Argyll CVS working with Argyll & Bute Volunteer Centre

Supporting, Linking and Representing over 500 Organisations in Argyll

Training Needs Survey

To improve services to voluntary organisations and volunteers in Argyll & Bute, Argyll CVS and Argyll & Bute Volunteer Centre will now operate a co-joined service. This means that support, advice and information will now be accessible across Argyll & Bute with each office of the Volunteer Centre linking with CVS services. We offer the following core activites in our mission to support and help voluntary organisations to thrive.
For information, support and advice, you should contact any Argyll CVS personnel or Argyll and Bute Volunteer Centre offices. Please click here for contact information.

Any general queries to either organisation, please telephone 01631 569545. We look forward to hearing from you.

Argyll CVS Core Activities

Understanding the voluntary sector
• Profiling the voluntary sector locally
• Understanding the sector’s concerns and needs
• Understanding policy
• Identifying the economic value of the sector

Communicating with the voluntary sector
• Providing relevant and up-to-date information
• Facilitating networking
• Promoting opportunities to respond to emerging issues and consultations

Representing the interests of the voluntary sector
• Ensuring strategic representation
• Community Planning Partnerships
• Local Compact Partnerships
• Rural Partnerships
• Social Economy Partnerships
• Facilitating voluntary sector participation & representation

Promoting Good Practice
• Developing skills and knowledge
• Improving standards
• Providing training
• Developing resource materials

Growing the Sector
• Providing start-up support to new groups and organisations
• Responding to local needs
• Strengthening organisations through training and support

Providing Support Services
• Advice on funding
• Business planning
• Legal frameworks
• Management systems
• Monitoring and evaluation

In addition to specific tailored advice and support we manage the Argyll Communities Web Portal, www.argyllcommunities.org. This hosts individual organisations websites as well as holding a panoply of useful information, links and A -Z index.

Volunteer Centre Aims

To help make volunteering a positive experience for all concerned
To encourage and enable people to become volunteers
To broaden the range of people who volunteer and help ensure equal opportunities for all
To help potential volunteers to find voluntary work which suits them and where their individual qualities and skills will be valued
To help groups and organisations find the right volunteer for them

In addition we......

Promote and publicise the values of volunteering
Provide information, advice and on-going support to volunteers
Provide information, advice and training to those who work with volunteers
Promote best practice in volunteer management
Produce a regular email newsletter for all those involved.

We also act as a "job centre" for voluntary work. We link people who want to volunteer with groups and organisations by matching interests, skills and needs. To do this we gather up to date information about local volunteer opportunities and put potential volunteers in touch with the organisations who are seeking help. We produce a database of volunteering opportunities, please click here for more information regarding the database.

Please click on one of the links below to find out more about the Volunteer Centre activities