Making Lives Better
Supporting charities and the voluntary sector in Peterborough for 40 years
What PCVS Deliver
Charities and volunteers play a vital role in improving the lives of thousands of people in Peterborough. Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) provides expert support to help these incredible organisations run more effectively and make a bigger impact to local communities.
Our help across the sector is broad. From guiding groups and charities through the set-up processes for their new initiatives and offering a direct payments service, to standing up for the voluntary services sector and helping to make local lives better.
Important News
PCVS events coming soon!
It’s a busy time at PCVS – coming up are
- Volunteer managers’ support meeting 27 May 10.30-12noon
- Training Tuesday: helping with volunteering 3 June 2-3pm
- Direct Payments coffee morning 4 June 10.30-12noon
- PCVS members engagement event 12 June 5.30-7.30pm
We hope you can make it to one of these that interests you!
Who are PCVS?
Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) is a registered charity that supports the voluntary sector in Peterborough. We are a membership organisation. Established in 1980, we’ve been helping over 500 charities and volunteering groups to deliver for Peterborough.
Our Impact
£0m+
funding brought into Peterborough since 2018
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recipients of social care funding supported since 2017
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volunteering hours delivered
Become a PCVS member
Join over 400 member non-profit organisations from across Peterborough who we support, develop and connect. We work with community groups and clubs, registered charities, community interest companies, social enterprises and parish councils.
Each membership includes:
Support
FREE support for your organisation
FREE access to our resource materials
FREE attendance at our events, including our annual conference and AGM
FREE 1:1 advice sessions
Training
FREE training
FREE online course material
FREE attendance at networking events
Discounted places at charged events and conferences.
Information and Publicity
FREE newsletters
FREE funding alerts
FREE web page for your organisation in our member directory
FREE support in helping you find new funding opportunities
What's Going On?
PCVS provides regular newsletters and events for members. Currently, we provide a monthly newsletter, funding news and training news. We also host regular events including coffee mornings for our Direct Payment customers, conferences, face to face training, and networking sessions.
Latest Fundraising Activities
Funding is one of the biggest challenges faced by the voluntary and community sector. PCVS produces a funding newsletter for members which details the latest grants available, and provides funding portals for members and non-members
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PCVS Monthly Newsletter June 2025
To view our monthly newsletter for June click here. Don’t forget that if there anything that you would like to share information about, such as an upcoming event, opportunity, amazing achievement or maybe even feature in a ‘Spotlight On’ article, please get in touch at pc**@*****co.uk to find out more. We want this newsletter to be used […]
Read morePCVS Third Thursday Networking and Funding
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