County Voluntary Council


Every county in Wales has a voluntary sector infrastructure body, generically called a County Voluntary Council or CVC. The key role of a CVC is to provide advice and information to local voluntary and community groups on volunteering, funding sources and a wide range of other issues.
At an all Wales national level the sector's infrastructure body is Wales Council for Voluntary Action. The 19 local County Voluntary Councils in Wales, and the national support body WCVA, make up a network of support organisations for the third sector in Wales called .
In England the term Council for Voluntary Service is used rather than CVC.

List of CVCs in Wales

List of CVCs as advised by Wales Council for Voluntary Action
CountyCVC Name
FlintshireFlintshire Local Voluntary Council
WrexhamAssociation of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham
BridgendBridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations
CardiffCardiff Third Sector Council
CarmarthenshireCarmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services
CeredigionCeredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations
ConwyCommunity and Voluntary Support Conwy
DenbighshireDenbighshire Voluntary Services Council
GlamorganGlamorgan Voluntary Services  
GwentGwent Association of Voluntary Organisations
Rhondda Cynon TaffInterlink
GwyneddMantell Gwynedd
AngleseyMedrwn Mon
Neath Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services
PembrokeshirePembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services
PowysPowys Association of Voluntary Organisations
SwanseaSwansea Council for Voluntary Service
TorfaenTorfaen Voluntary Alliance
Merthyr TydfilVoluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil