Core membership

COIN (our Chief Officers’ Information Network) is the place for discussions, debates and requests for advice or guidance, in a safe space provided exclusively for NAVCA member Chief Officers.

For all our members we are just a phone call away in times of crisis and change. We offer advice and support to members facing funding challenges, considering options around merger and collaboration, tackling problems in an organisation they support, or challenging competition from outside the sector. 

We have previously offered the NAVCA Quality Award – the industry standard for local sector support and development organisations, available only and exclusively to NAVCA members. We are now in the process of developing the Local Infrastructure Quality Accreditation.

Every member is a valued part of the NAVCA family – the only network in England solely and specifically for local sector support and development organisations 

We visit members to hear directly from them about the work they are doing, the challenges they are facing and the successes they are celebrating.  

We regularly speak at our members' AGMs and training events.

We run a specialist network for anyone working or volunteering with our members on communications. Whether that's social media, newsletters, e-bulletins, websites, surveys, making video - all are welcome at The Barking Owl.

We make sure our members’ voice is heard by the full range of policy making and regulatory bodies – including the MHCLG, the Home Office, the Office for Civil Society, the Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator. 

 
As an active member of the Health & Wellbeing Alliance we are leading a major project to develop ‘Single Point of Contact’ (SPOC) in the context of delayed discharge from hospital, with NAVCA members right at the heart of the programme.
 

We ensure our members are fully involved in policy consultations and engagement exercises, and we provide regular policy summaries and updates tailored to the perspective of local sector support and development.
 

Following the devastating events of the summer of 2017, we have highlighted and championed the role of our members in response to critical incidents. We’re now leading a key piece of work with the Charity Commission to embed the response of the VCS into major incident planning.

And our annual conference offers a packed day of forward thinking and provocative subject matter. In 2017, our Future Forward event was attended by more than 90 members and other delegates, and over 300 people have since watched the livestream of the day.