• NHS should embrace voluntary roots, says third sector chief
  2/Jul/08

As the National Health Service celebrates its 60th anniversary, the head of Wales’s third sector has called for the health service to ‘engage better with people and the organisations they create to address their own needs.’

More than 70 years ago, umbrella organisation Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) – then the South Wales and Monmouthshire Council of Social Service - raised funds to pay for district nurses in South Wales, costing an average £100 a year. 

A 1935 survey carried out by the Monmouthshire Council had revealed that, at that time, there were 91 District Nurses operating in the area - maintained almost entirely by voluntary funds.

• Building the sector online
  1/Jul/08
  
  
• Eisteddfod 2008
  26/Jun/08
  
  
• Long Term Conditions Alliance Cymru - Trustees required
  19/Jun/08
  
  
• The 2008 winners of the Wales Volunteer of the Year Awards
  16/Jun/08
  
  
• Wales made fair trade 'pioneer'
  11/Jun/08
  
  
• Government urged to raise for volunteers' travel expenses
  11/Jun/08
  
  

Would you like to help shape the future of the voluntary sector in Wales?  Here you'll discover a range of vacancies at all levels within WCVA, plus the latest job vacancies from third sector organisations across Wales.  Jobs information supplied by goodmoves, the third sector recruitment service.  See the latest Network Jobs.

• Chief Officer 21/Jul/08
• National Parks Trustee 06/Jul/08
• Older People's Carer and Development Officer 15/Jul/08
• Children’s Support Worker 31/Jul/08

WCVA produces a number of publications of interest to the voluntary sector.  Visit this section to download free publications or buy online using our secure purchasing system. 

• Analysis of the All Wales database of Voluntary Organisations in Wales (July 2008) 1/Jul/08
  
  
• Analysis of the All Wales database of Voluntary Organisations in Wales by county based and county active. (July 2008) 1/Jul/08
  
  

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• European training 

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• Regional Policy Event - Cwmbran
  8/Jul/08 @ Parkway Hotel, Cwmbran
• Skills and Workforce Development seminars
  9/Jul/08 @ Various