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WDCVS’s Policy Team aims to help keep you aware of new policy initiatives by providing briefings, e-bulletins, events, consultations and presentations. All of WDCVS’s policy work is driven by the community and volunteering organisations and individuals we support: The Voluntary Housing Forum and  Voluntary health Sector Network are just some of the  networks helping us to give a voice to the voluntary and community sector in West Dunbartonshire.

You can find out more about the policy work we are doing by clicking on the links on the right.

If you would like more information on WDCVS’s policy work, would like support on a particular policy issue or would like to feed in ideas or information, please e-mail us

If you would like more information on the research that WDCVS is doing to inform its policy work, including social auditing please contact us

A key role of the CVS is understanding public policy and how it impacts the Community & Voluntary Sector. Therefore, having access to the most up-to-date information is vital for voluntary and community sector to promote voluntary & community sector involvement in policy development. Check out our Social Audit to see how West Dunbartonshire voluntary & community sector shape up.

To make this section of the web site easier to understand and access we've put the the policies into sections:

Health & well Being	Housing & Regeneration	Enterprise	Government & Parliament

So, what is policy? Policy is a strategic statement of intent (in this instance) by government, political parties, parliaments, assemblies, and government departments. Policies show the strategic direction that these organisations intend to go in dealing with a specific issue e.g. dealing with homelessness. Policy is important to understand for several reasons as it allows organisations to understand how:

• The government of the day is thinking strategically and its intentions for policy direction in the future
• To inform their Board / Trustees on how to use policies that fit with their objectives to their advantage
• To enable effective organisational planning for the long term
• Most importantly to help the people we serveValuing Our Voluntary Sector: Our new guide for all elected members, giving you the low down on the sector in West Dunbartonshire and how we can assist you to engage and participate with theorganisations supporting and delivering services to your areas. More

You can also check out our ActionCVS services where we give more details of our policy development services.

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