Hub in West Hampstead. The aim of this half day seminar was to help prepare interns currently working in Jewish organisations […]