East Cornwall Council for Voluntary Service
- Services and Support
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- Practical Services - See Services
- Information - See Publications
- Advice & Information Services
- Funding Information Service
- Training
Liaison-
- Bodmin Market & Costal Towns Initiative
- CHAIN
- Caradon Local Opportunities Partnership
- Caradon Training Network
- Community Skills Group
- Local Agenda 21 Forum
- North Cornwall Local Strategic Partnership
Representation-
- Support Community & Voluntary sector representatives
- Representing Community & Voluntary Sector views (Locally, Regionally, Nationally)
Development Work-
- Governance
- Inter-link
- Community Development
- Training Courses
- Community Consultations
- Skills for Life & Capacity Building
Strategic Partnerships-
- National Governance Hub
- Cornwall Infrastructure Partnership (CIP)
- County Compact Steering Group
- Cornwall Funding Advisors Network
- Voluntary Sector Forum
- County LSP Co-ordination Group
- GEORGE Regional Funding Advisors Network
- Regional Community Development Network
- Getting Connected
Short history of the ECCVS
Community Projects Trust was originally a link agency of the Community Development Foundation, a Home Office funded national organisation. The agency became independent in 1991 and was established as a company limited by guarantee, charitable status was granted in 1998. Community Projects Trust was originally supported by the Community Development Foundation, the Lankelly Trust, the Gulbenkian Foundation, the John Paul Getty Trust and Cornwall County Council. In December 2004 the agency converted to the East Cornwall Council for Voluntary Service. In recent years the agency has successfully managed grants from the Big Lottery, central government, Government Office for the South West, the local authorities and various Charitable Trusts.
The Agency has undertaken an extensive range of community development work across Cornwall for the past 19 years. Our field work has included: community development work on a wide range of issues with groups in the rural areas and small towns; housing management projects; town development projects; rural strategic development work; work with the elderly and with young people; and with schools and groups of young people to develop young people volunteering projects and peer support schemes. We have worked extensively with the local authorities and with numerous town and parish councils. We have established operating partnerships with several voluntary sector agencies.
ECCVS has developed a strong track record in working with groups in rural communities and has acquired an excellent reputation locally as being an approachable source of constructive advice and support. The agency has made several contributions to national and local organisations' interested in this type of work.
ECCVS has firmly established itself as a source of help in matters of funding, governance, community development, and training for voluntary and community groups in East Cornwall. Recently some ECCVS work has been extended Countywide, such as the "Signpost" newsletter and governance training. Also through the Cornwall Infrastructure Partnership, ECCVS runs the North Cornwall and Caradon Inter-link development projects which is part of Inter-link Cornwall.
