NCVO and Volunteering England merger to yield more free memberships
Howard Lake | 12 December 2012 | News
The merger between NCVO and Volunteering England, finalised yesterday, will result in more smaller organisations qualifying for free membership of NCVO.
From today NCVO is extending its threshold for free membership to organisations with an annual income under £30,000, up from the current limit of £10,000. This matches Volunteering England’s threshold for free membership and means all 1,100 Volunteering England members whose membership is currently free will benefit from NCVO membership free of charge.
An estimated 28,000 additional sector organisations will benefit from free NCVO memberships.
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Organisations which currently pay for their Volunteering England membership will transfer to a corresponding NCVO membership band when their renewal is due.
The merger between the two organisations will take place on 1 January 2013. Volunteering England’s 1,800 members will become NCVO members, while existing NCVO members will gain access to Volunteering England resources. The merger process took place with financial support from the City of London Corporation’s charity, City Bridge Trust.
Membership numbers
Volunteering England has 1,800 members, 400 of whom are already NCVO members. From 1 January NCVO’s total membership will be 9,900.
Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs, chair of Volunteering England, said: "With our combined membership, the new NCVO will command even greater resources for our sector. It will be pivotal in shaping civil society while ensuring the voice of volunteering remains ever loud and clear".
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.