About Us

Our Story

Community Voluntary Services Tendring exists for over 45 years. In fact, in 2023 we’ll be celebrating our 50th birthday.

Our mission is leading and supporting voluntary action and empowering local people. And our core functions are to support, promote, and develop the community and voluntary sector. Plus, to encourage liaison and connections between organisations, agencies, and businesses.

CVST represents the sector.

We provide a broad overview of needs and give a neutral and objective viewpoint to ensure the sector has a voice. And is assisted toward sustainability.

We also support other voluntary sector representatives to have their say. And act as a strategic partner with local councils, funders, health providers, and government to influence policy, plans and strategy.

Our Story

Community Voluntary Services Tendring has been in existence for over 40 years.

Our mission is ‘leading and supporting voluntary action in Tendring’ and our core functions are to support, promote and develop the community and voluntary sector and to encourage liaison and connections between organisations, agencies and businesses.

CVST represents the sector providing a broad overview of needs and giving a neutral and objective viewpoint ensuring the sector has a voice and thereby is assisted toward sustainability.

We support other voluntary sector representatives to have their say. We act as a strategic partner with local councils, funders, health providers and government in order to influence policy, plans and strategy.

Boards and Committees

CVST contribute and facilitate consultations, to advocate and challenge the design and provision of local services. We do this by participating in a range of strategic boards and committees including, but not limited to:

The Tendring Health and Wellbeing Board
The Community Safety Partnership
The Tendring Youth Strategy Group
The Essex Compact Steering Group
The Older People’s Forum
The Voluntary Sector Forum
The Essex Voluntary Sector Alliance
Essex CVS
The North East Clinical Commissioning Group
Essex County Council
Various multi-agency partnerships

Boards and Committees

CVST contribute and facilitate consultations, to advocate and challenge the design and provision of local services. We do this by participating in a range of strategic boards and committees including, but not limited to:

The Tendring Health and Wellbeing Board
The Community Safety Partnership
The Tendring Youth Strategy Group
The Essex Compact Steering Group
The Older People’s Forum
The Voluntary Sector Forum
The Essex Voluntary Sector Alliance
Essex CVS
The North East Clinical Commissioning Group
Anglian Community Enterprise
Essex County Council
Various multi-agency partnerships

Bringing Communities

Together

CVST has a unique position in the community. And because of this, we work closely with partners and stakeholders from all sectors to identify and share knowledge of unmet local needs. Plus, we help to set up new initiatives to meet gaps in services or help develop and extend services with existing providers.

CVST promotes the work of the voluntary sector.

We do this through one-to-one meetings. Our multi-skilled staff and volunteer team with extensive knowledge and experience of the local sector, meets with the organisation and discuss everything. We also do this through services, e-bulletins, website content, social media, exhibitions, conferences, and activities.

CVST is a liaison. We host regular network breakfasts, coffee drop-ins, exhibitions, cafés, focus groups or organising fundraising events such as the ever popular Annual Victorian Christmas Market.

Through our Community Information Centre in central Clacton and our Dovercourt and Harwich Hub, we offer:

social prescribing service
funding advice
information and guidance
training days
info-packed regular newsletters
beach hut hire
training
volunteer opportunities
accessible meeting rooms to hire
equipment to hire (reasonable rates to local groups).

Bringing Communities

Together

Because of its unique position in the community, CVST works closely and collaborates with partners and stakeholders from all sectors to identify and share knowledge of unmet local need and helps to set up new initiatives in order to meet gaps in services or help develop and extend services with existing providers.

CVST promotes the work of the voluntary sector through one to one contacts from its multi-skilled staff and volunteer team with extensive knowledge and experience of the local sector and services, meetings, in the e-bulletin, website, social media and through our exhibitions, conference and activities.

CVST brings together communities in liaison in a range of ways including hosting regular network breakfasts, coffee drop-ins, exhibitions, cafés, focus groups or organising fundraising events such as the ever popular Annual Victorian Christmas Market.

Through our Community Information Centre in central Clacton and our Dovercourt and Harwich Hub, we offer a social prescribing service, funding advice, information and guidance, training days, regular newsletters packed with charity information, beach hut hire, training, volunteer opportunities and a range of accessible meeting rooms and equipment available to hire at reasonable rates to local groups.