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Eyes Down for JVN Bingo! On Sunday 10 March JVN held its first Bingo Evening with a professional Bingo Caller.  The event sold out and was a great success with lovely prizes of wine and chocolates courtesy of The Walnut Tree!  Many of our wonderful volunteers attended and brought their friends along to enjoy and […]

There is a famous saying about #volunteers: “Volunteers are worthless not because they are no good but,  because the work they do is impossible to cost out – its priceless.” Traditionally, most people volunteer because they will be making a difference to the lives of others, while also generating benefits for themselves – greater confidence, […]

Take a look at the ultimate volunteering role – The job is 24/7. There’s a zero hours contract with no guaranteed time off or holidays. There’s no sick pay and you must keep going even when you are literally dead on your feet. You must be able to multi task and give 100% energy, effort […]

You know those little things that make your day. Those simple tasks that go smoothly, a smile, a nice gesture… They just seem to make such a big difference. Life is in the little details. Ongoing small gestures can mean so much more than one grand display of love. Simple everyday tasks throughout the week/month […]

#Charities & #SocialMedia DO mix  Charities often struggle when it comes to marketing – they either need a wealthy benefactor to fund it, be a household name so donations can be syphoned off to different budgets, or to rely on a partnership or two with well-known brands that will tell their story for them. Social […]

It was great having Anthony Meyerstone come to our office today, we caught up with him to hear some of his thoughts about becoming a Trustee for JVN and volunteering in general. Anthony has recently joined JVN as a Trustee, he is a Pharmaceutical Consultant in his day to day job, trying to bring new […]