Contact information
People supporting IS
IS Ireland
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Same Difference Art Project
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Better by the Year
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Study Tours
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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.
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 individual, 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.
More about programmes and field work
More about jobs
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 actively to increase links between our southern partners and northern
civil society groups in the North and to develop new partnerships in the North
with eg. Academic institutions and professional groups.
More about campaigns and education
International Service
Hunter House
57 Goodramgate
YO1 7FX, York
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
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 links to visit the other BVALG agencies:
http://www.progressio.org.uk
http://www.skillshare.org/
http://www.vso.org.uk/
For general enquiries about BVALG please contact Mathew Snell
Though an independent organisation, IS maintains links with and collaborates also with UNA, click on the link to visit: