CV Pillar | The Wheel

CV Pillar to Brief Oireachtas

Submitted by gackermann on 18 October 2011 - 1:16pm

The 17 member groups of the Community and Voluntary Pillar of Social Partnership (which includes The Wheel) will be holding a special briefing on Wednesday (19 October) for members of the Oireachta

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Towards a Viable Future in Precarious Times

Submitted by gackermann on 21 April 2011 - 11:24am

The Wheel is continuing to work with our 16 colleague organisations on the Community and Voluntary Pillar to offer the new Government an alternative way forward that will protect vulnerable people

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Oireachtas Members Urged to Consider Budget Alternatives

Submitted by Ivan Cooper on 18 October 2010 - 5:55pm

Oireachtas Members Urged to Consider Budget Alternatives

The 17 member Community and Voluntary Pillar of Social Partnership (of which The Wheel is a member) briefed politicians in Dublinon Wednesday 6 October on how the Government can best develop an integrated national recovery strategy. The CV Pillar’s recommendations have already been presented to Government as a pre-budget submission.

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The Wheel representing the sector: latest updates

The Wheel and our sixteen colleague organisations in the Community and Voluntary Pillar are continuing to work to protect vulnerable people, and the social infrastructure in place to support them,

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Government is Failing to Protect the Vulnerable - CV Pillar

Submitted by gackermann on 7 September 2010 - 12:46pm

At a meeting in Dublin today the 17 members of the Community and Voluntary Pillar of Social Partnership presented their proposals on how the Government can best develop an integrated national recov

Social Partnership

new potential mechanism proposed for dialogue between sector and state

The Wheel is a member of the Community and Voluntary Pillar of the national Social Partnership process, and was centrally involved in negotiating the current national agreement, Towards 2016.

The Towards 2016 Agreement

The Government accepts that additional supports will be required for charities to meet their obligations in the new regulatory environment...

The Towards 2016 Agreement and the development of the community and voluntary sector

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Tax and Charities

Where a charitable organisation wishes to apply for exemption, it must submit a completed application form, CHY 1.

The Revenue Commissioners are responsible for the administration of charitable tax exemptions and for this purpose determine whether a body of persons or a trust claiming the benefit of any exemption is established for charitable purposes only.

Following establishment of the Charities Regulatory Authority, the Revenue Commissioners will remain responsible for the administration of the charitable tax exemption system.

Where a charitable organisation wishes to apply for exemption, it must submit a completed application form, CHY 1.

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The Taskforce on Active Citizenship

The Taskforce conducted a nationwide consultation process to hear your views on what it means to be an active citizen in 21st century Ireland.

The Taskforce on Active Citizenship was established to advise the Government on the steps that could be taken to ensure that the wealth of civic spirit and active participation already present in I

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The Wheels View Of Active Citizenship and Community & Voluntary Organisations

Achieving social inclusion depends on our commitment to ensure that active citizenship embraces principles of community development.

Community and voluntary organisations play a vital part in the life of communities, enabling people to come together for their own purposes and take part in community activity by engaging in social or leisure pursuits, helping themselves and others, or promoting a cause they feel strongly about. Voluntary and community organizations are, as a result, very important facilitators of community involvement.

Achieving social inclusion depends on our commitment to ensure that active citizenship embraces principles of community development.

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