Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Umbrella bodies

TTVS is a council for voluntary service, incorporating Torridge Volunteer Centre and providing infrastructure support for the voluntary and community sector/for volunteering. TTVS delivers direct services to the communities of Torridge and North Devon via projects developed in response to unmet need such as services to support carers, young carers and older people.

North Devon Voluntary Services is the Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) and Volunteer Centre (VC) for North Devon. We are an infrastructure organisation providing services to support development and capacity building within voluntary and community groups and assist with the recruitment and placement of volunteers.

* Supporting member community organisations including provision of information and support* Capacity building work with voluntary and community organisations in the borough including training * Developing the local voluntary sector including promoting and supporting volunteering* Supporting networks including the Islington Community Network

Abbey People works with the Statutory and Voluntary sector, along with local residents, to seek to bring improvements to the Abbey Ward area of Cambridge.We do this through running events, groups, networking, providing training and information, fundraising, partnering with other charities and groups and responding as appropriate to the input of local residents.

CCVS is a local infrastructure body that carries out its charitable activities by supporting front-line community and voluntary groups in Cambridge and surrounding areas. Services are designed to enable groups to fulfill their charitable aims. CCVS provides representation, co-ordinates networks and delivers organisational development support for community and voluntary groups.

Rushcliffe CVS is an independent charitable organisation that exists to promote and support voluntary and community action in Rushcliffe. We work closely with local groups and organisations providing them with help and advice and enable them to have their voices heard where important decisions are taken that affect them and their users.

The Charity is an umbrella organisation that devises, manages and delivers the activity of Only Boys Aloud, Only Girls Aloud, and Only Kids Aloud, and exists to promote and develop choral signing as a vibrant and essential element in the cultural landscape of Wales.

We provide a range of support for voluntary and community groups advising on setting up, constitutional matters, funding advice, volunteering support and business planning Our Volunteering service provides support to and for volunteers andvolunteer involving organisations We work at a strategic level in developing partnerships and various initiatives, and deliver a range of direct services.

Phoenix Social Enterprise Ltd provides employment, education and training opportunities in the UK and Europe. We also conference facilities and rented offices, focus on building the capacity of individuals and organisations underpinned by a philosophy of equality and human rights. We cater for people aged 16-65, people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, but not exclusively.

To promote the youth voluntary sector for the benefit of the public in Essex through advocacy and representation and promoting good practice within the sector.

Acts as an umbrella organisation providing Human Resources and organisational advice and support to groups providing 'out-of-school' care for children and young people

Chelmsford CVS works to support, promote, and develop local voluntary action to improve the effectiveness of voluntary and community organisations in Chelmsford, Essex. We operate under the working name Chelmsford CVS and host projects including: Chelmsford Volunteering Centre, Chelmsford 4 Good, Chelmsford Men's Shed, Writtle Garden, Tennyson Live Well Garden, SWF Community Garden .

One Walsall is the borough's Council for Voluntary Services offering infrastructure support to local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. We provide information, advice and training to not-for-profit organisations to help them establish, develop and sustain their activities. We also provide Walsall's Volunteer Centre, offering advice about, and routes into, volunteering.

CWVYS is the umbrella body for the voluntary youth sector in Wales. CWVYS:Promotes quality youth workSupports the implementation of youth policies in WalesRaised the profile of the work of the sectorSupports, provides services for and advocates on behalf of its members and other voluntary sector organisations that work with young people in Wales

HVA is a Council for Voluntary Services which offers support to voluntary and community groups in order to strengthen voluntary and community action across Hart District. We link the voluntary sector, local authorities and other statutory bodies. HVA also manages a Volunteer Centre which promotes and increases volunteering and has expertise in the recruitment and management of volunteers.

Building the capacity of voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations (VCSE), fostering partnership working, and promoting and improving the efficient and effective use of charitable and community resources.

A membership body representing organisations within the voluntary sector who work alongside disabled people.

Management of Community House which supports the voluntary sector in Bromley.

The object of the charity is 'to advance the education of the adult public in literacy'.Read Easy UK is an umbrella organisation that works to promote and support its model of volunteer-run, adult literacy 'groups'. Each locally-run, affiliated Read Easy group provides one-to-one reading coaching for adults with reading difficulties, using trained volunteer reading coaches.

Members of the Consortium work together to: share knowledge and build capacity; represent the views of the membership and service users; develop projects and new services.To build knowledge and good practice in the voluntary sector.

Wessex Community Action is established to "...promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the administrative area covered by Wiltshire Council & the Borough of Swindon & its neighbourhood Bristol & counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset..., in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health & the relief of poverty, distress & sickness."

PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

Central Surrey Voluntary Action provides infrastructure services of primarily support and advice to the voluntary, community and faith sector of Elmbridge, Epsom & Ewell and Mole Valley

Community Voluntary Service (CVS) is a voluntary and community sector support organisation, offering a range of services, enabling local organisations and communities to make a difference.

We offer capacity building support to early years groups in the voluntary sector in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. We also run a full day care provision.