Northumberland CVA

NCVA exists to enable the community, voluntary organisations and charities to develop and succeed. To do so we provide expert advice, training and information. We provide a voice for the voluntary sector and help to build partnerships.

Working with people in Northumberland to improve lives, we:

• Promote volunteering and community activity
• Champion the voluntary sector, giving a voice to and highlighting the efforts of people working in their communities
• Help people find volunteering opportunities and help organisations find volunteers
• Enable people to develop skills, become more employable and find jobs
• Run voluntary programmes to help older people retain their independence
• Empower people organising voluntary groups and charities in the community
• Assist voluntary groups, organisations and charities to operate legally and effectively, and to find trustees
• Guide voluntary groups and local charities to find funding for their work
• Organise networks and bring community organisations into partnerships that amplify their reach and enable them learn from each other
• Provide practical services available to community groups and local charities that small organisations cannot have ‘in house’.