Christmas & New Year Shutdown
Please note: the Sefton CVS offices in Waterloo & Southport will be closed from 5pm Tuesday 23 December 2025 and will reopen from 9am on Friday 2 January 2026.
You can find out more about services and support available over the festive period below:
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Christmas & New Year Services
Here you will find details of local Voluntary, Community and Faith (VCF) sector services operating over the Christmas and New Year period, as well as details of Sefton Warm Spaces, Sefton Council services and local NHS services including GPs, Pharmacies and Walk-Ins.
Sefton4Good
Sefton 4 Good is a charity initiative from Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS).
It encourages local people to come together and give their time, skills, money and resources to help local good causes.
Our role as Sefton CVS is to manage the project, bring people together, and enable new relationships to flourish.
Sefton CVS VCF Manifesto
The Sefton (VCF) Manifesto demonstrates a
collective aspiration to build equitable and
sustainable development within Sefton in
partnership with local key stakeholders, to
address social, health and economic inequalities
and for the VCF sector to be an active contributor
in transformative change for the betterment of
our local communities.
News and events
New grant fund for voluntary, community and faith organisations launched to support youth programmes in Southport
As part of the Southport Recovery Programme Sefton CVS, in partnership with Sefton Council, have launched a new Youth Programme Small and Medium Grants Fund for Voluntary, Community and Faith (VCF) sector organisations based in and supporting children and young people in Southport.
Learn more 10 December 2025
Understanding Community Asset Transfer: Online Session – 10:30am, Thursday 27 November 2025
Sefton Council has recently launched a new Community Asset Transfer Policy which enables Charities, social enterprises, and voluntary groups to express interest in leasing Sefton Council-owned land and buildings.
Learn more 24 November 2025
Health and Social Care Forum
Find out more information about our next Health and Social Care Forum on Wednesday 3 December 2025
Learn more 20 November 2025
Support & Services for Groups
Sefton CVS provides a wide range of support and services to Sefton’s local voluntary, community and faith sector – whether that’s local people thinking about starting up a group or charity, or more established organisations wanting to grow and develop.
Helping groups to be governed and managed well, and to be clear about their direction and goals is the cornerstone of our support and development services.
Learn More