Every county in Wales has a voluntary sector infrastructure body,[1] generically called a County Voluntary Council or CVC.[2] [3] The key role of a CVC is to provide advice and information to local voluntary and community groups on volunteering, funding sources and a wide range of other issues.
At an all Wales national level the sector's infrastructure body is Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA). The 19 local County Voluntary Councils in Wales, and the national support body WCVA, make up a network of support organisations for the third sector in Wales called Third Sector Support Wales.[4]
In England the term Council for Voluntary Service is used rather than CVC.
List of CVCs as advised by Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) [5]
| CVC Name | ||
| Flintshire | Flintshire Local Voluntary Council | |
| Wrexham | Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham | |
| Bridgend | Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations | |
| Cardiff | Cardiff Third Sector Council | |
| Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services | |
| Ceredigion | Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations | |
| Conwy | Community and Voluntary Support Conwy | |
| Denbighshire | Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council | |
| Glamorgan | Glamorgan Voluntary Services (Vale of Glamorgan) | |
| Gwent | Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | Interlink (Rhondda Cynon Taff) | |
| Gwynedd | Mantell Gwynedd | |
| Anglesey | Medrwn Mon (Isle of Anglesey) | |
| Neath Port Talbot | Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services | |
| Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services | |
| Powys | Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations | |
| Swansea | Swansea Council for Voluntary Service | |
| Torfaen | Torfaen Voluntary Alliance | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil |