Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS)

Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS) is an infrastructure organisation that works to strengthen and sustain the voluntary sector across Nottingham and the neighbouring area. Our vision is a thriving voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) in Nottingham that improves the quality of people's lives in the city.

By developing resilient partnerships with public, private and voluntary organisations, NCVS strives to offer city-wide support services to community and voluntary groups; provide a central strategic voice for the voluntary sector and increase the scale, quality and impact of volunteering in Nottingham.

We support the sector through:

• Volunteering: Improving the quality of volunteering and breadth of volunteering opportunities across the city;
• Voluntary sector development: Strengthening the voluntary sector’s capacity to help its clients through promoting best practice, funding advice and training;
• Voices: Speaking up for the voluntary sector on issues crucial to its future, and increasing the sector’s access to, and influence upon, decision makers.

Volunteering

We can help guide your search for a suitable volunteer role. Our Volunteer Centre is open for enquiries 24/7 through our website. You can self-serve and search for volunteer opportunities directly at https://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/volunteering/search-for-opportunities (opens in new tab)

If you would like support in finding a volunteer role, there are other ways you can get in touch. See https://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/volunteering/want-to-volunteer (opens in new tab)

Our Volunteering Development Officer provides guidance and support to organisations and Leaders of Volunteers. To find out more, please contact volunteercentre@nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Sector development: support for Community Groups, Charities and Social Enterprises

We deliver a range of development support, information and training to help strengthen the skill base, capacity and sustainability of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. We can offer guidance to help people set up new groups and we support groups and organisations to run more effectively on issues relating to governance, policies and procedures, funding, safeguarding and more.

Read more about the ways we can help at https://www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/support-for-groups (opens in new tab)

View our full Training and Development programme (opens in new tab) .

For more information, please contact ncvs@nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Strategic Voice

We facilitate a number of networks that exist to share information and provide voluntary sector representation at key meetings across the City in order to influence decision making. NCVS networks encourage co-production with all stakeholders and act as a channel for a strong strategic voice that enables us to champion the place of the voluntary sector in Nottingham City.

For more information please contact ncvs@nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Practice Development Unit

NCVS co-ordinates a range of projects aimed at improving outcomes for citizens in Nottingham - including the Practice Development Unit (PDU), which works in collaboration with the Changing Futures programme in Nottingham City to promote good practice, share expertise and offer learning opportunities to professionals and volunteers who work with people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD).

For more information about the PDU, please contact pdu@nottinghamcvs.co.uk, read more on the NCVS website (opens in new tab) , or visit the PDU portal at www.pdunottingham.org.