What is a CVS and what functions do they perform?
A CVS (Councils for Voluntary Service) is an infrastructure organisation that provides a range of development and support services to voluntary and community organisations. In essence they enable voluntary and community organisations become more effective and efficient in serving the needs of their communities. Their role includes:
• Identifying and filling the gaps
• Raising standards
• Enabling communication and collaboration
• Providing a voice
• Promoting strategic involvement
What is meant by infrastructure organisation?
These are organisations concerned with and working primarily to ensure that Voluntary and Community organisations have the capacity to work effectively and that what they need for this to be the case is in place. Consequently infrastructure organisations will provide a fair bit of developmental services to voluntary and community organisations like training and information.
Most boroughs across England have infrastructure organizations.
Use this online tool to find your local CVS http://webdb.navca.org.uk/home.aspx
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