Third sector events

Swansea has an active and vibrant voluntary and community sector, with hundreds of events, fundraisers and training courses happening each year. Below you'll find info on what's happening in Swansea, and events we have organised with our partners further afield.

If you are a local organisation with an event to promote, contact Gail at SCVS on 01792 544011 / email: [email protected]

Swansea Council - Contextual Safeguarding – An Intro

Social Services Training Unit are running an online course - An Introduction to Contextual Safeguarding. Read more

Latest

Renew Mind Centre CIC wins National Lottery support for heritage restoration project

Renew Mind Centre CIC, based in Swansea has been awarded a national Lottery grant of £9695 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for an incredible and exciting project on “New Light in the journey of brave women in Wales!”.
Lightening the Load for Carers – Third Sector Funding

Could unpaid Carers be using your services? The ‘Lightening the Load’ project aims to support unpaid Carers who need a helping hand with household tasks and odd jobs. This grant fund is an open call for third sector providers to deliver some additional support to Carers who may be using their services.
Tackling Food Poverty 2021/22 - Household Support Fund

Welsh Government has made available funding from the Household Support Fund to help organisations meet the increased demand for crisis food provision.
Festival Welfare Services – Trustee vacancies

Festival Welfare Services (FWS) is a national registered charity (charity number: 277251) which works with a bank of over 350 experienced professional volunteers to carry out a range of welfare related support services at events across the UK.

Volunteer Centre

With information on local opportunities, Swansea Volunteer Centre can provide all the support you need to start volunteering - one to one advice and guidance, face to face, by phone or email. Get in touch.
Staff

Swansea Council for Voluntary Service currently employs over 40 staff, based at our office on Walter Road (NB - currently closed, with staff remote working), Swansea. For the main contact details for SCVS, use the Contact Us button, or you can contact a member of staff directly below.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Volunteering Project

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Volunteer Project, funded by SBUHB and managed by SCVS, is a social support Project for people with mental ill health.
Involve

Involve has a variety of schemes that engage people in need in Swansea. Involve recruit, train and support volunteers to be in a befriending/ Independent visitor role on a one to one or in a group setting to meet the needs of individual children, young people, families, adults with various needs or older people.
Mental Health Development Service

The Mental Health Development Service at SCVS facilitates joint working between voluntary organisations and statutory organisations. The service enables voluntary organisations to have their views taken into account when decisions are made regarding the planning and delivery of mental health services across the ABMU health board. The development service also supports and facilitates the local voluntary sector Mental Health Forum and provides mental health related information and resources.
About us

Swansea Council for Voluntary Service is the umbrella organisation for voluntary activity throughout the City & County of Swansea, supporting, developing and representing voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities in the County. We work to support and develop the Third Sector by providing a wide range of information, advice and support services and by representing the views of the sector to government and policy makers...
Swansea Youth Bank

Swansea Youth Bank is a youth led, grant giving panel of volunteers that provides grants to groups of young people to develop and run their own community projects across the City and County of Swansea.
Transcend

Transcend is a mental health peer mentoring project that is funded by Swansea Bay University Health Board. It provides volunteering opportunities for individuals with lived experience of mental ill health.
Volunteering for under 25's

Information for young people under 25 who are interested in volunteering.
In-house training

We run a range of courses in our programmes to help third sector organisations gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to survive and thrive in these challenging times.

Support for Organisations

We work to support and develop the Third Sector by providing a wide range of information, advice and support services and by representing the views of the sector to government and policy makers. Read more