In 2006 we celebrated our 25th Anniversary and this benchmark year proved to be one of our most successful yet! We have not only met all of our organisational aim & objective targets, surpassed them in all cases.

See our annual report for a detailed breakdown of our continuing success in the Voluntary Sector.

Aims

• To support the development of an effective and efficient voluntary sector.
• To encourage innovation, self help and consolidation.
• To support and assist the development of voluntary organisations and in particular, fragile and emergent groups.
• To empower individuals to play a full and active part in the local community.
• To encourage groups to share resources and co-ordinate activities in order to reduce the potential for unnecessary duplication.
• To act as a resource for the voluntary sector.
• To enable statutory bodies to make and maintain links with voluntary organisations.
• To identify gaps in service provision.
• To facilitate communication and the development of partnerships within the voluntary sector and between voluntary and statutory agencies.
• To strive to ensure that the services and resources of the CVS are accessible to all sections of the community and delivered to a recognised quality standard.

Objectives

• To provide advice, information and practical assistance.
• To establish and operate an information service.
• To recruit and support potential volunteers.
• To research needs and stimulate responses in co-operation with other agencies.
• To provide quality training on relevant issues.
• To provide central resources of a character which groups individually would be unable to justify.
• To link groups to the most appropriate source(s) of help.
• To assist in the development and maintenance of the consultation mechanisms.
• To promote a positive learning environment thereby facilitating personal and professional development.
• To promote equality of opportunity in all aspects of the organisation's work and ensure the maintenance of agreed quality standards.