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New to the Volunteering Wales website? The site is a great place to discover local opportunities that match your skills, interests, and availability but it can feel overwhelming at first. ...
04/06/2025
After careful consideration, we’ve decided to step away from posting on X (formerly Twitter). Recent changes to the platform — including a rise in hateful, false, and negative content —...
29/04/2025
We launched our ‘Volunteering in Powys’ initiative last week, with celebration events held in Brecon and Newtown. Organised in collaboration with the outgoing High Sheriff of Powys, Kathryn Silk, the...
23/04/2025
Every year on April 15th, the world comes together to celebrate International Microvolunteering Day – a reminder that even the smallest acts of kindness can ripple out to create lasting...
09/04/2025
Over 35 organisations across Powys have shared a grant worth £30,000 to help deliver a range of activities and events to support families and children experiencing poverty or impacted by...
25/03/2025
Social Prescribing Day is an annual celebration of the incredible people, organisations, and communities who bring social prescribing to life. This includes local, national, and international organisations, link workers, medical...
18/03/2025
Powys communities are benefiting from the county’s largest grassroots infrastructure investment in almost twenty years, with a record-breaking £1.65 million grant managed by Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO) between...
06/03/2025
Blue Light Card provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store. Blue Light Card also works with small and large...
20/02/2025
We hosted our first in-person Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference in four years last week (7th November 2024) in Newtown. Over 100 attendees gathered at Cefn Lea Conference Centre...
14/11/2024
This week, we celebrate the contributions of two extraordinary PAVO trustees: Vice Chair Dominique Jones and Trish Buchan, who has been a trustee since 2018. As they step down, Dominique...
06/11/2024
Efforts to tackle child poverty in Powys will be boosted thanks to a £90,000 grant from the Welsh Government, it has been announced. Powys County Council has been successful in...
15/10/2024
Smart Money Cymru Community Bank is a financial co-operative, owned by its members and run by a volunteer board of directors. We understand the banking needs of the voluntary sector....
09/10/2024
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