# Voluntary sector umbrella bodies campaign for EU Structural Funds

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/30/voluntary-sector-umbrella-bodies-campaign-eu-structural-funds/
- Published: 2005-06-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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