Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) (Welsh: Cyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru) is the national membership organisation for the third sector and volunteering in Wales. Its aim is to work towards 'A future where the third sector and volunteering thrive across Wales, improving wellbeing for all'.[1]
WCVA provides services and support to charities, community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteers.[2]
WCVA’s membership consists of over 2,500 third sector organisations. It also has partners from the private and statutory sectors who support its work.
In Wales, there is also a county level infrastructure body. Each county has a County Voluntary Council as well as volunteer centres. The 19 local County Voluntary Councils in Wales, and the national support body WCVA, make up a network of support organisations for the third sector in Wales called Third Sector Support Wales.[3] The equivalent infrastructure and representative body for voluntary organisations in Scotland is SCVO. In Northern Ireland it is NICVA and in England it is NCVO. The equivalent bodies for the promotion, support and celebration of volunteering are Volunteer Now (in Northern Ireland), Volunteer Development Scotland and NCVO in England. Along with WCVA, these are the members of the UK Volunteering Forum.