Our Mission
“To improve quality of life through the support and development of a robust and diverse voluntary and community sector willing and able to respond to local needs and issues.”
Gedling CVS fulfils this mission in a variety of ways. Most importantly, through the five core functions of a CVS:
Development - identifying local need and working with others to develop appropriate action.
Representation – enabling the local voluntary and community sector to present its views to local authorities and other public agencies.
Liaison – developing and maintaining links with a wide range of voluntary and community organisations and the promotion of cross-sector relationships with local authority departments, the health authority and business.
Strategic Partnerships – enabling groups to engage in partnership work with other agencies to develop good networks, create solutions to specific problems and share resources.
Support - providing groups with access to a range of services eg information, funding, legal or constitutional issues, project management etc.
Key principles and values
Underpinning the work of Gedling CVS are a number of values:
- Equality, fairness and justice
- Co-operation and collaboration
- Equipping individuals, groups and communities with the means to meet their own needs
- Commitment to and the promotion of good practice
- Continuous improvement in the quality and effectiveness of our work
- GCVS seeks to be effective and accountable
