GIG Members
Infrastructure support is there to give you information about funding, enable you to find the right training for you, help you to have a say in local and county wide issues & help you to communicate & network with other groups.
Gloucestershire has several infrastructure organisations, including Councils for Voluntary Services (CVS) & other specialist organisations, all of whom are members of GIG.
To become a member, please click here.
Here is some information about and contact details for them:
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Co-operative Futures supports the development of social enterprises in Gloucestershire and specialises in co-operative and community owned enterprises. It provides access to finance, feasibility studies, business planning, selecting legal structures and registration. Tel: 0845 4562506 |
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Cotswold Centre For Voluntary Services offers brokerage, marketing and development of volunteering. It encourages networking, sharing knowledge, information and skills. It also provides Cotswold Community Transport and Cotswold Driver Training. Tel:
01285 658802 www.sc-vs.com Contact: Jane Winstanley |
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Forest Voluntary Action Forum provides information, advice and networking, office services and equipment hire, training and development, volunteer recruitment and management. It also provides representation on partnerships and strategic developments. Tel:
01594 822073 www.fvaf.org.uk Contact: Tim Fretter |
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Gloucestershire Association for Voluntary & Community Action gives advice on funding and organisational development. It has an accessible county-wide training programme, volunteer recruitment and brokerage. GAVCA also encourages and supports networking and partnerships. Tel:
01453 332424 www.gavca.org.uk Contact: |
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Gloucestershire Rural Community Council works in partnership with individuals and organisations to influence policy at local and regional level. It engages with rural communities and supports parish and community plans. Tel:
www.grcc.org.uk Contact: Lesley Archer |
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Gloucestershire Youth Partnership supports member organisations to represent local groups. Partnership member organisations and local groups provide services for young people in Gloucestershire. They also provide a regular forum for sharing ideas, good practice, joint action and influence. Tel:
01242 524024 www.gycvs.org.uk Contact: David Wallace |
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Linking Communities supports the development of the BME voluntary sector in Gloucestershire via 5 core strategic objectives: capacity building, empowerment, improving sustainability, community regeneration, research and development. www.linkingcommunities.org.uk |
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Race Equality Council for Gloucestershire assists individuals in cases of racial discrimination. It carries out policy development work with other agencies and is involved in consultation with minority ethnic communities. Tel:
01452 301290 www.glosrec.org.uk Contact: Alexandra MacRae |
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Third Sector Services, which manages Cheltenham Volunteer Centre and Tewkesbury Borough Volunteer Centre recruits and brokers volunteer placements, advises on volunteer management and runs a Volunteer Manager’s Forum. Senior staff represent the interests of volunteer centres throughout the South West on Volunteering England’s Volunteering Development Advisory Group and on the Volunteer Development Council South West. Third Sector Services’ Chief Executive Hazel Lonsdale is the strategic lead for volunteering in the county and chairs the Gloucestershire strategic volunteering group. Together with GAVCA, Third Sector Services holds the county contract for developing volunteer brokerage services across the county and offers strategic volunteer management advice to groups of all sizes.
www.volunteeringcheltenham.org.uk 01242 257727 |
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Volunteer Centre Stroud & District encourages networking, sharing knowledge, information and skills. They have a Community Transport service and also recruit volunteers. Tel:
01453 759005 www.vcastroud.org Contact: Keith Lazell |