National Council for Voluntary Organisations

APPGs operated

1

lobby groups inside Westminster

MP officers

4

across all groups run

Registered funders

1

paying entries on the APPG register

A secretariat is the entity that does the operational work of an All-Party Parliamentary Group: drafts agendas, briefs MPs, sends out invitations, books rooms, writes reports. When the secretariat is a lobby firm or PR firm, the APPG is a paid channel for the firm’s clients to access MPs. The MPs officer the group, the firm supplies the staff and the policy line, the firm’s clients (listed under Funders below) pay for the privilege.

APPGs operated · 1

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and VolunteeringSubject Group
The APPG brings together MPs and Peers interested in the UK voluntary sector to learn more about how charities and volunteers strengthen and support our communities and wider society.
Officered by: Mary Kelly Foy (Chair & Registered Contact), Baroness Pitkeathley (Co-Chair), Baroness Sater (Co-Chair), Ian Roome (Co-Chair)
Paid by: National Council for Voluntary Organisations (£4,501-6,000)
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