Membership

Membership is open to all voluntary and community organisations based in or serving the County of Bridgend.

You are eligible to join if you have adopted a governing instrument (e.g. constitution) and are:

self governing
independent of government
non profit making
non party political
able to subscribe to BAVO's requirements for membership including commitment to equal opportunities and also run by an unpaid committee acting for the benefit of your community.

BAVO has two categories of membership

Full Membership
Associate Membership

Full membership is open to all locally based community and voluntary groups. Associate membership is open to community and voluntary groups that are not based in the County but whose services are offered in Bridgend County and other Counties.

Membership applications are considered at each Executive Committee meeting and there is completely free of charge. Download a Membership Application Form.

If you are still in the process of setting up your organisation and don't yet have a constitution we could help you too.

Benefits of Membership?

BAVO can help your group through:

Funding advice
Practical Services, e.g. printing, equipment loan
Information including our newsletter and information sheets
Networks of voluntary organisations with similar interests
Joint working with statutory and other agencies
Development, e.g. charity and charitable company registration, constitutions, policies

Most of our services to members are free. Other practical services, are charged at subsidized minimal rates

Practical services offered include:

Equipment loan (presentation equipment on-site loans); such as Overhead projector; Overhead screens; Display boards; Flipchart easel (refundable deposit may be required)
Room hire - BAVO has a community room available for use by member organisations at a cost of £10 per session (am/pm/evening). The self-contained room is situated on the ground floor of the building and can comfortably seat 12 people. Equipment can also be booked with use of the room. For further information and to check its availability, please contact Pat Lindsay.
Hot desking space with IT access
Printing
Photocopying
Collating, folding and stapling
Guillotining (slicing)
Binding
Laminating

If you would like to discuss any of these services telephone Pat on 01656 810400 or email her.

Download the Membership Application Form.

Online Forum

New Networking Opportunity - After having spoken with many of you about using different methods to engage you in debate we have decided to add a Forum section to the website.

Here you can start a debate, or ask for advice or indeed share good practice amongst yourselves, the Forum space is interactive allowing you to talk to a range of people. Go and have a look and see what you think.

Current BAVO Membership

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1st Blaengarw Rainbows	Full
1st Bridgend Scout Group	Full
1st Caerau Brownies & Guides	Full
1st Kenfig Hill Scouts & Guides	Full
1st Penyfai Scout Group	Full
1st Porthcawl Scout Group	Full
2nd Central Glamorgan Ranger Guide	Associate
2nd Bridgend Brackla Scout Group	Full
3rd Bridgend Scout Group	Full
3rd Maesteg Scout Group	Full
4th Bridgend Guides	Full
2426 (Pencoed) Squadron ATC	Full
2347 (Porthcawl) Squadron ATC	Full
A
Aberkenfig & District Memorial Hall	Full
Aberkenfig Bible Church	Full
Aberkenfig Boys & Girls Club	Full
Acorn Community Association	Full
Advocacy Matters Wales	Associate
After Adoption Wales	Associate
Age Concern Bridgend & District	Full
Age Concern - Cymru	Associate
Age Concern Morgannwg	Associate
Allegro	Full
Alzheimer's Disease Society (Bridgend & District)	Full
Alzheimer's Disease Society Maesteg Support Group	Full
Arthritis Care in Wales	Associate
Arthritis Research Campaign	Full
B
BAD Bikes	Full
Berwyn Action Group	Full
Bethania Community Centre	Full
Bethel Baptist Church	Full
Bethel Chapel	Full
Bethlehem Church Life Centre	Full
Bettws Amateur Boxing Club	Full
Bettws Football Club	Full
Betws OAP Association	Full
Betws Tenants & Residents Association	Full
Black Hut, The (Maes yr Haf)	Full
Black River Arts	Full
Blackmill & District Mountain Bike Club	Full
Blackmill Environmental Group	Full
Blackmill Regeneration & Heritage Group	Full
Blackmill Youth & Community Centre	Full
Blaengarw Pantomime Group	Full
Blaengarw RFC	Full
Bois Goetre-Hen A'R Cylch	Full
Brackla 50 Plus Club	Full
Brackla Community Association	Full
Brackla Football Club Adult Section	Full
Brackla Junior Football Club	Full
Brackla Health Watch	Full
Brackla Live	Full
Brackla Meadows Family Centre NCH Action for Children	Associate
Brackla Residents Association	Full
Brackla Tabernacle	Full
BRAVO South Wales	Full
Breathe Easy Llynfi Valley	Full
Breathe Easy Support Network Bridgend	Associate
Bridge Mentoring Plus Scheme, The	Full
Bridgend Accessible Homes	Associate
Bridgend Agricultural Show Society	Full
Bridgend & county Borough Veterans Association	Full
Bridgend & District Bonsai Society	Full
Bridgend & District Cardiac Support Group	Full
Bridgend & District Council of Churches	Full
Bridgend & District Fuchsia Society	Full
Bridgend & District Hearing Impaired Support Group (Bridgend)	Full
Bridgend & District Horticultural Society	Full
Bridgend & District Hospital League of Friends	Full
Bridgend & District Model Engineering Society	Full
Bridgend & District Muscular Dystrophy Group	Full
Bridgend & District Trefoil Guild	Full
Bridgend & District Twin Club	Full
Bridgend & District YMCA	Full
Bridgend Animal Welfare	Full
Bridgend Bouncers	Full
Bridgend Canoe Club	Full
Bridgend Carers Project	Associate
Bridgend Castle Players	Full
Bridgend Christian School	Full
Bridgend Civic Trust	Full
Bridgend Coalition against Racism	Associate
Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People	Full
Bridgend County Allotment Association	Full
Bridgend County Credit Union	Full
Bridgend County Forum	Full
Bridgend County Neighbourhood Watch	Full
Bridgend County Residents Ferderation	Full
Bridgend County SHOUT	Full
Bridgend Deaf Sports & Social Club	Full
Bridgend District Scout Council	Associate
Bridgend Farmers Market	Full
Bridgend Festivals Committee	Full
Bridgend Foodbank	Full
Bridgend Governors Association	Full
Bridgend Involvement Group	Full
Bridgend League of Friends Radio Princess of Wales Hospital	Full
Bridgend Local History Society	Full
Bridgend Mencap	Full
Bridgend OAP Association	Full
Bridgend People First	Full
Bridgend Samaritans	Full
Bridgend Town Mini Football	Full
Bridgend Victim Support Scheme	Full
Bridgend Womens Aid	Full
Bridgend Woodcarving & Turning Club	Full
Bridgend YMCA Games Clulb	Full
Bridgevis	Associate
British Deaf Association	Associate
British Heart Foundation	Associate
British Red Cross S E Wales	Associate
Bryntirion Athletic Football Club	Full
Bryntirion Comprehensive School PTA	Full
Bryntirion/ Laleston Community Association	Full
Bryntirion Playgroup	Full
Busy Bees Parent & Toddler Group	Full
C
Caer Las Cymru	Associate
Caerau All Whites Jnr	Full
Caerau Athletic Bowls Club	Full
Caerau Boys & Girls Club	Full
Caerau Community Group	Full
Caerau Football Club	Full
Caerau Homing Society	Full
Caerau Nursery School PTA	Full
Caerau OAP Welfare Association	Full
Can You Sing	Full
Cantorion Coety	Full
Capeli Carmel Bethania	Full
Care & Repair Ogwr	Full
Carry the Flame Ministries	Full
Cefn Cribwr Boys & Girls Club	Full
Cefn Cribwr Community Association	Full
Children In Wales	Associate
Christian Youth Outreach	Full
Chwarae Teg	Associate
Circles Network Wales	Associate
Citizens Advice Bureau Bridgend	Full
Citizens Advice Bureau Maesteg	Full
Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO)	Associate
Coity Village Association	Full
Col Canto	Associate
Community Link	Full
Contact the Elderly Wales	Associate
Cor Bro Ogwr	Full
Cor Meibion Cwm Garw	Full
Cor Meibion Maesteg A'r Cylch	Full
Cor Merched Cwm Llynfi	Full
Cornelly & District Development Trust	Full
Cornelly Generations Jazz Band	Full
Cornelly Scout & Guide Hall Management Committee (1st Cornelly Scout Group)	Full
Cornelly Striders	Full
Cornelly United FC	Full
Coytrahen Community Association	Full
Creation Community Development	Full
Creative Community Arts Group	Full
Crossroads Care Bridgend County	Full
Cruse Bereavement Care	Associate
CSV	Associate
Cwlwm Celtaidd	Full
Cwm Tawel	Full
Cyfle Caerau	Full
Cylch Meithrin Bryncethin	Full
Cylch Meithrin Cynwyd Sant	Full
Cylch Meithrin Pencoed	Full
Cylch Meithrin Plant Bach Sarn	Full
Cylch Meithrin Porthcawl	Full
Cylch Meithrin Tabernacl	Full
Cylch Meithrin Y Diwlith	Full
Cylch Meithrin y Sger	Full
Cynffig Community Boys and Girls Club	Full
Cymdeithas Tai Hafan	Associate
D
Davies Dancers	Full
Dawnswyr Penybont	Full
Dewin y Delyn	Full
Diabetes UK Cymru	Associate
DIAL Llantrisant	Associate
Down's Heart Group	Associate
Down's Syndrome Association	Associate
E
Eating Disorders Wales	Associate
Eco Dysgu	Full
Elite SEA Ltd	Associate
Epilepsy Action	Associate
Epilepsy Wales	Associate
Evanstown Community Association	Full
Evanstown Dancing Class	Full
Evanstown Voluntary Organisation	Full
Evergreen Hall	Full
Every Link Counts	Full
F
Faith and Light	Associate
Families Need Fathers (S Wales & West Group)	Associate
Fostering Network Wales	Associate
Friends and Parents of Blaengarw School	Full
Friends of Abercerdin Primary School	Full
Friends of Betws Primary School	Full
Friends of Blaengarw Workmen's Hall	Full
Friends of Brynheulog	Full
Friends of Bryntirion Infants	Full
Friends of Ffaldau Primary School	Full
Friends of Heronsbridge	Full
Friends of Ogmore Primary School	Full
Friends of Plasnewydd Primary School	Full
Friends of Suprasl in Porthcawl	Full
Friends of Tyn-y-Coed Surgery	Full
G
Garw Carnival Committee	Full
Garw Senior Boys and Girls Club	Full
Garw Valley Advisory Sub-Committee	Full
Garw Valley Bridleways Group	Full
Garw Valley Garden History & Heritage Company	Full
Garw Valley Heritage Society	Full
Garw Valley Ladies Choir	Full
Garw Valley Railway Co Ltd	Full
Garw Valley Regeneration Forum	Full
Garw Valley Residents Association	Full
Garw Valley Tennis Club	Full
Gilead Congregational Chapel	Full
Gilfach Goch Community Association	Associate
Girlguiding Central Glamorgan Gorwelion Management Committee	Associate
Glamorgan Air Target Association	Associate
Glamorgan Family History Society	Full
Glamorgan Federation of Young Farmers	Associate
Glamorgan and Gwent Housing Association	Associate
Glamorgan Holiday Home Ltd	Associate
Glamorgan M E Support Group	Associate
Glamorgan Mission to the Deaf	Associate
Gofal Cymru	Associate
Good Manors Community Group	Full
Griffin Park Community Centre	Full
Groundwork Bridgend & Neath Port Talbot	Full
H
Hafal	Associate
Hafod Housing Association	Associate
Headway Bridgend & District	Full
Help the Aged	Associate
Heol y Cyw Old Age Pensioners	Full
Heol y Cyw Pensioners Association	Full
Heol y Cyw Welfare Hall Mamnagement Committee	Full
Heyday	Full
Homestart Bridgend	Full
Hope Baptist Church Bridgend	Full
Hope English Baptist Church	Full
I
International Kyokushin Organisation GB	Associate
J
Jackanory Parent and Toddler Group	Full
Journeys (previously know as Depression Alliance Cymru)	Associate
K
Kayleigh Irish Dance Group	Full
KLAS Sewing Circle	Full
Keep Wales Tidy	Associate
Kenfig.org	Full
Kenfig Hill and Pyle Bowls Club	Full
Kenfig Hill Association Football Club	Full
Kenfig Hill RFC Mini & Jnr Section	Full
Kenfig National Nature Reserve	Full
Kenfig Society	Full
KPC-YOUTH	Full
L
Learn, Play and Care - Pyle	Full
LETS Garw	Full
Lewistown & Pantyrawel Tenants & Residents Association	Full
Lewistown Athletic Club	Full
Linc-Cymru	Associate
Lions Club of Bridgend	Associate
LLamau Ltd	Associate
Llangeinor Boys & Girls Club	Full
Llangeinor Senior Citizens	Full
Llangynwyd Amateur Boxing Club	Full
Llangynwyd Community Association	Full
Llangynwyd Village Association	Full
The Llynfi Community Newsletter	Full
Llynfi Development Trust Steering Group	Full
Llynfi Films Ltd	Full
Llynfi Valley 11 - 25 Project	Full
Llynfi Valley Credit Union	Full
Llynfi Valley Forum	Full
Llynfi Valley Historical Society	Full
Llys Faen Residents Association	Full
M
Maes yr Haul Parents & Friends Association	Full
Maesteg Amateur Operatic Society	Full
Maesteg Animal Welfare Association	Full
Maesteg Boxing Club	Full
Maesteg Celtic Athletic & Social Club	Full
Maesteg Celtic IC	Full
Maesteg Childrens Choir	Full
Maesteg Gallery & Heritage Centre Steering Group	Full
Maesteg Gleemen Male Voice Choir	Full
Maesteg Judo Club	Full
Maesteg Karate Club	Full
Maesteg Park AFC Mini & Jnr	Full
Maesteg Park Homing Society	Full
Maesteg Park Tenants and Residents Association	Full
Maesteg Ramblers	Full
Maesteg Town Hall Management Committee	Full
Maesteg Town Mini Football Club	Full
Maesteg Women's Institute	Full
Making Trax	Full
Mankind Initiative	Associate
MDF The Bi Polar Organisation Bridgend Self Help Group	Full
Meningitis Cymru	Associate
Mental Health Matters Wales	Associate
Menter Bro Ogwr	Full
Mid Glamorgan Area Scout Council	Associate
Mid Glamorgan Council on Alcoholism	Associate
Mid Glamorgan Mixed Choir	Full
Mid South Wales Fed. PTAs.	Associate
Minerva Area Residents Association	Full
Mount Zion English Baptist Church Fellowship	Full
Mudiad Ysgol Meithrin	Associate
Multiple Sclerosis Society Bridgend & District Branch	Full
Mynydd Cynffig Community Park	Full
N
Nantyffyllon Fun Club	Full
Nantyffyllon Institute	Full
Nantffyllon R FC	Full
Nantyffyllon Youth Club	Full
Nantymoel Boys and Girls Club	Full
Nantymoel Luncheon Club	Full
Nantymoel Rugby Football Club	Full
National Association for Colitis & Crohn's Disease S Wales Group	Associate
National Childbirth Trust Vale & Valleys Branch	Associate
National Childminding Association	Associate
National Foster Care Association	Associate
National OAP of Wales Bridgend Group	Full
National Osteoporosis Society Bridgend Group	Full
NCH Young Carers Project	Associate
Network Voluntary Aid	Full
New Dawn Bonsai Group	Full
Newlink Wales	Associate
Newtonian Ladies Bowls Club	Full
Noddfa Capel y Bedyddwyr, Porthcawl	Full
Noddfa Chapel Community Project	Full
North Cornelly Community Playgroup	Full
Noteworthy Mixed Choir	Full
NSPCC/Childline	Associate
O
Oakwood Tenants and Residents Association	Associate
Ogmore Centre Trust	Associate
Ogmore Community Arts	Full
Ogmore Judokwai	Full
Ogmore Vale Comprehensive School PTA	Full
Ogmore Vale Mother & Toddler Group	Full
Ogmore Valley Children & Young Peoples Partnership	Full
Ogmore Valley First Responders	Full
Ogmore Valley Housebound Club	Full
Ogmore Valley Local History and Heritage Society	Full
Ogmore Valley Male Voice Choir	Full
Ogmore Valley Scout Group	Full
Ogmore Valley Silver Band	Full
Ogmore Valley Welfare Hall	Full
Ogwr DASH	Associate
Ogwr Transport for the Elderly and Disabled	Full
Oldcastle Schools Parents Teachers & Friends Association	Full
OXFAM	Associate
P
Parents in Partnership	Full
Parish of Coity, Nolton & Brackla	Full
Parish of Pyle & Kenfig	Full
Parkinson's Disease Society - Wales	Associate
Pat a Cakes Parent & Toddler Group	Full
Pencoed Amateur Radio Club	Full
Pencoed & District Lifesaving Club	Full
Pencoed Bowling Club	Full
Pencoed Cricket Club	Full
Pencoed Miner's Welfare Hall	Full
Pencoed OAP Association	Full
Pencoed Players Old Time Music Hall	Full
Pencoed Shotokan Karate Club	Full
Penybont Gateway Club	Full
Pen y Fai Football Club	Full
Pernicious Anaemia Society	Associate
Person to Person	Associate
Peter Singers	Full
Pila Pala Play	Full
Pisgah Baptist Chapel	Full
Play and Learn	Full
Pontycymer Bowls Club	Full
Pontycymer OAP Association	Full
Porthcawl 4M Group	Full
Porthcawl & Pyle Pumas Amateur Boxing Club	Full
Porthcawl Animal Welfare Society	Full
Porthcawl Athletic Association	Full
Porthcawl Jazz Festival	Full
Porthcawl Lifeguard Club	Full
Porthcawl Museum	Full
Porthcawl Neighbourhood Watch Group	Full
Porthcawl RFC	Full
Porthcawl Sea Cadets	Full
Porthcawl Stroke Club	Full
Porthcawl YMCA	Full
Prince's Trust Cymru	Associate
Probus Club of Bridgend, The	Full
PTA Ysgol Ferch o'r Sger	Full
PTA Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Cwm Garw	Full
Pyle Parent & Toddler Group	Full
R
Rathbone Cymru	Associate
Relate Cymru	Associate
Rest Bay Lifeguard Club	Full
Rest Convalescent Hotel	Associate
Rhieni dros Addysg Cymraeg	Full
Richard Price Centre	Full
Rock Community Church	Full
Royal Air Forces Association Porthcawl and Kenfig Hill	Associate
Royal British Legion Women's Section	Full
RSVP	Associate
S
Salem Church Community Centre	Full
Sandville Self Help	Full
Sarn & Bryncethin Community Association	Full
Save the Children (Wales)	Associate
SCOPE	Associate
Sea Cadets Corps. (Porthcawl)	Full
Senior Citizens Community Group Garth Maesteg	Full
Shaw Trust	Associate
Shelter Cymru	Associate
Shenanigans (Irish & Welsh Traditional Music)	Full
Sker & Pink Bay Surf Lifesaving Club	Full
SNAP Cymru Bridgend	Associate
Society of St.Vincent de Paul	Full
South Wales Connections Jazz Band	Full
South Wales Convalescence and Rest Home	Full
South Wales Mental Health Advocacy	Associate
Southern XL's Jazz Band	Full
SOVA	Associate
Special Needs Advisory Project (SNAP)	Associate
SSAFA Forces Help	Associate
St Brides Minor Memorial Hall	Full
St Brides Minor OAP Bryncethin	Full
St Cein's Church	Full
St Crallo's Church Coychurch	Full
St Cynfelyns Church Choir Club	Full
St Cynfelyns Parish Church	Full
St David's Church Pontycymer	Associate
St Illtyd's Church	Associate
St John Cymru-Wales	Associate
Stroke Association, The	Full
Support Group for Parents of Children with Autism	Full
Sussed Wales	Full
Sustainable Wales	Associate
Swimming Dragon School of Sun Style Tai Chi	Full
SWISH Centre	Associate
T
Tabernacle Welsh Congregational Church	Full
Taff Ely Drug Support (TEDS)	Associate
Talbot Community Centre	Full
Talbot Institute Group Revival Enterprise	Full
Ten Pin Bowling Association of Wales	Associate
Tenovus	Associate
Thursday Club	Full
Ti - Fi Y Diwlith	Full
Tiny Tots	Full
Toddler Time	Full
Tondu Area Conservation Society	Full
Tondu RFC Mini & Jnr Section	Full
Track 2000	Associate
Travel Everywhere Disabled and Old Age Ltd	Full
Trinity Sitting Service	Full
Tudor Estate Tenants and Residents Association	Full
Ty Elis Counselling Service	Full
Tynyrheol Primary PTFA	Full
U
University of the Third Age	Full
Urdd Gobaith Cymru	Associate
V
Valley and Vale Community Arts	Full
Valleys Race Equality Council	Associate
Vetz Youth	Full
W
Wales & West Housing Association	Associate
Wales PPA - Bridgend	Associate
Wallich, The	Associate
WAY (Widowed & Young)	Full
Welsh Women's Aid	Associate
West Glam And West Wales AD/HD Family Support	Associate
West Park Primary Eco Warriors	Full
West Ward Community Centre	Full
WGCADA - West Glamorgan Council Alcohol Drug Abuse	Associate
Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales	Associate
Wildmill Area Tenants & Residents Association	Full
Wildmill Community Life Centre	Full
Wildmill Over 50's Club	Full
Women's Royal Voluntary Service	Associate
Woodland for Learning at Rockwool Steering Group	Full
Worker's Education Association	Associate
World Wildlife Fund - Wales	Associate
Wyndham Bowls Club	Full
Wyndham Boys and Girls Club	Full
Wyndham Neighbourhood Watch	Full
Y
Y Bont (Bridgend & District Resource for Children with Disabilities)	Full
Y Bwthyn Newydd	Full
Y Cefn Gwyrdd	Full
Yellow Wales	Associate
Ynysawdre Elderly Residents Association	Full
Young at Heart	Full
Youth of Bettws	Full
Yr Aelwyd Cwmfelin Senior Citizens	Full
Ysgol Feithrin Coety Ti a fi	Full
Z
Zion Pentecostal Church	Full