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Welcome to the AAVO Website, kindly
funded by Angus
Housing Association's Wider
Role Funding.
Angus Association of Voluntary Organisations is the Council for Voluntary
Service in Angus. Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS) is the broad name
given to the local umbrella organisations supporting the voluntary and
community sector in Scotland.
We play a crucial role in community development,
working at grassroots level and supporting communities to gain a voice in decisions that affect them.
Since its formation in 1990, Angus
Association of Voluntary Organisations (AAVO), has been instrumental in the
development of many Angus groups
- groups that are now established organisations in their own right. We play
a major role in the voluntary and community sector and our key partners
include Angus Community Planning
Partnership, Angus Council, Angus College, NHS Tayside,
Rural Tayside LEADER +, The Big
Lottery Fund, Dundee Voluntary
Action, Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service, Angus
Economic Development Partnership, Angus Rural & Environmental
Partnership and Volunteer Centre Angus.
At present we are working towards The Angus
Interface.
We are also heavily involved in local Forums
including Angus Voluntary Sector Children's Services Forum and Angus
Voluntary Sector Community Care Forum. These Forums provide important community focus for the statutory
bodies engaged in the different fields.
Our aims are:
To provide independent
advice and guidance to groups and organisations on all aspects of community
and voluntary activity.
To assist groups and organisations to apply for, and gain, funding for
activities of benefit to communities.
To help build the capacity of community and voluntary groups through
learning and development.
To support a range of fora to ensure local infrastructure meets the needs
of communities and our statutory and private sector partners.
To maintain channels of communications between the third sector and our
statutory and private sector partners.
To work in partnership with Volunteer Centre
Angus to assist volunteers and volunteer-involving
organisations to the benefit of all.
To develop appropriate campaigns
to highlight and help address local need in a fair and equitable way.
To represent the views and interests of the third sector
in Angus and, where relevant, in Tayside.
AAVO is leading on the delivery of the Social Economy Initiative on
behalf of the Angus Social Economy Partnership and is based at our office.
To find out more and how you can access support to develop
your social enterprise please contact the Social Enterprise Development
Officer or view the website at Social Enterprise Angus
Mai Hearne, Chief Officer
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