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Yoni Jesner Awards 2026 Pic: Keren Heller photography

July 6, 2026, 4:52 pm

Young volunteers honoured at Yoni Jesner awards

Some 170 students from 15 schools celebrated for community engagement and spirit of giving

By Michelle Rosenberg

Left to right: Claudie Ineson, LJWB Volunteer Manager; Elayne Peter, LJWB & LJHA Volunteer; and Charlotte Kemp, LJHA Deputy Sheltered Housing Manager.

June 30, 2026, 4:50 pm

Leeds social welfare organisations join forces with volunteer collaboration

New initiative to enhance community support and tenant experience

By Michelle Rosenberg

Project ImpACT volunteers Allegra (left) and Maya (right)

June 12, 2026, 4:11 pm

Volunteering truly shifts your perspective and takes you out of your own world

17-year old Allegra Crystal has been involved with youth volunteering charity Project ImpACT since her batmitzvah

By Allegra Crystal

May 5, 2026, 7:06 pm

Volunteer drivers become a lifeline for cancer patients as costs soar, says Chai

Travel, parking and loss of income leave patients struggling to access vital support

By Michelle Rosenberg

Handwritten cards of care arranged to spell ‘Shine Light’, reflecting the message behind a UK-led initiative supporting hostages, wounded soldiers and bereaved families in Israel.

February 11, 2026, 11:17 am

SPECIAL REPORT: The trainers that walk with the wounded, and the cards that carry care

From ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ shoes to handwritten letters, a British-led initiative is delivering hundreds of acts of care to Israel in the wake of the Gaza conflict

By Annabel Sinclair

Rosalind Preston OBE, a 90-year-old ‘professional volunteer’, at the Jewish Volunteering Network Awards 2025.
Photo Credit: Emma Ziff Photography

January 14, 2026, 2:14 am

Volunteering icon, 90, honoured as King hails those who power Anglo-Jewry

This year's Jewish Volunteer Network Awards shone a spotlight on those who have given decades of service, with a new digital exhibition celebrating their work

By Jewish News Reporter

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim (Credit: Embassy of Israel to the USA)

December 23, 2025, 4:20 pm

Global Jewish Week of Service launched to honour Washington DC terror victim

International initiative channels Jewish values into action following the murder of Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum

By Annabel Sinclair

Sarah Sackman MP taking part in Mitzvah Day

November 18, 2025, 2:02 pm

Mitzvah Day at 20: Why showing up in green matters more than ever

As antisemitism rises, Mitzvah Day’s 100 Big Soup Serves show Jewish pride, unity and interfaith action in motion

By Sarah Sackman MP

Jewish Care Volunteer Award winners. Pic: Justin Grainge

November 12, 2025, 3:55 pm

Ivor Baddiel compères annual Jewish Care Volunteer Awards

Communal charity recognises some of its 3000 dedicated supporters including 'outstanding fundraiser', 'best newcomer' and 'unsung hero'

By Michelle Rosenberg

June 10, 2025, 7:58 pm

Project ImpACT celebrates National Volunteers’ Week

Youth charity has encouraged 6,000 dedicated young people to collectively dedicate 52,000 hours to community volunteering

By Michelle Rosenberg

February 5, 2025, 2:52 pm

Hearts of gold: meet the Texan inspiring thousands of volunteers in Israel

'We tell people, buckle up and get ready. You're going to have the most meaningful and life changing experience of your life', says Sword of Iron founder Yocheved Ruttenberg

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 30, 2025, 2:06 pm

Meet the inspirational 94-year old brightening the day of Royal Free patients

Great-grandfather Eric Sayliss was shortlisted for a volunteering award

By Michelle Rosenberg

JVN-Awards-2024-Volunteer-Teams-of-the-Year-. Pic: Emma Ziff

January 21, 2025, 10:19 am

JVN celebrates volunteers at record breaking award ceremony

JLGB, Camp Simcha, Willesden Cemetery House of Life and GIFT volunteers recognised for outstanding achievement by Jewish Volunteering Network

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 15, 2025, 9:53 am

Jewish Care first Jewish charity in England to earn Investing in Volunteers status

Health and social care organisation received rare accreditation from the United Kingdom Volunteering Forum

By Michelle Rosenberg

Ann and the late Bob Kirk of Liberal Jewish Synagogue receiving Outstanding Lifetime Achievement award from Lord Lieutenant Richard Voss at the JVN Honouring Volunteers Awards 2023

January 14, 2025, 10:27 am

Jewish Volunteering Network awards to celebrate community heroes

Fifty charities have nominated more than 100 inspiring individuals at largest ever ceremony, media partnered by Jewish News

By Michelle Rosenberg

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