Help and Advice
York CVS
provides a range of free information and development services
to help your group. These include:
Help with setting up a new voluntary or
community group. Got a great idea but not sure what to do next? Advice
on getting things going, legal structures, and funding.
Advice, information and support on
organisational issues for new and existing groups -
including charity/company registration, project planning,
funding advice, financial management, policies and good practice - by
phone, email or face-to-face.
Regular information updates to help you
keep up with what’s going on for the voluntary and community sector
locally and nationally: Voluntary Voice newsletter published 10 times
a year (free to CVS members); our website and e-mail networks and bulletins for special interest groups such as
children’s organisations; mental health; learning disability.
Training for staff, volunteers and
management committee members to help build your knowledge and skills.
Details of our training can be found in our training
programme; information about other training available
locally can be found here http://www.nyfvo.org.uk/index.php/training-courses-programme.html
(North Yorkshire Forum link) and here http://www.nyfvo.org.uk/index.php/directory.html
(NYFVO directory of training providers)
An organisational ‘Health Check’
service, which can help you to identify if there are any areas of your
organisation’s activities which need improvement in order to be
‘safe and legal’.
Support and training for management
committees – tailored training sessions to help your committee
tackle a specific issue; and consultancy to help develop larger
projects. (May be charged for depending on time commitment.)
Contact:
Kate
Tayler - Information and Development Manager
Useful links:
Improving Support - http://www.improvingsupport.org.uk/
National Council for Voluntary
Organisations – www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
National Association for Voluntary and
Community Action – www.navca.org.uk
North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary
Organisations – www.nyfvo.org.uk
Charity Commission – www.charitycommission.gov.uk
Volunteering
England - http://www.volunteering.org.uk/