Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) is a registered charity set up by local organisations in 1980 as an umbrella and network organisation to the voluntary sector in Peterborough.
Local charities, voluntary and community groups, self-help groups and statutory organisations can access our services as well as members of the public.
Peterborough is a city in the east of England, on the River Nene, 40 miles northeast of Northampton. A unitary authority, it borders the Fens in the centre of an intensive agricultural area.
It is currently one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. Industries include sugar-beet refining, foodstuffs, aluminium founding and manufacturing, agricultural machinery, engineering, brick-making, diesel engines, and refrigerators.
Peterborough has an advanced electronics industry. Historically, Peterborough is noted for its 12th-century cathedral.
Nearby Flag Fen uncovered, in 1985, a well-preserved Bronze Age settlement of 660 BC. The 17th-century Thorpe Hall is a popular cultural and leisure centre.
Peterborough is currently subject to a £1 billion regeneration scheme investing in housing, education, healthcare, culture, leisure, recreation and transport.
Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) is a registered charity set up by local organisations in 1980 as an umbrella and network organisation to the voluntary sector in Peterborough.
Local charities, voluntary and community groups, self-help groups and statutory organisations can access our services as well as members of the public.
We also manage projects. PCVS also manages a number of projects at the Centre in Lincoln Court. Many of the projects have been hosted by PCVS since their start. The organisation also responds to 'one off' projects and start up projects with the view to enabling them to become independent within time. Our current projects include:
More information about the projects can be viewed on our site by linking to the navigation areas on the left.
Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service exists to promote and develop the effectiveness of voluntary action by:
: Providing support services such as information, advice and training.
: Identifying new needs and developing initiatives for meeting them.
: Promoting partnership between statutory and voluntary sectors in the delivery of welfare and other services.
: Supporting innovation, accountability and good practice in local services.
: Encouraging local groups and organisations to put forward their views on local and national policies and decisions that affect them.
: Creating and promoting forums and channels used by government and other bodies to consult the community.
: Providing these supports in a special way and with particular values, working with people, groups and communities in a flexible, open way and challenging inequality.
: Peterborough CVS also exists to provide practical help, with office equipment, word-processing, duplicating etc., training through day workshops and Open College Network accreditation courses and advice on any issue concerning the voluntary group or charity.
Within Peterborough we have a membership of over 500 charities/voluntary sector groups and some statutory sector organisations, all of whom benefit from the work of PCVS and the work it does. Read more...
