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Hackney Council for Voluntary Service was founded as an umbrella
organization to support the development and growth of the voluntary and
community sector. It was established and had its inaugural meeting in 1995
and its first staff were recruited in 1996. It is a limited company (no:
3365292) and a registered charity (no: 1069736) and has an executive
committee, which manages it. We are a membership organization with over 300
members at present. In turn, we ourselves are members of NCVO and
LVSC.
HCVS was set up following a survey carried out with LBH
in 1995, amongst local groups and organizations to assess their interest and
need for support. They expressed keen interest in having a CVS and stressed
the need for information, liaison with the borough and advice and support
around funding issues as major concerns.
In short, we support
and enable voluntary and community groups to succeed in achieving their aims
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