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About IS
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International Service is a UK registered
charity and the oldest of the British volunteer sending agencies. It was
founded in 1953 as the United Nations Association (UNA) Trust’s response
to the Dutch floods of that year but soon after started to expand its
reach outside Europe. Though still maintaining links with the UNA, IS
became an independent charitable company in 1998. |
How we work
IS works to promote long-term development in poor
communities in the Third World by working in partnership with local
organisations, non-governmental or governmental organisations or the two in
collaboration.
Acting in response to local requests for skills that are not available in
the region, IS provides Development Workers, who share their skills and
experiences with the local people to strengthen their efforts to improve
their situation.
IS Development Workers work directly with individuals, groups and
communities, but in all our partnerships it is important for us to build
capacity through increasing organisational awareness and consciousness, so
that the organisation is better able to take control of its own functions
and future in a responsible manner.
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and field work
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In the UK, IS works to promote the concept of
Global Citizenship (defined as "Having a sense of your role in the world
and being willing to take action to bring about change towards the goal
of the eradication of poverty"). Through campaigns, educational
materials and other initiatives based on information and experiences
from the field, we aim to promote understanding and increase awareness
of development issues.
We work to actively increase links between our
southern partners and northern civil society groups, and to develop new
partnerships in the North with, for example, academic institutions and
professional groups.
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Contact information:
International Service
Hunter House
57 Goodramgate
YO1 7FX, York, UK
Tel: +44
(0) 1904 647799, Fax: +44 (0) 1904 652353
E-mail:
is@internationalservice.org.uk
Website:
www.internationalservice.org.uk
United
Nations Association International Service is a charitable company limited by
guarantee. Company No. 3467284, Charity No. 1069182
International Service Ireland (ISI):
Room 21, The Carmichael Centre, North. Brunswick
Street, Dublin 7
Tel: 0353-1-8746007
email:
internationalserviceireland@eircom.net
United
Nations Association International Service (Ireland) is a charitable company
limited by guarantee. Company No. 361956.
Registered Office: 5th Floor, Beaux Lane House, Mercer Street Lower, Dublin
2, Ireland.
For more
information about IS Ireland, click here
Links
IS is a
member of BVALG, the British Volunteer Agencies Liaison Group, which links
the work of the UK-based sending agencies and aims to share the experience
of its members and promote discussion about topics related to their work in
development.
Click on
the logo to visit the other BVALG agencies:
For
general enquiries about BVALG please contact
Mathew Snell
Though an
independent organisation, IS maintains links with and collaborates also with
UNA, click on their logo to visit:
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