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Support for groups

CVA is the umbrella organisation to over a thousand voluntary and community organisations in the Croydon area.  We provide support to groups on setting up, charity registration, fundraising, finding premises, marketing, financial management, policies and procedures and much more. 

We also provide training in a full range of subjects to meet the needs of small new voluntary groups and social enterprises as well as large established charities, click here for the latest....

As well as enabling groups and individuals to access appropriate funding to support local communities, Croydon Voluntary Action’s Capacity Building Service helps not for profits to develop their capacity to sustain themselves longer-term AND to run as effectively as possible.  We do this by working with you to identify strengths and set out opportunities for development.  No matter what size of organisation you are, we can guide you, email Bhupendra for details of this.

We also work in partnership with other agencies in Croydon - one example being the BASIS Infrastructure Project run in conjunction with the Asian Resource Centre Croydon and the Croydon BME Forum. 

Useful on-line resources in this section

There is a wealth of on-line information to support voluntary and community groups, therefore we've listed below what we think are the most helpful resources and those which are most likely to be kept up to date and fully functional.  If you discover any broken links or misleading information please email website@cvalive.org.uk 

These are:

  1. Setting up a New Organisation/wanting to run a community activity?
  2. Need help with Trustees and the Governance of your organisation?
  3. Information/templates for managing Finance
  4. ICT (Information & Communication Technology), e.g. computer systems
  5. CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) checks
  6. Publicity is vital to get your group/activities out there.  We offer competitive prices.
  7. Latest on Commissioning
  8. Funding - several resources incuding our NEW Funding Advice Service 
  9. Employing People
  10. NEW!!!  Organisations in Croydon can now access an 'open data' tool, check it out...

 

 

 

This information has been provided by BESPOKE project,
delivered by South London CVS Partnership funded by the BIG Lottery
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