About Us

Selby District Association of Voluntary Services (A.V.S.) is a local infrastructure organisation working in partnership with others for the benefit of our community.

• Selby District A.V.S. provides help, support and information to voluntary and community groups.
• Assists in identifying unmet need in community care, and works in partnership to develop mechanisms to meet the identified gaps.
• Liaise and work with local business, commerce, industry, and all statutory agencies.
• Promotes and facilitates multi-agency working.
• Organises conferences, seminars, training events and general networking meetings.
• Is governed by a Trustee Board. Trustee Board.
• Provides frontline people services.
• Provides a full resourced meeting,conference,interview and training suite in Selby for other organisations. Community House
• Provides serviced office accommodation for use by other organisations. Community House
• Provides Selby District AVS affiliated membership to benefit other organisations. (See affiliation details below)

  See the full range of our work in the voluntary sector. AVS services star map

Selby District A.V.S. is a member of:-

• North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations www.nyfvo.org.uk
• Regional Forum www.regionalforum.org.uk
• National Association for Voluntary and Community Action www.navca.org.uk
• North Yorkshire Consortium Infrastructure Organisations

Selby District AVS works in partnership with the following Statutory organisations:-

• North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC). www.northyorks.gov.uk
• Selby District Council (SDC). www.selby.gov.uk
• North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT). www.nyypct.nhs.uk

Registered Charity No: 505380

Affiliated Membership of the Association of Voluntary Services (AVS)

Are you a Voluntary, Community, Parish Council or other organisation based, or working in Selby District?
Would you like to be an affiliated member of Selby District AVS? We are your local support organisation.

As an affiliated member you are able to access the full range of services listed below.

• Inserts into quarterly newsletter.
• Show your links,news and events on the AVS web site.
• Purchasing support and knowledge sharing to achieve economy of operation.
• Photocopying (colour and black and white).
• Internet Access.
• Funding support.
• Governance/ monitoring and evaluation support.
• Training.
• Business Planning.
• Clerical Support.
• General Help and Support.
• Consultation Exercises.
• Seminar and Conference Planning.
• Preferred access to meeting/training/interview rooms or other facilities within Community House.
• Invitations to planning meetings, conferences and other seminars.

Affiliated members are also entitled to nominate and vote for Selby District A.V.S. trustee board members from the following year.

Affiliated members receive a quarterly newsletter showing up-to-date information and changes in legislation which may affect voluntary/community groups. The newsletter is also a notice board for member groups to promote themselves and any events they are organising.

If your organisation would like to be an affiliated member of AVS, then please complete a Membership Form

Selby District AVS
Community House
Portholme Road
Selby
YO8 4QQ

Telephone: 01757 291111(switchboard)
Fax: 01757 290311
E-mail: gwenfoster@selbyavs.org.uk