Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN) helps match volunteers to organisations across the community via our website www.jvn.org.uk and telephone helpline. JVN is a One Stop Shop for Jewish volunteering, helping over 240 organisations find volunteers, and is a faith partner of Volunteering England. more

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How volunteering is building bridges between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens

Yesterday was 64 years since the foundation of the State of Israel. To mark the day JVN's blog hosted a special piece by Dr Alice Wood, Director of the UK Task Force on issues facing Arab citizens of Israel – which highlights how volunteering is building essential bridges between Israel's Jewish... [more]

27th Apr at 15:17
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JewishVolunteeringNetwork published a blog post

Volunteering schmolunteering - does the word volunteering actually matter?

Leonie Lewis, JVN Director Well it’s been a busy few weeks for volunteering.  From the Jubilee to the Olympics it seems everyone is asking for volunteers – including us! But big events aside, we all know the volunteering sector is under strain. Volunteering England reported that local government fu... [more]

20th Apr at 11:02
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JewishVolunteeringNetwork published a blog post

A frank look at internships from JVN Blog

JVN's latest blog features a frank piece looking at the benefits of charity internships. While internships are often given a bad name, provided they are implemented well, interns can - and do - benefit from experience of the voluntary/charity sector and of working life generally. [more]

17th Apr at 13:07
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JewishVolunteeringNetwork added an opportunity

Help Afrikids get stuffed!

This opportunity is no-longer open

Afrikids (Jewish Volunteering Network's friend and next-door neighbour), a leading Child Rights Organisation,working alongside indigenous communities in Ghana to help vulnerable children, is looking for envelope stuffers to help mail out their 2011 Annual Report over the next few days. Stuffing day... [more]

23rd Mar '11 at 12:38