EVOC

About EVOC

Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC ) has been supporting the people and communities of Edinburgh since 1868. We do this by supporting, developing and promoting the interests and work of voluntary and community organisations across the City. We focus on:

• Providing services that enable voluntary sector organisations to thrive.

• Working to influence the statutory sector in the creation of conditions that will allow the voluntary sector to flourish.Vision, Mission, Values

Our Mission: To be a leader and catalyst of social change

Our Vision: To be a trusted and respected leader for the community and voluntary sector that supports organisations to develop and thrive. 

Our Values:

• Creative: We are creative in our approaches, ideas and in creating space for better outcomes

• Collaborative: We listen, share and challenge

• Enabling: We develop opportunities and deliver change

• Excellence: We lead with passion and professionalism

• Fair: We act with impartiality, balance and integrity

• Inclusive: We are inclusive and collective in all our work

• Supportive: We respond to the voluntary sector’s changing needs to enable them to continue to meet the needs of communities

Our Strategic Objectives:

Leadership – we will articulate our leadership role in the sector, managing the intricacies of our interface role, and make those interventions visible across all sectors.  At the same time, we will develop our leadership role both nationally and politically. We will also develop the leadership roles of our staff team.

Development – we will be a vehicle for changing social outcomes, driving and implementing solutions based on our own and others research findings. It is our intention to embed a broad-based ‘Development Agency’ approach, building capacity and skills across the sector, therefore raising the reputation and the profiles of many of Edinburgh’s voluntary organisations.

Advocacy – we have a key influencing role in working with the voluntary and community sector and in bridging and brokering the relationships with our public sector partners. This is a unique and challenging role that informs, engages and communicates these different interests and priorities and one which we aim to strengthen.