JVN Blog

The President, staff, trustees and volunteers of the Jewish Volunteering Network are devastated to hear of the passing away of Leonie Lewis, JVN’s founding Director and everyone’s friend. Leonie was diagnosed with lymphoma just 6 weeks before and after a brave fight, she finally succumbed to her illness on April 29th. In the words of […]

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A summer reception at the Grove Hotel, Hertfordshire, saw JVN celebrate a landmark achievement having recently received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Sixty people, including volunteers, key charities and volunteer managers were guests at the event hosted by JVN Life Patron Daniel Levy. A number of local dignitaries also attended including The Worshipful Mayor […]

I applied for the internship at JVN as I am on my gap year and wanted to spend some of my time volunteering to make a difference to the community. In addition to this I thought it would teach me skills to enable me to grow in areas such as confidence, creative thinking and problem […]

The Office of National Statistics (ONS), have reported a drop of 15 per cent in volunteering (March 2017). The figures released by the ONS show that people in the UK volunteered 1.93 billion hours in 2015, compared to 2.28 billion hours in 2005. Over the same period, the population grew by 7.8 per cent, meaning the […]

“My summer at ALEH was transformational. I believe that my true identity was forged while volunteering at ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran in southern Israel.” Inspired by the kindness of her parents throughout her youth, British Columbia native Shoshanna Kervin developed an unquenchable desire to help others. Having shadowed a local girl with Downs syndrome and volunteered […]

WHY Do I Volunteer and Fundraise? By Michelle, Liverpool, February 2017 This is what I sometimes ask myself with all the different groups I have got involved with. So, I’m in my mid 40’s now and I occasionally sit back and think how did I start all this? Where does it stem from? Who am […]

Below is an article written by Rhys Handley that appeared in the Times Series Newspaper.   A Jewish volunteering service are working with Barnet’s health services to make sure the people who want to be volunteers go to the best-suited services. The Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) has announced it is working with the Barnet Clinical […]

Following the recent guest blog from David Chait, here’s our perspective on his Modern Open Orthodox Facebook group and the benefits of online communities in bringing people together for social action. Here at JVN we are proud to promote volunteering through all avenues in the Jewish community. Faith based groups allow people to volunteer in an […]

The Facebook group Modern Open Orthodox is a place where the Orthodox Jewish community can come together online and share their views, problems and solutions. David Chait tells us what the purpose of the group is, why he set it up and how it is helping people. Being connected to the organised Jewish community is incredible. You get […]