West Devon Community & Voluntary Services

Who we are

West Devon Community and Voluntary Services (WDCVS) was established in 2007; created from the merger of Okehampton and Tavistock Councils for Voluntary Services and registered with the Charity Commission (Number 1119730) and Companies House as a Company Limited by Guarantee (Number 6115797).

We are the local Voluntary Sector infrastructure provider for the Borough of West Devon but some of our work covers districts of Devon.

At WDCVS we support local charities, voluntary groups, social enterprises and other not for profit groups to be pivotal to the building of strong, vibrant, caring communities. We work to empower local people and communities to come together and take collective action that provides solutions to meet common problems.

We also deliver some projects, working with the NHS and Social Care providers to join up some of our staff teams with theirs to provide a better offer of support, across all the agencies, for some of our residents and patients who find themselves needing a little bit more of a wrap-around service.

We are committed to the strong relationships we have built across both the voluntary sector and wider public sector organisations and partnership; we work closely with our other infrastructure support colleagues across Devon through the Devon Voluntary Action (DeVA) partnership.

 We have a committed, motivated and experienced staff team of 12 governed by a Board of Trustees.

Our culture and values

Our values underpin all that we do. Recently refreshed and agreed these are: 

Expertise: We place a high value on our expertise and are committed to preserving this, developing it through good working relations with partners and staff and volunteer development and are committed to transferring this knowledge to other voluntary groups.

Impact: We want to make an impact and will be strongly committed to being both effective and providing good quality services.

Adaptability: We value our willingness to change, learn and do things differently, responding to the needs of our customers and partners. We particularly value our commitment to continuously improving what we do.

Inclusiveness: We want all our stakeholders to experience us as a fair organisation that gives equitable treatment to everyone.

 Respect: Everyone who works, volunteers or comes into contact with WDCVS should be treated with mutual respect.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

As well as our formal Equality, diversity and inclusion policy, it is part of our values, in particular those of Respect and Inclusiveness.