Voluntary sector umbrella bodies campaign for EU Structural Funds

Howard Lake | 30 June 2005 | News

National voluntary sector umbrella bodies throughout the UK are calling on European Union (EU) leaders to ensure that when the EU budget for the next seven years is agreed, it will not dramatically cut the levels of funding to the UK voluntary and community sector.

The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) together with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), and the Third Sector European Network (TSEN) want to step up the campaign to combat poverty and social exclusion.

They will launch a joint position paper, Towards a Vision for the Future of Structural Funds, at a reception in Belfast on Thursday 7 July, as EU employment and social affairs ministers gather – in the same city – for the first meeting of the UK Presidency of the EU.

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