Links

Information and advice services

Below is a list of Councils for Voluntary Services (CVS) and other bodies which offer information and advice to voluntary and community sector organisations. Click on the links below to visit their websites.

London-wide
Advice UK - www.adviceuk.org.uk
Black and Ethnic Minority Community Care Forum - www.bemccf.org.uk
Black Neighbourhood Renewal and Regeneration Network - www.bnrrn.org.uk
Black Training and Enterprise Group - www.bteg.co.uk
British Association of Settlements and Social Action - www.bassac.org.uk
Charities Evaluation Services - www.ces-vol.org.uk
Community Accountancy Self Help - www.cash-online.org.uk
Confederation of Indian Organisations UK - www.cio.org.uk
Consortium of Bengali Organisations - www.cba-uk.org.uk
Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations - www.emf-cemvo.co.uk
Development Trusts Association - www.dta.org.uk
Directory of Social Change - www.dsc.org.uk
Ethical Property Foundation - www.ethicalproperty.org.uk
Evelyn Oldfield Unit - www.evelynoldfield.co.uk
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens - www.farmgarden.org.uk
Interlink Foundation - www.interlink-foundation.org.uk
London Advice Services Alliance - www.lasa.org.uk
London Play - www.londonplay.org.uk
London Voluntary Sector Training Consortium - www.lvstc.org.uk
London Voluntary Service Council - www.lvsc.org.uk
Media Trust - www.mediatrust.org
Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum - www.mrcf.org.uk
Refugee Council - www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Women's Resource Centre - www.wrc.org.uk

Information and advice about buildings
Centre for Accessible Environments - www.cae.org.uk
Development Trusts Association - www.dta.org.uk
Ethical Property Foundation - www.ethicalproperty.org.uk

Information and advice about information and communication technolgy (ICT)
Information Technologists Company: iT4Communities - www.it4communities.org.uk
London Advice Services Alliance - www.lasa.org.uk

Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham Council for Voluntary Service - http://bdcvs.smartchange.org

Barnet
Barnet Voluntary Service Council - www.barnetvsc.org.uk

Bexley
Bexley Voluntary Service Council - www.bvsc.co.uk

Brent
Brent Association for Voluntary Action - www.brava.org.uk

Bromley
Community Links Bromley - www.communitylinksbromley.org.uk

Camden
Voluntary Action Camden - www.vac.org.uk

City of London
City.comm - www.citycomm.org.uk

Croydon
Croydon Voluntary Action - www.cvalive.org.uk

Ealing
Ealing Community and Voluntary Service - www.ealingcvs.org.uk

Enfield
Enfield Voluntary Action - www.evoice.org.uk

Hackney
Hackney Play Association - www.hackneyplay.org
Hackney Voluntary Service Council - www.hcvs.org.uk

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham Refugee Forum - www.hfrf.org
Voluntary Sector Resource Agency Hammersmith and Fulham - www.vsra.org.uk

Haringey
Haringey Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations - www.haringeycommunitylink.org.uk

Harrow
Harrow Association of Voluntary Service - www.harrowcvs.org.uk

Havering
Havering Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations - www.havco.org.uk

Hillingdon
Hillingdon Association of Voluntary Services - www.havs.org.uk

Hounslow
Hounslow Voluntary Sector Forum - www.hvsf.org.uk

Islington
Islington Play Association - www.islingtonplay.org.uk
Islington Voluntary Action Council - www.ivac.org.uk

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea Social Council - www.kcsc.org.uk

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston Voluntary Action - www.kva.org.uk

Lambeth
Lambeth Play Association - www.lambethplay.co.uk
Lambeth Voluntary Action Council - www.lambethvac.org.uk

Lewisham
Voluntary Action Lewisham - www.valewisham.org.uk

Merton
Merton Voluntary Service Council - www.mvsc.co.uk

Newham
Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium - www.nvsc.org.uk

Redbridge
Redbridge Voluntary Service Council - www.redbridgecvs.net

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames Council for Voluntary Service - www.richmondcvs.org.uk

Southwark
Southwark Action for Voluntary Organisations - www.savo.org.uk

Sutton
Sutton Centre for Voluntary Service - www.suttoncvs.org.uk

Tower Hamlets
Community Organisations Forum - www.towerhamlets.org.uk
Play Association Tower Hamlets - www.playtowerhamlets.org.uk

Waltham Forest
Voluntary Action Waltham Forest - www.voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk

Wandsworth
Wandsworth Voluntary Sector Development Agency - www.wvsda.org.uk

Westminster
Voluntary Action Westminster - www.vawcvs.org
Westminster Refugee Consortium - www.wrconsortium.org.uk