East Devon
Council for Voluntary Service


Ridgeway House, Ridgeway, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1DT
T: 01404 549 045                F:  01404 814215
E: admin@edvsa.org.uk W: www.edvsa.org.uk

Projects
LINKS:

Below are some websites that may be of interest to you

This page contains links for local and national websites that are relevant to voluntary and community groups.
If you have a website that you would like us to link to, contact us.
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Council for Voluntary Service

Devon

Community Council of Devon The CCD is an independent charity offering advice and support to Devon's rural communities. Also produces 'Village Green' magazine.
Cosmic An internet cafe, but also a training centre for IT, web design and website hosting services. They provided the training needed to enable us to build this site!
Co-active The Cooperative development agency which supports social and community enterprises.
Devon Consortium The Devon Consortium was formed in January 2005 to provide a body with the skills, expertise, authority and mandate from Voluntary and Community Organisations in Devon to prepare a submission for the ChangeUp main spend programme
Devon County Council Information about Devon. A really useful site with information about population statistics, poverty indicators, travel to work areas, Children's Services, and a lot of the data is downloadable directly into your spreadsheet. Invaluable for writing those funding bids.
DISC Devon Information on Services for Children.
South West Forum Provides a regional wide voice for the voluntary and community sector.
Voluntary Youth Services Devon This website is the independent voice of the voluntary youth sector in Devon.
Our vision is to develop a vibrant, diverse and sustainable voluntary and community youth sector network in Devon that enables and enhances the quality of services for young people in the sector. We aim to meet the needs and aspirations of young people (aged 10 to 25)

National Organisations

Advocacy Online Offers guidance on net campaigning opportunities for charities and their supporters with some examples of charities that have already signed up.
All about giving Gives advice to charities, companies and individuals about tax-effective giving on the internet.
Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations The official website of the professional association for chief executives in the third sector.
Charities Aid Foundation News and information for charities. Help with charity administration and finance. Handles donations for charities.
Charity Commission Publications and guidance for charities from setting up a charity to understanding tax changes.
Charitybuyer.com Provides a simple search facility to find suppliers to charity market, from events organisers to computer recycling companies.

Community Fund
The site for the Community Fund - formerly the National Lottery Charities Board. You can download the application form for funding directly from the site.
eCharity A free service to charities to administer online donations.
Institute of Fundraising A site that gives information about codes of practice, employment guidelines including one on fundraisers' pay.
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) NAVCA is the national voice of local voluntary and community sector infrastructure in England. Our 360 members work with 140,000 local community groups and voluntary organisations which provide services, regenerate neighbourhoods, increase volunteering and tackle discrimination, in partnership with local public bodies.
Volunteering England Useful advice on how to manage volunteers, where to find volunteering opportunities and what to consider before volunteering, invaluable for all volunteer involving organisations.
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Useful gateway to the sector listing charities and organisations concerned with the voluntary sector. Also has micro-sites including the Sustainable Funding Project and Financial Management resource sites.
UK Fundraising News and features, useful list of events in fundraising.
UN International Year of Volunteers Information about the worldwide campaign to encourage new volunteers.
VolResource Useful resource site for events listings and briefings on charity management issues.
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East Devon Council for Voluntary Service is a member of NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), VE (Volunteering England) and NCVO ( National Council of Voluntary Organisations)