3d. Increasing volunteering y 1,200 volunteers registered as marshals opportunities across the borough and stewards for the COVID-19 On-line Volunteering Fairs Vaccination Programme. VAI hosted 3 online volunteering fairs (June 3f. Developing inclusive and diverse & October 2021 and February 2022) in volunteering opportunities (funded by partnership with Volunteer Centre Camden, Coram Beanstalk) to support the recruitment of volunteers W e ar e look in g online. An average of 20 organisations and 70 We developed a volu for n te e r s in you r ar e potential volunteers attended each fair. partnership and a! I h a v e th o ro ug h enj ly o yed th received funding from tra e ining a nd h a v lea e rnt s o m uch 3e. New volunteers and volunteering Coram Beanstalk to . Can y ou s p ar e a f ew h ou r s a w l ee oca k l t o p h r e i m l a p r a y s ch ool i n s p i r e ch undertake a piece i l d r en t o roles registered as part of the b ecom r e ead er s 9 ? 8 % of v ol u nt e of research, looking e brokerage service w rs ou l re d c omme nd u s t at what were the a o fri e nd. F in d u s o n barriers preventing lin y 1,232 new volunteers registered with the e Volunteer Centre, bringing a total of 3,855 local people in O r c al l : 0 20 7 7 29 4 0 volunteers registered; Islington (living 87 y 36 new groups/organisations registered in postcodes N1, N4, with our Volunteer Centre, bringing the N7, N8, N19) in engaging with the Coram total of organisations registered to 299; Beanstalk volunteering opportunities to y 203 volunteer roles were promoted, most support Islington primary school aged children of which were looking for one or two with their reading. 15 local VCFS organisations volunteers, but there were some roles were consulted, and recommendations on related to the COVID-19 response that how to adapt materials and help recruit needed hundreds of volunteers; volunteers from all our diverse communities were made to Coram Beanstalk. 30 Annual and Impact Report 21/22