County Voluntary Council

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Every county in Wales has a voluntary sector infrastructure body, [1] generically called a County Voluntary Council or CVC. [2] [3] The key role of a CVC is to provide advice and information to local voluntary and community groups on volunteering, funding sources and a wide range of other issues.

At an all Wales national level the sector's infrastructure body is Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA). The 19 local County Voluntary Councils in Wales, and the national support body WCVA, make up a network of support organisations for the third sector in Wales called Third Sector Support Wales. [4]

In England the term Council for Voluntary Service is used rather than CVC.

List of CVCs in Wales

List of CVCs as advised by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) [5]

CountyCVC Name
FlintshireFlintshire Local Voluntary Council
WrexhamAssociation of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham
BridgendBridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations
CardiffCardiff Third Sector Council
CarmarthenshireCarmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services
CeredigionCeredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations
ConwyCommunity and Voluntary Support Conwy
DenbighshireDenbighshire Voluntary Services Council
GlamorganGlamorgan Voluntary Services   (Vale of Glamorgan)
GwentGwent Association of Voluntary Organisations
Rhondda Cynon TaffInterlink (Rhondda Cynon Taff)
GwyneddMantell Gwynedd
AngleseyMedrwn Mon (Isle of Anglesey)
Neath Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services
PembrokeshirePembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services
PowysPowys Association of Voluntary Organisations
SwanseaSwansea Council for Voluntary Service
TorfaenTorfaen Voluntary Alliance
Merthyr TydfilVoluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

Notes and references

  1. "County Voluntary Councils". www.wcva.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. Sustainable Funding Cymru "County voluntary councils - Sustainable funding". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  3. Welshpedia http://www.welshpedia.co.uk/wiki/wales/index.php?title=Wales_Council_for_Voluntary_Action Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Third Sector Support Wales". www.wcva.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "Third Sector Support Wales". www.wcva.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.


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