About CVS
About CVS
West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Services is a charity, set up in 1973, and is the key infrastructure organisation for voluntary and community groups in West Lancashire.
Our main activities are:
- Providing information and support to voluntary organisations
- Helping local people to set up and develop voluntary and community groups, and network with other organisations
- Representing voluntary and community groups to statutory and other organisations, and partnerships
Our registered charity number is 1039563. We are also a company limited by guarantee – registration no: 2940823.
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Membership of the CVS is free!
Benefits of membership include training and receiving the monthly members-only CVS News Update.
The CVS has two types of membership:
- Full membership open to all voluntary and community groups who are based in West Lancashire.
- Associate membership open to all voluntary and community groups who may cover West Lancashire, but have their base elsewhere.
To apply for membership, fill in this Membership Application form.
If you have any questions around membership, please contact Vicky.
CVS team
- Jill Bradley : Operations and Team Manager
- Vicky Attwood : Community Development Officer – Information and Publicity / Funding
- Janice Howard : Volunteering Development Officer
- Debbie Shepton : Communications Lead
- Dot Fowell : Community Development Officer
A Council of Management is nominated and elected every year by the membership. Our current Council of Management is:
President: Mayor, West Lancashire Borough Council
Honorary Officers
Co-chairs: Sian Jay & John Davies
Vice Chair:
Treasurer:
Other Directors
- Vic Citarella
- Ruth Runacus
- Paul White
Nominated Reps (Non Voting)
WLBC reps:
CC representative (LCC)
Why the sunflower?
According to the Eden Project in Cornwall,
‘the sunflower is not a single bloom, it’s hundreds of little flowers that combine together to create something that’s greater than the sum of its parts’
We think this neatly sums up the role of the CVS in linking up and serving member groups, to be ‘better together’.
