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		Providing support to build a strong, diverse and vibrant voluntary and community sector 01249 654089 www.developecs.org.uk headoffice@developecs.org.uk
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About DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support Providing services and a voice to voluntary organisations & community groups to support and enhance their development What is DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support is an independent organisation which operates across Wiltshire from an office base in Chippenham and in Bath & North East Somerset with an office base in Bath. We are a registered Charity set up, owned and run by local groups to support, develop and enhance local voluntary and community action. We were first established in 1980 as CVS North Wiltshire. We are a Registered Charity, Company Limited by Guarantee and member of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, NAVCA. The Bath & North East Somerset CVS service started in 2004. In July 2009 we changed our name from CVS to DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support to reflect the changing environment in which we work. As of April 1st 2010 we now operate across all of Wiltshire, the service in Wiltshire is called GROW Enhancing Community Support. This service is in essence the same service we provide to groups in B&NES and have traditionally provided across North Wiltshire. Find out more about how we are funded here. Key Documents Strategic Plan 2011 - 2014 Annual Review Year Ended 31st March 2011 Annual Accounts Year Ended 31st March 2011 Archive: Annual Report & Accounts Year Ended 31st March 2010 As a member of NAVCA we deliver five core functions: Services and Support DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support promotes and enhances the effectiveness of local voluntary and community groups by providing them with a range of services. These include access to basic facilities, such as meeting rooms, photocopiers and ICT equipment and more involved services such as group support, networking opportunities and funding advice. DEVELOP also support local groups through regular e-newsletters, training courses, recruitment advertising, signposting and much more. Liaison As a focal point for the local voluntary and community sector, DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support encourages networking between individuals and groups within the sector, and between local groups and the statutory and private sectors. This allows local groups to learn from one another, establish contacts and work more effectively. We also help different communities to organise their own networking activity. Representation With government encouraging involvement of voluntary and community groups in shaping and delivering services, DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support enables the views of local groups to be represented. For example, through our Community Lunches and Forums which provide an opportunity for local groups to put forward their views on local and national policies. Development work Over the years, the local voluntary and community sector has pioneered some of the essential public services that we now take for granted. Child protection and care for the elderly, for example, had their origins in, and were developed by, the voluntary sector. This tradition has continued into the 21st century, and today DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support takes the lead in identifying gaps in service provision and work with groups to develop new and innovative services to meet these needs. Strategic partnerships DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support works in partnership with local government and other statutory agencies to shape the delivery of services. We play a key role in empowering local groups to take part in partnerships and are directly involved in a wide range of regeneration, neighbourhood renewal, health and social care, learning and other government initiatives. Strategic partnerships may be sub-regional, district wide or neighbourhood. They may cover several issues or have a particular focus. DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support is a Company Limited By Guarantee registered in England and Wales 01986363. Registered Office 3-4 New Road, Chippenham, SN15 1EJ. Registered Charity1096008. DEVELOP Enhancing Community Support is a member of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA).

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Head Office: 3-4 New Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1EJ. Tel: 01249 654089 Develop Enhancing Community Support Limited is a Company Limited By Guarantee registered in England and Wales 01986363. Registered Office is the Chippenham address above. Registered Charity 1096008. Develop Enhancing Community Support is a member of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA). www.developecs.org.uk.