Welcome to NAVCA's website

On this site you will find information to support local voluntary and community action.

NAVCA believes voluntary and community action offers solutions to the challenges we face. Action rooted in communities brings local people together to campaign, volunteer and provide services. Uniquely, NAVCA is a national membership organisation with a grassroots view. Our membership network of over 350 local support and development charities keeps us in touch with the views of local charities and community groups from across the whole of England.

NAVCA Essentials is a new service designed to help members and help the local community organisations they support.

Recent blog entries

National Conversation
Rachel Rhodes
27th Jun 2014 at 05:05
Yesterday I attended a Public Health England event - the National Conversation on Health Inequalities. On the way down, I have to admit to having reservations: another day of the read more...
ChangeUp ten years on – where next?
Barney Mynott
24th Jun 2014 at 01:01
Rob Macmillan

What were you up to ten years ago?

On 24^th June 2004, it was cold, windy and wet over much of the country, Britney Spears read more...
The future of infrastructure
Neil Cleeveley
19th Jun 2014 at 02:02
Welcome to this first blog on the work of the Independent Commission on the Future of Local Infrastructure, which NAVCA has asked read more...

NAVCA essentials

Latest news

NAVCA announces change at the top

Neil Cleeveley has been appointed acting chief executive of NAVCA following the announcement that Joe Irvin is leaving NAVCA to take up the post of chief executive at Living Streets, read more...

New NAVCA EU procurement rules briefing

NAVCA has published a new briefing that provides an update on the changes to the EU Procurement Directives. The new Directives came into force in April 2014, but EU member states now read more...

Labour plan smaller government contracts

NAVCA has welcomed an announcement from Rachel Reeves, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions minister, that a future Labour Government would create smaller contracts. The announcement read more...