Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) is the national membership organisation for the Third Sector and volunteering in Wales. It aims to make Wales a better place by championing volunteering, voluntary organisations and community groups.
WCVA provides services and support to frontline charities, community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteers, and represents its members views by lobbying decision makers at all levels.
WCVA’s membership consists of over 2,500 third sector organisations and is in contact with many more through national and regional networks. It can also boast many members from the private and statutory sectors who support its work.
In Wales, there is also a county level infrastructure body. Each county has a County Voluntary Council as well as volunteer centres. The equivalent infrastructure and representative body for voluntary organisations in Scotland is SCVO. In Northern Ireland it is NICVA and in England it is NCVO. The equivalent bodies for the promotion, support and celebration of volunteering are Volunteer Now (in Northern Ireland), Volunteer Development Scotland and NCVO in England. Along with WCVA, these are the members of the UK Volunteering Forum.
WCVA is a member of the International Association of Volunteer Effort (IAVE).
WCVA has Facebook and Twitter pages and a YouTube channel, offering up-to-the-minute news and insight into the Welsh third sector: WCVA's Facebook page WCVA's Twitter feed WCVA's YouTube channel
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