A Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is a type of charity in England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland CVSs are "the place at which local voluntary and community organisations speak to each other". They offer a wide variety of services and support for local organisations, for example training, or advice on funding.
CVSs are also involved in advocacy for the organisations they represent, and aid in communication between the local voluntary and community sector and the statutory sector. Advocacy Advocacy is the pursuit of influencing outcomes –including public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political economic and social systems They will typically provide fora for organisations to meet, often a Community Empowerment Network, and will interact with, or have a seat on, the local strategic partnership. In the United Kingdom, community empowerment networks (CENs are networks of a collection of local community voluntary and third sector organisations and groups set up by the Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs exist in nearly all Local authority areas in England and Wales. They may also advocate on behalf of the organisations they represent on a one to one basis. An advocate is one who speaks on behalf of another person especially in a legal context
A CVS may or may not incorporate the local Volunteer Centre.
CVS are bought together nationally by NAVCA, the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (which before 14 June 2006 was known as NACVS, the National Association of Councils for voluntary service).
Each county in Wales has a County Voluntary Council rather than a CVS. Every county in Wales has a Voluntary sector infrastructure body generically called a county voluntary council or CVC
External links
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (includes links to local CVSs).
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