Membership

 

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February 2010 Bits and Pieces

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To join OCVA (or renew your membership for 2009/10) please click on the form below:

OCVA Membership Form 2009/10
Newsletter deadlines 2010


Membership of Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action is open to organisations operating in Oxfordshire. Applications are approved at the OCVA Trustees’ meeting six times a year. Benefits will be provided to applicants on a temporary basis while awaiting formal approval.

There are two forms of membership:

Full Membership

Full membership is open to voluntary and community groups operating in Oxfordshire. The benefits of full membership are:

  • members are able to attend and vote at OCVA Annual General Meeting and to nominate members to the Executive Committee of OCVA
  • a monthly mailing and bi-monthly newsletter containing information about local, regional and national news for the voluntary sector
  • members may contribute material for the monthly mailing, either an article for the newsletter or one A4 sheet of paper free of charge (we do not accept advertisements, job vacancies or volunteering opportunities)
  • county-wide programme of OCVA seminars and training events at reduced rates
  • use of Funderfinder facility, Grant making trust CD-ROM and the Directory of Social Change online grant making trust database free of charge
  • use of photocopying facilities at a reduced rate
  • use of OCVA Resource Centre and assistance from OCVA staff in looking for relevant material
  • use of OCVA Meeting Room at a reduced rate (subject to availability)
  • free webspace on oxnet

Associate Membership

Associate membership is open to individuals and to statutory, commercial or academic organisations. This category enables members to use the OCVA Resource Centre (including Funderfinder & Directory of Social Change online grant making trust database) and to receive a monthly mailing and bi-monthly newsletter. There will be a charge for material members may want to include in the mailing.

Membership Charge

Voluntary/Community Organisation with income of less than £5,000 a year: FREE!
VCO with income of £5,000 to £250,000 a year and individual members: £25
VCO with income of more than £250,000 a year and commercial/statutory/academic associate members: £75
 
The membership year runs from 1st April to 31st March, and there is no reduction for joining later than 1st April.