York Centre for Voluntary Service

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

• promoting the fact that we are an armed forces friendly organisation; 

• seeking to support the employment of veterans young and old and working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), in order to establish a tailored employment pathway for Service Leavers; 

• striving to support the employment of Service spouses and partners; 

• endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment; 

• seeking to support our employees who choose to be members of the Reserve forces, including by accommodating their training and deployment where possible; 

• offering support to our local cadet units, either in our local community or in local schools, where possible;

• aiming to actively participate in Armed Forces Day; 

• offering a discount to members of the Armed Forces Community.

About us

York CVS is a charity (no. 225087) and a company limited by guarantee (no. 493550). We have a governing body of Trustees who are responsible for the overall management of York CVS and for deciding the strategic direction and business planning.

We are a social action organisation, which takes steps to make positive change, challenge issues and grow new ideas for the future which strengthen communities. Since 1939 York CVS has supported thousands of local charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises to do just this. We help them focus on what they do best – making a difference for communities.