| Biography | The National Council of Voluntary Organisations (formerly the National Council of Social Service) was established in 1919 and grew out of the belief that the best way to preserve voluntary services would be if the diverse agencies came together in an overall council to eliminate confusion and overlap; and that they should work together with the newly developing statutory services.
In 1919 the councils objectives were:
To promote the systematic organisation of voluntary social work, nationally and locally.
To assist in the formation in each local government area representations of both voluntary effort and statutory administration
To provide information for voluntary social workers.
The records of the NCVO (1927-1991) are held at the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA). |