Local organisations that support the VCS

There are a variety of different support and development organisations (often also called infrastructure organisations) that provide support to and/or a collective voice for the VCS in Gloucestershire, or to specific sub-sectors of Gloucestershire’s VCS. This includes support to groups in a particularly district or to groups of a particular type such as sports groups, BME groups and so forth and could include: advice on funding and tendering opportunities; support with governance and legal issues; local networking opportunities; and the use of a community venue or other facilities.

These are detailed below:

• Active Gloucestershire
• Cooperative Futures
• Cotswold Volunteering
• Create Gloucestershire
• Forest Voluntary Action Forum
• Gloucestershire Association for Voluntary and Community Action (GAVCA)
• GRCC
• Gloucestershire Social Enterprise Centre
• Linking Communities
• PATA
• Third Sector Services
• Volunteer and Community Action (Stroud District)

For more information about the work of each of these organisations, please contact them directly.

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