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Impact Report 2012-13 Impact report 2012-13 Supporting charities, volunteers and communities www.wcva.org.uk Wales Council for Voluntary Action represents, campaigns for, supports and develops WCVA’s vision, mission voluntary organisations, community action and values and volunteering in Wales. We represent the sector at UK and national level, and together Our Vision with a range of specialist agencies, county A Wales where everyone is inspired to voluntary councils, volunteer centres and other work together to improve their lives, their development agencies, we provide a support communities and their environment. structure for the third sector in Wales. We have over 3,000 members, and are in touch Our Mission with many more organisations through a wide We will provide excellent support, leadership range of national and local networks. and an influential voice for the third sector and volunteering in Wales. WCVA Helpdesk Our Values 0800 2888 329 People and communities work together through the third sector to address the issues www.wcva.org.uk they care about – in their own community or environment, or across the world. We believe that a strong and active third sector: WCVA Head Office Mid Wales Office Baltic House 2 Science Park n Builds resilient, cohesive and inclusive communities Mount Stuart Square Cefn Llan Cardiff Aberystwyth n Gives people a stake in their future through their own CF10 5FH Ceredigion actions and services SY23 3AH Tel 0800 2888 329 n Creates a strong, healthy and fair society Fax 029 2043 1701 Tel 0800 2888 329 Minicom 0808 1804080 Fax 01970 631121 n Demonstrates the intrinsic value of volunteering [email protected] Minicom 0808 1804080 and active community involvement [email protected] North Wales Office In our own work we are determined Morfa Hall to demonstrate: Bath Street n Diversity – being accessible to all Rhyl LL18 3EB n Fairness – being open and consistent Tel 0800 2888 329 n Integrity – being honest, and upholding the Fax 01745 357541 independence of the third sector Minicom 0808 1804080 [email protected] n Accountability – being ethical, responsible and responsive Wales Council for Voluntary Action, n Partnership – working with all those who help to Head Office – Baltic House, achieve our vision Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff CF10 5FH registered charity number 218093 n Sustainability – making a positive impact on people, company limited by guarantee 425299 communities, and the planet and its resources November 2013 www.facebook.com/ http://wcva.tumblr.com walescva www.twitter.com/ www.linkedin.com/company/ walescva wales-council-for-voluntary-action www.pinterest.com/ www.youtube.com/ walescva walescva Cover photo: Courtesy of Menter y Felin Uchaf, who are supported by the Volunteering in Wales Fund. Llun y clawr: Yn garedig, oddi wrth Menter y Felin Uchaf, sy’n cael ei chefnogi gan Gronfa Gwirfoddoli yng Nghymru. Designed at Creative Loop www.creative-loop.co.uk Contents 1 The year in brief 2 2 Chair’s report 3 3 Chief Executive’s report 4 4 Supporting the sector 6 5 Volunteering – at the heart of the sector 11 6 Resourcing the sector 15 7 Representing the sector 19 8 Grants, loans and contracts 24 9 Our award winners 26 10 WCVA Board members 27 11 Summarised financial statements 28 12 WCVA membership 33 men on t W ir v a l n e E s A m u r g m y l y c h e d d C Sustainable Funding Cyllid Cynaliadwy Cymru 1 1 The year in brief 5,277 Invested in grant aid of ‘ WCVA provided a range the number of attendees over £696,000 as 178 of invaluable 1-1 advice at our conferences, grants to community-led and support, when we policy events and sustainable development were considering the long projects term sustainability of our training courses organisation’ Laura Davis, The Women’s Workshop £19 million ‘ We have definitely seen the figure awarded in grants an increase (20 per and contracts this year cent) in Gift Aid sales We have awarded immediately after the training. Staff were much £250,000,000 more confident in asking 17,864 since 2000 for gift aid admission.’ the number of record Laura Verga-Birtles, checks undertaken Bodelwyddan Castle by our Criminal Records Unit 347 275 the number of third sector vacancies advertised on 978,460 recruit3.org.uk nominations across our the number of volunteers in Volunteer of the Year organisations in Wales and Third Sector Awards Cymru schemes 50,960 employees in the third sector in Wales ‘ I had the determination, but needed the skills. 229,900 Couldn’t have done it £1.6 billion trustees or management without Better Bids.’ estimated total income of committee members third sector in Wales in Wales 2 2 Chair’s report ‘Enjoyed the @ioftweets training course @WalesCVA today’ It’s been a hectic year! Challenge and Graham Mallaghan, Fostering Network Wales, via Twitter change have been the themes as the third sector copes with both financial and ‘New jobs offered to 8 happy 18-24 yr olds in Newport & local area @Wastesavers today! governance challenges, as well as the ‘Thanks @WalesCVA for making it happen. prospect of change in our relationship Penelope Goodwin, via Twitter with the Welsh Government. ‘Really enjoying @WalesCVA’s new website. Very informative and easy to use. Well done. This ‘refreshing of the Lots of good ideas for our new website.’ relationship between the Learning Disability Wales, via Twitter Welsh Government and the third sector’ as set out in Continuity and change, ‘My internship was an the Welsh Government’s invaluable experience, consultation document, and has led to me finding has prompted much employment within the discussion and debate third sector.’ throughout the year, Rachel Benson, Youth Cymru and whilst this will Win Griffiths OBE, provide opportunities for Chair WCVA has worked improvement, it brings with the Charity Retail with it the inevitable uncertainties tied up with change. Association and helped to influence22,500 Another wider challenge with implications for the people to sign a petition third sector coming strongly to the fore during the opposing the proposed year has been the recognition that public services will cut to charity shop need to be delivered in different ways if they are to be sustainable. Co-production as a theme for the future business rate relief. of some public services has been put on the agenda by the WCVA and others. ‘ So pleased that Macmillan has the In the meantime, despite the challenges and recognition it deserves - well done!’ uncertainty, I would like to thank all those who Lindsey, via wcva.tumblr.com, on a post promote and take part in these activities from about Macmillan Cancer Research in Wales’ all our member organisations - large and small - win at the Third Sector Awards Cymru 2012 throughout Wales, the CVCs, and the staff of WCVA. It’s so important that our sector works together in these difficult times to fly the flag for volunteers ‘ An excellent course and trainer. Thoroughly and voluntary organisations, and celebrate their enjoyed the course and have learnt a lot. achievements. I feel energised to go and get lots of funding from trusts and foundations. This course has helped significantly to give me the confidence I needed.’ Vicki Alexander, Mencap Cymru 3 WCVA Impact report 2012-13 | Chief Executive’s report 3 Looking back and looking forward Our chief executive, Graham Benfield OBE, takes time out to reflect on a challenging year for the third sector in Wales, and ponder what the future has in store. How would you reflect on the last the sort of society and public funding. Social finance is not a 12 months? service that we want to create. panacea but organisations both There is now a clear narrative and old and new do need to think in There’s no doubt it’s been a vision for the future in terms of imaginative ways about how they challenging time for the sector. the sector’s role. can fund their work. There have been financial challenges around funding which We have developed a finance How would you describe the have affected many organisations, portfolio in the last year where funding landscape and what are including WCVA. There has also organisations can access £1,000 the key financial challenges? been pressure on the sector to through to £5 million and respond to some of the governance We have to put funding in everything in between, so the crises of the previous year. proportion. There are around potential for innovation and 33,000 organisations in Wales; replication is excellent. How would you sum up the last most of them are small, year for WCVA? What are the key community-based and totally self What are your hopes for the things we’ve been saying and sustaining and self funding. next round of European doing? Structural Funds? Some larger scale organisations We’ve been able to reflect on rely on a degree of governmental The programmes must get off to the culmination of many of the support and that is becoming a good start by building on what programmes we’ve developed over more difficult. Charity retail has worked well previously. It’s the last few years. Our Gateway will continue to be significant vital that we create an economic programme has provided access to in the future and it will be vital legacy and that’s why we want European Structural Funds for over that organisations develop new to see more investment in loans 700 third sector projects. Through income streams and enterprise to and recyclable finance which can the access and support we have safeguard their services. continue to have an impact for provided, thousands of people years to come.
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