On Thursday 5th June 2025 in honour of our volunteering involved organisations and volunteers, we hosted a volunteer week celebration at Tooting Works. We were joined by speakers from the community such as Carol Bennett of SW Ladies Boxing, Syeda Islam of Wandsworth Older People’s Forum, Rachel Perkins of The Furzedown Project and Asma Choudhry […]
Ryan Jong; corporate world to volunteering
After a long and successful career in the corporate world, Ryan Jong is embracing a new chapter, one that’s all about giving back. Having recently retired in December 2024, Ryan is looking to join Wandsworth Care Alliance (WCA) as a trustee, bringing with him a wealth of experience and a fresh perspective on community support. […]
Voluntary Sector Forum Meeting highlights
We hosted our Voluntary Forum Sector meeting on Wednesday 2nd April 2025, where we were joined by fantastic guest speakers from Wandsworth Council, Need2Succeed, The Wandsworth Provider Alliance, Free2be and Share and care Homeshare. The forum provided Voluntary Sector Organisations to discuss, network and share with each other and allowed everyone to discover what was […]
Volunteer Involving Organisations Network Meeting highlights
Our VIO Network meeting was held online on Wednesday 26th March 2025 where we were joined by various community organisations as we discussed barriers to volunteering, ways to include inclusivity in volunteering. Thank you to everyone who joined us. In the network meeting we were joined by Community and Outreach Officer, Samreen Mulji from Learn2Love2Read […]
Free skilled work placements
Skilled volunteering is a great way for people to share time in a way that really helps community work to grow. If someone works professionally in a job doing things like: HR, digital skills, marketing, PR, project management, etc. they might not even realise that spending a few hours each week helping a charity with […]