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Sefton Council for Voluntary Service
Sefton Council for Voluntary
Service exists to support voluntary and community activity
in the borough of Sefton. As a CVS, we aim to:
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Provide support services
for voluntary and community organisations. |
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Promote Partnership
between the statutory and the voluntary and community
sectors |
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Create and promote
forums and channels through which other organisations
make representations. |
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Encourage local groups
and organisations to put forward their views on local
policies and decisions that affect them |
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Identify new needs
and develop initiatives to meet them. |
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Work with individuals,
groups, and communities in a flexible, open way, and challenging
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We provide a wide
range of support services to voluntary and community organisations
including:
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Advice on employment
and personnel issues · Publications |
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Business planning
and development · Equipment resource |
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Charity registration
and constitutional advice · Volunteer certificate
scheme |
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Community development
· Representation |
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Database of voluntary
organisations · Project development |
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Development of networks
and forums · Funding support |
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Liaison and networking
· Strategic planning |
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Health and social
care policy and planning · Payroll services |
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Information giving
and advice · Research |
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Training and skills
development · Briefing sessions |
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Programme development
and management · Outreach |
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Project management
services · Monthly newsletter |
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Directories of voluntary
and community organisations · Volunteer bureau |
The network of Voluntary and Community sector organisations
is facilitated by Sefton CVS. The four forums that currently
make up the Network are: the Health and Social Care Forum,
the Family Support Forum, Network South, and Southport &
Formby Voluntary & Community Groups' Forum. This network
is growing rapidly. Recently, the Network has published a
Partnership Pack listing contact detail of a wide range of
planning groups including the Local Strategic Partnership.
The Pack can be accessed at Error! Reference source not found.
Sefton CVS has
a large staff base which includes teams supporting:
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Millennium Volunteers |
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Skills Development
Unit |
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Community Development
Teams |
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Health and Social
Care |
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Family Support |
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New Deal |
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Social Inclusion |
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Sefton Advocacy |
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Alchemy |
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Volunteer Support
Project |
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Friends of Merseyside
Fire Service |
Staff are located at five sites across the borough. The Chief
Executive and Core infrastructureal team are based at out
headquarters at: The Old Museum, Church Road, Waterloo, L22
5NB Tel: 0151 920 0726
The Deputy Chief Executive, and the staff of our policy unit,
are based at our Central Sefton Resource Centre: Colonsay
House, Crosby Road South, Waterloo, L22 1RQ Tel: 0151 928
2233
In South Sefton: The Croft Resource Centre, 48 Carr Meadow
Hey, Netherton L30 2NZ is home to the South Sefton Community
Development Team - many of whom along with their colleagues
in the Central Community Development Team have played and
active part in the SRB - Making It Real Programme. Tel 0151
920 1616
The Resources Centre at 7-11 Yellowhouse Lane, Southport PR8
1ER, is a focal point for the voluntary and community sector
in the North of the borough. Tel:01704 501024
Recently Sefton CVS purchased a base within the Formby area,
and we hope to extend our work in this area of the borough
Through working in partnership within the voluntary and community
sector, Sefton CVS has grown significantly since it was first
established in 1974. If current trends in government policy
continue, there is likely to be an increasing level of involvement
of voluntary and community sector organisations in the planning
and development of local services. Sefton CVS aims to be at
the forefront of these developments.
To find out more about Sefton CVS, please visit our web site
www.seftoncvs.org.uk.
or contact us at Sefton CVS, The Old Museum, Church Road,
Waterloo, L22 5NB Tel: 0151 920 0726 Fax 0151 920 1036 or
email mail@seftoncvs.org.uk
Sefton CVS is a Registered
Charity No 1024546
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