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Christmas Volunteering in Hackney and Beyond
This blog was posted in 2017! Find out how to get involved this year: search our database or email our team at [email protected] There are many ways to volunteer in the run…
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Work with Us – Join VCH’s award-winning Our Place project
Our Place is recruiting for a Community Development Manager. Working in and around the New Kingshold estate in Hackney, you’ll engage and enable local residents to deliver local services for themselves, to meet…
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Reading Coaches needed for new project for Hackney
Did you know that 7% of adults in the UK struggle to read? Read Easy UK, a nationwide charity that helps adults learn to read, is trying to change that. Read Easy…
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VCH Volunteer Managers’ Forum – Friday 1st December
Meet other volunteering professionals, upskill and access free resources at our quarterly Volunteer Managers Forum. Do you have a question or a specific issue, related to Volunteer Management that you would like support with?…
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‘Give to Feel Great’ Volunteer Fair, Tuesday 10 October 2017
Volunteer Centre Hackney hosts quarterly Volunteer Fairs where you can meet lots of local organisations looking for volunteers like you. Our next Volunteer Fair ‘Give to Feel Great’ takes place on Tuesday…
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Volunteering, A Gateway to Employment – Case Study
Hackney Playbus Volunteer, Malgorzata’s Story Getting back into employment can be difficult after a long break and Mal felt this difficulty after spending some time on maternity leave. VCH supported Mal into…
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Islington Bereavement Service – Free 2 DAY Training Course at St Joseph’s Hospice For New Volunteers – 28 & 29 Sept
St Joseph’s Hospice Islington Bereavement Service will be running a FREE 2 day training course for new Bereavement Volunteers on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 September at St Joseph’s Hospice, Mare St. London E8 4SA The service…
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‘Energy, enthusiasm and laughter’ had by all at VCH’s Wellbeing Day
In August we ran our first Wellbeing Day, organised by members of the Step Up, Our Place and Community Supporters projects. Over 50 people attended and participated in a variety of…
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Are you an Events Ace or a Storytelling Wizard? New volunteer roles on offer at Hackney CVS
Hackney CVS supports hundreds of local voluntary and community organisations to help Hackney’s residents. 2017 marks their 20th anniversary – and the team is searching for volunteers to help celebrate the best of…
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Building capacity through volunteering – Case Study
Hackney volunteer, Malgorzata, was introduced to local organisation Hackney Playbus through VCH’s database of volunteering opportunities two years ago, as they had advertised their volunteering opportunities through VCH’s database. At the time,…
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FREE ‘Inclusivity in Volunteering’ Workshop, Wednesday 13 September 2017
Volunteer Centre Hackney will be running an interactive session for volunteer managers to explore inclusivity and diversity in your volunteer team. Does your volunteer team represent your service users – and the wider Hackney…
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Featured Opportunities – Make Kit/Hackney Pirates/MMRC
Make Kit is a social enterprise based in Hackney that designs and distributes recipe kits from food hubs across the country. They need more volunteers to spread their way of healthy eating…
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Good Practice Top Tips
Keeping volunteers motivated and interested starts with good recruitment practices. Ensuring your volunteers’ skills and motivations match your organisation’s needs is key. If you do not, then a volunteer is likely to become…
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New project for grassroots volunteer-led groups – deadline 7th Aug
Volunteering for Hackney is a new project launched by Hackney Council to provide small grassroots community groups that operate at a very local level (no staff or maximum of one paid staff) with…
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Volunteer Achievement Awards from the Mayor of London
Now’s the time to nominate your volunteers for an award from the Mayor of London as part of the Team London 2017 Achievement Awards – nominations close on 21 July 2017. Volunteers…
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Book Launch with Our Place – What Makes Us Human? The story of a shared dream
Volunteer Centre Hackney and the “Our Place” project are delighted to welcome Dr Jean Louis Lamboray, founder of the…
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Want to get involved in your community but don’t know where to start?
Join Volunteer Centre Hackney for its Be The Difference Volunteer Fair & Volunteer For Hackney launch on Tuesday 20 June, 5-7pm at Hackney Museum, where you can meet local charities and discover how you give back to your…
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Volunteers Week 2017
During Volunteers Week and throughout June, we will be hosting a series of events and activities to celebrate the fantastic contribution that Hackney volunteers make to the borough. These include a Volunteer Managers…
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Greening Your Community
Is there a challenge or problem you want to solve in your local area? Are you worried about air pollution flooding, or your wellbeing? Perhaps you have an idea for greening your…
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Mental Health Awareness Week
On Tuesday 9th May 2017, as part of Mental Health Awareness week, our Step Up project delivered a workshop on ‘Understanding and Dealing with Stress’. The session focused on what our understanding…
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Volunteering hugely positive for unemployed Hackney residents
Volunteering is hugely positive for Hackney residents who are unemployed, and have mental health issues, we have found, through our Step Up project. Step Up supports people dealing with mental health issues…
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Calling Hackney community groups and organisations
Are you looking for an event or activity to involve your clients, service users or volunteers? Your organisation could get discount tickets for the summer’s biggest sporting event, and attend specific sessions of…
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Volunteer Managers Networking
Our Volunteer Managers Breakfast Club in March was a huge success, when we welcomed guest speaker Dominic Pinkney, CEO of Volunteer Centre Camden, who guided us through delivering a good ESV programme, and how to…
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Volunteer Fair for Busy People a Huge Success
The sun was shining, the samba band was out and Hackney was buzzing with positive vibes. A huge thanks to all the charities that attended VCH’s Volunteer Fair for Busy People on…
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