WCVA facilitates the engagement under this scheme through biannual meetings with each Minister, plus meetings of the Third Sector Partnership Council.

On this page you’ll find information about the Third Sector Scheme and the Third Sector Partnership Council and Ministerial Meetings, some of our mechanisms for the sector to access government.

You’ll also find papers, agendas and minutes from Ministerial Meetings below. For information about current consultations from the Senedd, Welsh Government and others, and an archive of WCVA’s responses to consultations, please visit our consultations page.

THE THIRD SECTOR SCHEME

The Third Sector Scheme is a statutory piece of legislation setting out how Welsh Government and the voluntary sector will work together and communicate with one another.  

It offers the sector formal routes for talking to Government and raising the concerns of our members and service users. These include biannual meetings with the Third Sector Partnership Council, as well as biannual ministerial meetings between sector networks and each Welsh Government Minister. These meetings are among the key tools the sector uses to influence Welsh Government.

THE THIRD SECTOR PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL

The Third Sector Partnership Council (TSPC) is a key mechanism for voluntary organisations to talk to, and hear from, Welsh Government.

It’s chaired by Lesley Griffiths MS and is made up of representatives of voluntary sector networks working across 25 areas of sector activity along with Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive of WCVA.

The main purpose of the TSPC is to make sure that the principles set out in the Third Sector Scheme are put into practice. It also provides an opportunity for the sector to raise issues of interest or concern.

Elections to the TSPC take place every five years. Current members and the networks they represent are:

MINUTES FROM THE TSPC COVID RECOVERY SUB GROUP

TSPC Covid Recovery Sub Group minutes – 18 September 2020

TSPC Covid Recovery Sub Group minutes – 12 October 2020 

TSPC Covid Recovery Sub Group Minutes – 5 November 2020 

TSPC Covid Recovery Sub Group Minutes – 1 December 2020

Third Sector Partnership Council – Covid-19 Recovery sub-group -Terms of Reference  

TSPC-Covid-Recovery-Sub-Group-Report

MINISTERIAL MEETINGS

As part of the Third Sector Scheme each Welsh Government Minister is committed to meeting with representatives of the relevant networks of voluntary organisations covering their areas of responsibility at least twice in any one calendar year. WCVA has responsibility for arranging at least two network planning meetings to prepare for each meeting, and also ensures that the issues raised from the voluntary sector are of broad relevance to the whole sector in order to maximise the effectiveness of the meetings.

MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS

Please contact policy@wcva.cymru for more information.

MINISTERIAL MEETING PAPERS, AGENDAS AND MINUTES

PAPERS FROM MEETINGS WITH THE PREVIOUS CABINET

Copies of papers from meetings with the previous Cabinet are available on request. Please email policy@wcva.cymru or call 0300 111 0124.

THE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION

The Equality and Human Rights Coalition is a network to enable organisations who work in the equalities and human rights field to engage with each other, share information and good practice and influence policy which impacts on the experiences of people who face unequal and discriminatory treatment in Wales.

WCVA facilitates this network. Please contact Livia Pietromarchi for more information on policy@wcva.cymru or 0300 111 0124.