The Canadian Federation of Voluntary Sector Networks’ mission is to support and promote the significant contributions of Canadian voluntary organizations to community vitality by growing and strengthening sub-sectoral local, regional, provincial and territorial voluntary sector networks.

A voluntary sector network brings together voluntary organizations from different sub sectors, within a defined geographic constituency, deals with cross-cutting sector-wide issues and builds connection, cohesion, and capacity, within voluntary organizations and the voluntary sector as a whole. CCVO is a member of the Federation.

The goals of the Federation are to:

• Increase the connections and forms of collaboration between existing and emerging coalitions across Canada.
• Mobilize voluntary sector coalitions to effectively impact public policy.
• Influence the development of meaningful and appropriate investments in Voluntary Sector Networks
• Promote, recognize, and celebrate the voluntary sector.
• Promote approaches to collective brokering of products, services, and benefits needed by the organizations in the sector.
• Support and strengthen leadership in the sector.
• Identify and secure long term resources to connect, grow and sustain voluntary sector networks.