Points of Light Announces 2020 Honorees of The Civic 50

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(10th June). Program Honors Top Companies for Corporate Citizenship, Social Impact and Community Engagement

FIBA’s Foundation launches new “Basketball For Good” platform

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FIBA's Foundation, the International Basketball Foundation (IBF), is launching its new "Basketball For Good" digital platform.

Leadership in Social Work

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This is just an insight of how leadership and social work can work together.

SDGs Today Platform Offers Open Access to SDG-related Data

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The portal provides visitors with a snapshot of the state of sustainable development around the world, and enables users to access and engage with sustainable development data. SDSN reports that the datasets were selected "based on the level of frequency, quality, international comparability, public availability, and ease of understanding".

Volunteerism and Community Resilience – Locally Owned Solutions Delivering Impact (July 22, 2020 at 9:00 AM ET)

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Join today IAVE webinar focused on "building resilience within communities, engaging community members in considering the challenges faced by the diverse parts of a community that make up its totality. It is about following through on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aspiration ‘that no one will be left behind".

Greta Thunberg is the winner of the first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity

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The first edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity has been awarded to Greta Thunberg. The young Swedish environmental activist was selected among 136 nominees (corresponding to 79 organizations and 57 personalities) from 46 different countries.

IAVE VIRTUAL GLOBAL FORUM SERIES

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The virtual forum series will feature 7 key topics impacting the volunteer community: resilience-building, youth volunteering, inclusivity, digital volunteering, corporate volunteering, impact measurement and Volunteer 2030. Get more information each of the sessions below.

OPEN LETTER AND DEMANDS TO EU AND GLOBAL LEADERS FOR STRONGER ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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This letter has been sent to all EU leaders and heads of state on 16 July 2020.You must stop pretending that we can solve the climate- and ecological crisis without treating it as a crisis

TODAY IS MANDELA DAY 2020

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In 2020, the essence of Mandela Day – take action, inspire change, and make every day a Mandela Day – is more important than ever before.

Call for Online Volunteers: Join the 'Young Environmental Journalists'

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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket - EPA), UN Development Programme (UNDP), and UN Volunteers (UNV) programme launch a second round of the ‘Young Environmental Journalists’ campaign, to address environmental and human rights impacts in the mining sector in four resource-rich countries: Colombia, Kenya, Mongolia and Mozambique.

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