South Hams CVS - Useful Links

Useful Links

This page contains links for local and national websites that are relevant to voluntary and community groups.

If you have a website that you would like us to link to, contact us.

Totnes Town bus

South Brent Parish Council
Parish Council.

Follaton Residents Association
Managment of Follaton Community Hall, play areas and open spaces in follaton estate.

Cued Speech Association
Tp provide information about and training in the language tool "Cued Speech" which makes complete spoken language accessible through vision for deaf children and adults.

Ivybridge & District Community Transport Assoc.
Website with information on the door to door, fully accessible minibus service to Ivybridge, PlymouthPlymstock and various supermarkets. Also volunteer car service.

South Hams District Council
Website of the local district council with lots of figures and statistics.
Ivybridge Community Association
Chapel Place Community Centre is a beautiful Wesleyan Chapel built in 1860 situated in the centre of Ivybridge, since 1994 it has been used as a Community Centre and is available for hire.
Flavel Centre
The Flavel Centre is community building containing a modern multi-functional hall (with cinema screening facilities), meeting rooms for a wide range of events and activities that regularly take place in the town, as well as a large new County Council library.
International Society of Ecology and Culture
ISEC is a non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity.
Moor Trees
The Moor Trees vision is to encourage areas of Dartmoor to return to wilderness.

Moor Vision
Supporting Parents/carers of visually impaired children ans visually impared parents.
Parent Carers Voice
Website for the Parent Carers Voice project covering Devon, for families of children with special needs.
South Devon Railway
A voluntary organisation with a passion for steam and diesel railway preservation.
Victim Support
Victim Support is the independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime, by providing free and confidential support and information.

Devon -

Devonline
The Devon Portal, offers access to a wide range of information and services from the local authorities of Devon. From here you can access information directly from the County, Unitary and District Councils, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, Devon Fire & Rescue Service and Dartmoor National Park. You can also find community information provided by a small pilot of Devon Town and Parish Councils. Devonline is home to the Community Directory - local health and social care information for adults in Devon and Torbay, including social and leisure activities, Day Care, Lunch Clubs and Home Delivery Services.
Devon County Council
Information about Devon. A really useful site with information about population statistics, poverty indicators, travel to work areas, Children's Services, and a lot of the data is downloadable directly into your spreadsheet. Invaluable for writing those funding bids.
Community Council of Devon
The CCD is an independent charity offering advice and support to Devon's rural communities. Also produces 'Village Green' magasine.
Devon Towns Forum
Web site for the Devon Towns Forum, supporting partnerships at a market town level. Supported by the Market and Coastal Towns Association.
DISC
Devon Information on Services for Children.
Cosmic
A social enterprise based in East Devon, but covers all of Devon and wider, providing ICT training and support, and website design.
Co-active
The Cooperative development agency which supports social and community enterprises.
Devon PCT The website for the newly merged PCTs in Devon

Other CVS based in Devon -

East Devon CVS
Exeter CVS
Mid Devon CVS
North Devon Voluntary Services
Plymouth Guild of Voluntary Service
Plymouth Community Partnership
Teignbridge CVS
Torbay Voluntary Service
Torridge Voluntary Services
West Devon CVS
Devon Association of CVS

Regional voluntary organisations

South West Forum

South West of England Regional Development Agency

Government Office of the South West

The Hubs

The ChangeUp Hubs are partnerships of voluntary and community organisations who have come together to improve the support available to the voluntary and community sector across England. Visit the ChangeUp website for additional information.

The six national Hubs work closely with each other and with regional, sub-regional and local providers of support for the voluntary and community sector.

Each Hub has an accountable body. The accountable body is responsible for the finanical management of the partnerships and reporting to Capacity Builders. Capacity Builders is the funding agency for the six national Hubs. Visit the Capacity Builders website.

Finance Hub

The Finance Hub provides a range of services to help the voluntary and community sector in the areas of procurement, fundraising, social enterprise and financial management. The accountable body is the Charities Aid Foundation. Visit the Finance Hub website.

Governance Hub

The Governance Hub provides services and resources to improve the quality of governance in the voluntary and community sector. It campaigns to raise the profile of trusteeship and governance, explain its value and draw new people into involvement. A key focus of the Hub is on strengthening the governance of medium sized and smaller organisations. NCVO is the accountable body. Visit the Governance Hub website.

ICT Hub

The ICT Hub provides a wide range of services, resources and information on all aspects of ICT for Voluntary and Community organisations, with an extensive 'knowldge base' of articles, suppliers lists and much more. It aims to raise awareness of the strategic benefits of ICT for Voluntary and Community Organisations, improve the ICT funding and procurement environment within which VCOs operate, build more relevant and appropriate models of ICT support accessible at a local level. The ICT Hub is a partnership of national voluntary and community organisations. Visit the ICT Hub website.

Performance Hub

The Performance Hub works to help third sector organisations achieve more and meet their missions more effectively. Charities Evaluation Services (CES) is the accountable body. Visit the Performance Hub website.

Volunteering Hub

The Volunteering Hub's work is organised under the themes of strategy and management, information dissemination, good practice and management development, and modernising infrastructure. Volunteering England is the accountable body. Visit the Volunteering Hub website.

Workforce Hub

The Workforce Hub deals with learning and skills, employment practice, promoting the sector as a positive place to work and volunteer, leadership and management development. Its accountable body in England is NCVO. Visit the Workforce Hub website.

For further information on the National Hubs go to www.hubs.org.uk.

Charity sites (about the 'Third Sector')

The Charity Commission regulates and supports Registered Charities. Here you can find the full national list of Registered Charities; you can search in various ways to find the information you want. Top quality service.

Charities Aid Foundation information and links for those involved in the charitable world.

Funding information

Government Funding For voluntary organisations seeking government funding. Developed in partnership with the Directory of Social Change.

The Big Lottery Fund (formerly The Community Fund) Take a look at grant criteria and who's been funded.

UK Fundraising Wide range of information.

Funderfinder From the funding software people - good links.

Funders On-Line European funding site.

Funding Digest Access to subscription based online funding information.

Lloyds TSB Foundation Grant seekers website, informative.

Support group information

Find Support Online national directory of Support Organisations.