Making Lives Better
Supporting charities and the voluntary sector in Peterborough for 40 years
What PCVS Deliver
Charities and volunteers play a vital role in improving the lives of thousands of people in Peterborough. Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) provides expert support to help these incredible organisations run more effectively and make a bigger impact to local communities.
Our help across the sector is broad. From guiding groups and charities through the set-up processes for their new initiatives and offering a direct payments service, to standing up for the voluntary services sector and helping to make local lives better.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Welcome to our NEW PCVS WEBSITE! Please excuse us where there are gaps or missing links as we are working hard to get the website fully up and running.
We have a ‘members area’ currently under construction and this affects some parts of the website, however, if you’re unable to find something you need, please do get in touch.
But don’t worry – if you’re a member of PCVS you’ll continue to receive all our usual updates on training and funding through our emails. For all of PCVS’s and our members’ events please check out the new What’s Going On pages.
If you are a member organisation and you would like to be involved in developing what is available in the Members area, please get in touch with us via the CONTACT US button here. We will be getting in touch with all our partners and members to update them about our new Membership Offer very soon but please don’t hesitate to talk to us if there is anything with which we can support you.
Who are PCVS?
Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) is a registered charity that supports the voluntary sector in Peterborough. We are a membership organisation. Established in 1980, we’ve been helping over 500 charities and volunteering groups to deliver for Peterborough.
Our Impact
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funding brought into Peterborough since 2018
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recipients of social care funding supported since 2017
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volunteering hours delivered
Become a PCVS member
Join over xx member non-profit organisations from across Peterborough who we support, develop and connect. We work with community groups and clubs, registered charities, community interest companies, social enterprises and parish councils.
Each membership includes:
Support
FREE support for your organisation (basic)
FREE access to our resource materials (basic/premium)
FREE attendance at our events, including our annual conference and AGM (basic)
FREE 1:1 advice sessions (premium)
Training
FREE training
FREE online course material
FREE attendance at networking events
Discounted places at charged events and conferences.
Information and Publicity
FREE newsletters
FREE funding alerts
FREE web page for your organisation in our member directory
FREE support in helping you find new funding opportunities
What's Going On?
PCVS provides regular newsletters and events for members. Currently, we provide a monthly newsletter, funding news and training news. We also host regular events including coffee mornings for our Direct Payment customers, conferences, face to face training, and networking sessions.
Latest Fundraising Activities
Funding is one of the biggest challenges faced by the voluntary and community sector. PCVS produces a funding newsletter for members which details the latest grants available, and provides funding portals for members and non-members
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PCVS Monthly Newsletter – October 2024
Please click here for the pdf of our October newsletter. Sector news, new non-emergency patient transport provider and celebrating volunteer Linda, who runs Living Keys, for her BBC Make a Difference Award feature in this month’s newsletter. To subscribe to our newsletter please complete this form.
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The Joy App
Joy – The right support is just a few clicks away. The Joy App is a new service bringing together organisations that support people with social prescribers who can make referrals. Register your organisation NOW!