South Staffs CVA

South Staffordshire Community and Voluntary Action (SSCVA), is an independent registered charity that exists to promote, support and encourage community and voluntary action throughout the rural district of South Staffordshire.

SSCVA devises and runs innovative community projects including the SSCVA Bay Leaf Project and the SASSS Project (Super Active Seniors in South Staffordshire).

Advice and Support

SSCVA provides practical advice, information and support on all aspects of setting up and running voluntary and community groups.  The C.A.S.T. Project (Community Action Support Team) which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund provides outreach development support for community groups throughout the rural district of South Staffordshire.

The help SSCVA can provide to voluntary and community groups includes:

 -     Setting up groups                                                         -   PQASSO                                                                                                       (Quality Assurance System)

 -     Writing constitutions                                                    -     Registering as a Charity

 -     Finding sources of funding                                        -     Managing projects

 -     Completing grant applications                                  -     Access to training                                                                                                          opportunities

 -     Management committee issues                                -     Volunteer recruitment                                                                                                          and management

 -     Writing policies for groups

SSCVA provides an information library and other resources, for more information please click here

  Liaison and Networking

We also assist with consultation and make every effort to ensure that groups are involved in consultation processes whenever possible.  Our aim is to encourage participation and enable groups and community representatives to voice their views, ideas and concerns, which are in turn collated and fed back to appropriate agencies.  This is achieved through various forums and networking opportunities and in particular through The Really Useful Networking Meetings. For further details of The Really Useful Networking Meetings and other meetings and events please click here