Services

GAVS supports voluntary, community and faith organisations in Greenwich. Our services include:

• One-to-one Development Support and Advice – by our Development team on funding, governance, starting up, project planning, marketing and communications and more; (please contact the GAVS office to find out who your designated development worker is)
• Training – on starting up, management, fundraising, legal compliance and more tailored to the needs of third sector groups in Greenwich; (for the training courses please see our events page)
• Accountancy– advice and training on all financial issues
• Forums – third sector organisations come together, work collaboratively and actively increase their representation and influence in local decisions related to
  • BME (Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups)
  • Health and Well-Being
  • Children and Young People
  • Voluntary Sector Leaders
  • Voluntary Sector Treasurers
• Fundraising – bringing funders to you and you to them, and supporting you with research and writing funding bids
• Regular Information and Advice – by email, post and telephone on topics relevant to our members
• Weekly Info Update – an ebulletin with concise news about latest funding opportunities, events and training, useful resources, important policy changes relevant to the third sector, vacancies and more
• Quarterly Magazine – for and by the third sector in Greenwich, a great way for third sector organisations to raise their profile and to learn about other likeminded organisations in Greenwich
• Olympics Engagement – creating big opportunities for the third sector in Greenwich
• Themed Events – the best place to network and build strong partnerships with other groups, funders and support organisations, to access information about funding, legal compliance and other topics and to apply the knowledge directly in workshops
• Resource Library – online library with policy templates, toolkits, supplier directories, governance guidelines and much more