Bolton CVS began in 1990. Two previous attempts to create a CVS in Bolton were unsuccessful. June Corner was Chair of the steering group that established CVS as we know it today and became the first Chair of Bolton CVS. Bolton Council awarded a grant of £50,000 for a period of three years, a staggering accomplishment at the time. This funded a General Secretary (now known as the Chief Officer), a Development Worker and an Administration Worker.
Bolton CVS …
Bolton CVS people are active listeners and collaborators to support our organisations and one another to achieve all we can.
When we talk about Bolton CVS, we refer to a core set of beliefs and aims we have as an organisation.
We may have a new logo and set of colours, but our brand goes much deeper than that. Our visual identity, or how we look, represents what our organisation embodies – our core purpose and values.
Through our brand, we want you to express who we are as an organisation in everything you do. Everyone at Bolton CVS is expected to do their bit to maintain our core purpose, values and behaviours; from how we speak to one another and how we answer the phone, to how we support our communities to be the best they can be. We want you to take pride in working for an organisation committed to making a real and lasting difference.
We want everyone at Bolton CVS to feel they are part of an organisation that exists to fulfil our core purpose:
To work alongside Bolton’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector, supporting them to do what they exist to do, as well as they possibly can.
The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate that is voluntarily paid by over 5,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
Do you want to become a Living Wage Employer? Find out more.
Here are some organisations who are Living Wage Employers in Bolton:
Bolton CVS operates within a wider framework in terms of our membership of NAVCA and NCVO nationally and our membership of, and involvement with, GMCVO and other local infrastructure organisations across Greater Manchester (GM).
In January 2016 Bolton CVS, along with the other GM local infrastructure organisations, created a new joint venture, called 10GM.
The purpose of 10GM is to bring partners together to improve:
All of Bolton CVS’ work is delivered in the context of observing and maintaining the following quality awards – NAVCA, VCQA – and with reference to the skills, abilities and experiences of our Board of Trustees and senior management team.
Bolton CVS operates within the good practice framework required by our representative body, NAVCA, meeting the following 5 Performance Standards: Development, Support, Liaison, Representation and Strategic Partnership Work.
Volunteer Centre Bolton operates within the requirements of NCVO’s (previously Volunteer England) good practice framework and the specifications of the Volunteer Centre Quality Award (VCQA), which was successfully renewed in February 2016.
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