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ComVoices is an independent network of Tangata Whenua and leading national community and voluntary organisations set up to promote and make visible the enormous contribution of the community and voluntary sector to New Zealand society. Our primary aim is to ensure the sector has a powerful and collaborative voice in the community and at Government level.

ComVoices was launched as a collaborative project in July 2005 to raise the community & voluntary sector's profile.

Our coalition is made up of national organisations that reach across all New Zealand society, and the individual organisations all communicate their views and issues to the group.

We work together through reflecting and promoting the value and common concerns of the sector through information, advocacy and dialogue as well as encourageing regional, national and cross-sector networking and information sharing.

Each year we form an annual work plan, communications plan and budget. These are reviewed six monthly.

ComVoices is made up of the following 26 national organisations (just click on the links to learn more about them):

ANGOA (Association of Non-Government Organisations of Aotearoa)
NZAAHD (New Zealand Aotearoa Adolescent Health & Development
Barnardos
New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Councils
Cancer Society New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres
CCS Disability Action NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations (NZFVWO)
Community Housing Aotearoa
NZ Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS)
Council for International Development (CID) New Zealand Council of Social Services (NZCOSS)
DPA (Disabled Persons' Assembly) Philanthropy New Zealand
English Language Partners New Zealand
Presbyterian Support New Zealand
Every Child Counts
Prison Fellowship
Federation of WEAs in Aotearoa New Zealand
Refugee Services Aotearoa New Zealand
Funding Information Service Scouting New Zealand
Healthcare Aotearoa Volunteering New Zealand
IHC YMCA New Zealand

Advancing the voluntary sector