Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations (CEMVO)

Capacity building the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary sector.

Boardman House
64 Broadway
Stratford
London
E15 1NG

Tel: 020 8432 0000
Fax: 020 8432 0001

Email: enquiries@cemvo.org.uk
Website: www.cemvo.org.uk

Contact person: Bharat Pathak
Position: Office Manager

Charity Number: 1077004

Description:

Main activities include:

Capacity building the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary sector
Policy and research
Social regeneration programmes
Securing long term funding for the BME sector
Building community assets
Widening participation
Development Leadership.

Vision and mission statement:

Building a secure base for Britain's Ethnic Minority Communities and it's voluntary sector.

Type of organisation:

National infrastructure networking organisation, providing services and support to minority ethnic voluntary sector organisations and communities.

Services:

Information and support, Advocacy, Campaigning, Policy and research, Consultations, Development of standards, Information, Lobbying, Networking, Publicity and promotion, Regional services, Representation.

Regional Offices:

CEMVO South West
1st Floor, Royal Oak House
Royal Oak Avenue
Bristol
BS1 4GB

Tel: 0117 989 7727

CEMVO North West
12 Charlotte Street
Manchester M1 4HB

Tel: 0161 245 3201/3202

CEMVO Scotland
Wellpark Enterprise Centre
Unit 18
120 Sydney Street
Glasgow G31 1JF

Tel: 0141 550 7564/3

CEMVO Wales
GroundFloor
Princess House
Princess Way
Swansea SA1 3LW

Tel: 01792 484 490

Full time staff: 31
Paid staff: 31

Volunteers: CEMVO has a database of volunteers who are matched to vacancies in community and voluntary organisations

Organisational members: 9000+
Individual members: 500+

Membership criteria:

Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community organisations.

We are looking to recruit professionals to:

· Donate money to our endowment fund of the Ethnic Minority Foundation
· Become a trustee, advisor or committee member of an ethnic minority organisation
· Sit at a policy board
· Become a volunteer in the community
> · Mentor ethnic minority students

CEMVO acts as a broker service, matching the recruited professionals to organisations who require their services.