# NCVO and Volunteering England merger to yield more free memberships

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/12/12/ncvo-and-volunteering-england-merger-yield-more-free-memberships/
- Published: 2012-12-12T10:55:39+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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".

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