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Stewartry Council of Voluntary Service (Stewartry CVS) is your resource for charities, community groups and voluntary organisations in the Stewartry area of Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK and our aim is to provide support, services and facilities designed to help groups and voluntary organisations get established and meet their objectives.

Our core activities are:

  • 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 locally

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

  • Providing support services
 • Advice on funding • Business planning • Legal frameworks • Management systems • Monitoring and evaluation
  • 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
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Stewartry Council of Voluntary Service is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland no. SC132544. Charity no. SC014734
We are members of the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and the South of Scotland Network of CVSs (SoSNet)
We receive funding from the Scottish Executive and Dumfries & Galloway Council

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