The CVS offers a range of services, enabling local organisations and communities to make a difference in Bedfordshire, including:

• Funding advice and information to local voluntary and community groups.
• Useful training courses.
• Advice on a range of voluntary sector issues, from governance to quality standards.
• Office space at a reasonable charge.
• Promotion of volunteering roles and matching volunteers with local opportunities.

For information on Bedford Borough Council’s funding programmes, please visit the council’s Community Funding Options webpage.

Sported delivers expertise, resources and vital support to clubs and groups that use sport and physical activity to make a positive impact on young people – and on communities – throughout the UK.

The Directory of Social Change is an online funding database with access to more than 8,000 funders, as well as an independent source of information and support to voluntary and community sectors.