The England Volunteering Development Council is a high-level representative and advocacy mechanism for volunteering. It engages both with government and opposition parties in order to capture the collective intelligence of volunteer-involving organisations, volunteering infrastructure providers and of volunteers to provide a powerful, coordinated lobby to steer government policy and community action.
There are ten bodies of the council in total: a national body and nine regional bodies, one in each Government Office region of England.
Interested in joining the England Volunteering Development Council?
If your organisation would like to get involved in the EVDC network, please contact the Secretariat team as follows:
Fothcoming meeting dates
The dates for the next EVDC meetings have been confirmed. More information will be posted on the page for each region (click 'EVDC in the regions', here or left, and then on your chosen region) as the meetings approach.
Thursday 4th February 2010 - EVDC South East
Tuesday 9th February 2010 - EVDC National
Friday 26th February 2010 - EVDC West Midlands
Monday 1st March 2010 - EVDC Greater London
Monday 22nd March 2010 - EVDC North West
Friday 9th April 2010 - EVDC North East
Wednesday 21st April 2010 - EVDC East of England
Useful links
Commission on the Future of Volunteering
