HCVS Strategic Review: Our Values

It’s important for all organisations to set out their fundamental beliefs about the world. These are our values. We believe that:

• Many of the solutions to the challenges faced by society should lie within local people and communities - our role is to affirm and enable all people to play an active part in their community, both individually and collectively

• Maintain a strong bottom up approach and maintain a high degree of transparency

• Strong communities are built through opportunities for involvement, participation and democratic representation

• The diversity and independence of the voluntary and community sector give it a unique role to play in responding to the complex needs of our society

• HCVS is committed to challenging oppression and prejudice and aims to promote both diversity and full access to opportunity in all areas of its work and structures

• Equality is the cornerstone of social integration, and without it efforts to promote a fair and participative society will be undermined

• Priority should be given to working with communities and groups whose full participation in society is limited by economic disadvantage or institutional discrimination

• Innovation is often to be welcomed, but not ‘for its own sake’, and must be balanced against what we know already works

• Accurate, comprehensive and relevant information and the infrastructure for engagement are critical aspects of building strong communities.

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