Kingston Voluntary Action Kingston Voluntary Action was established in 1968 and is an independent,
registered charity.
We are the local development agency and umbrella organisation for voluntary and community
groups operating in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
We are part of a national network of Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS), of which there are
over 230 throughout England, usually covering boroughs or districts.
Although we are called different names - Voluntary Service Council, Voluntary Action,
Centre for Voluntary Service, we all have the same aims and objectives: