National Council For Voluntary Organisations - History

History

NCVO started in 1919 as the National Council of Social Services (NCSS). NCSS was established in order to bring various voluntary bodies together and into closer relationships with government departments. Its foundation was made possible through a legacy from Edward Vivian Birchall, who had played a large part in the emergent voluntary sector before he was killed, aged 32, in France during the First World War.

On 1 April 1980, just over 60 years since its foundation, the National Council for Social Service became the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

On 1 January 2013 NCVO merged with Volunteering England.

The organisation's first headquarters (from 1928 to 1992) were at 26 Bedford Square, London WC1.

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