Wendy Jones CVSC Chief Officer

 CVSC, DVSC & FLVC ARE THE LOCAL VOLUNTARY COUNCIL FOR THE COUNTIES OF CONWY, DENBIGH AND FLINT.  OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTARY ACTION  THE GWYNT Y MOR SCHEME CAN SUPPORT AND GREATLY ENHANCE OUR WORK

 PROVIDING FUNDING TO GRASS ROOT COMMUNITY GROUPS ENABLING THEM TO WORK TOGETHER  GOOD GOVERNANCE IS ENSURED, AS THE LVCs SUPPORT AND MENTOR AT EVERY STAGE  OVER 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF DELIVERING GRANT SCHEMES, INC. EU, LOTTERY, WG, AND OTHER CHARITABLE TRUSTS  TRAINING – PART OF THE PACKAGE!  VOLUNTEERING – ADDED VALUE

 Business Supporting Communities – LOTTERY FUNDED, 6 N.W.LVCs in partnership  BIG Community Voice – lottery funded  Digital Inclusion – Communities 2.0  Rural Development – Key fund  Supported volunteering programme – Pan Wales

 BESPOKE SUITE OF DOCUMENTS  EXPERIENCED DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS  WIDE REACH INTO COMMUNTIES  EXISTING EXPERIENCED GAPs  YOUTH VOLUNTEERS’ PANEL  SMOOTH, SWIFT PROCESSES  PROACTIVE & REACTIVE!  GOOD GOVERNANCE GUARANTEED

 Working with frontline voluntary organisations – such as MIND, RED CROSS, CHILDLINE, CONTACT THE ELDERLY, CAB, METHODIST HOME FOR THE AGED  OVER 1000 VOLUNTARY GROUPS IN MEMBERSHIP  Contact data base is considerably more.

 FOCUS ON GAPS – BIGGEST GAPS ARE BEING CREATED BY THE WITHDRAWL OF FUNDING TO GRASS ROOTS ORGANISATIONS  FLEXIBILITY  TARGETTED – SCORING MECHANISMS  SUSTAINABILITY – VOLUNTARY LED / VOLUNTARY OWNED  REACTIVE – FLOODING ETC.

 Around 650,000 people in Wales are involved in formal volunteering with organisations.  Around 1.5million people if this is widened to include informal volunteering  The monetary value?

 CVSC ◦ DVSC ◦ FLVC ◦