JVN Blog

JVN is ready to make a splash at Limmud! We’ll be presenting on Wednesday, December 29…and we just can’t wait. Limmud: dedicated to Jewish learning in all its variety. We’re an ambitious and passionate organisation with a global reputation for creating events with a lively approach to Jewish learning. We’re inspired, led and run by […]

Recently published in The Jewish Chronicle’s JC Celebrations Magazine. By Simon Rocker. Fundraising is a vital part of any charity’s work, but there is something else which is just as precious: time. No charity could do without the countless unpaid hours contributed by its dedicated squadrons of volunteers, from those who trudge across icy pavements […]

In today’s rapidly changing society you have to be smarter, slicker and much more media savvy if you wish to engage volunteers to your organisations, the Director of Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) Leonie Lewis informed the first gathering of Volunteer coordinators at a forum at Heathlands Village this week. Volunteering has been proved not only […]

Ask anyone what they get out of volunteering and the word you’ll often hear is the ‘buzz’ – the buzz they feel when they know they’ve helped someone, the buzz of giving to others, and the great buzzy vibes the act of volunteering send out, and which get sent back in return! To give people […]