What does the AIVC do for us..?!

A light-hearted, yet provocative list of what the AIVC has to offer to its member clubs.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE & IVC WEEKEND

The IVC National Weekend and Conference occurs around Easter time and is an opportunity for members of clubs throughout the country to get together for a social weekend. The weekend also incorporates the National Conference which is the Annual General Meeting of the member clubs of the Association of IVCs (AIVC).

The Conference and National IVC Weekend is mostly residential providing 2 or 3 nights full board accommodation. Members from a few of the local clubs will often attend the Conference as day delegates if they live close enough to the venue.

The AGM business sessions of the weekend are held at a conference centre or the lecture facilities of a higher education establishment, depending on the venue chosen. The Conference business sessions and discussion groups take place on the Saturday and Sunday mornings with the rest of the weekend devoted to social activities.

There is always a welcoming ice breaker in the bar on the Friday evening and a large social event on the Saturday night. Depending on the venue, this will often be a Dinner and Dance which goes on until late.

CONTACTS

• Address List : names, addresses and 'phone numbers of fellow IVC officers all over Britain.
• National e-mail list: names and e-mail addresses of IVC contacts all over Britain.
• National e-mail discussion groups: a co-ordinated way of getting your message to all other participating clubs, and getting their messages to you.
• National Web Site List so that clubs can publicise information about themselves and find out about other clubs in the Association

INTER-CLUB EVENTS

• Publicity for inter-club events through the monthly Committee magazine "Newslines", the web and via e-mail.
• Access to other clubs' events through their publicity in "Newslines" and on e-mail.
• Occasional risks under-written, for your more prestigious inter-club events; so that you don't necessarily have to worry about making a loss.
• Special Interest Groups for unusual and adventurous activities like flying.

INSURANCE

• Third Party Public Liability Insurance up to a value of £2M against injury to other people (IVC members and the public), or damage to property belonging to members of the public: it's arranged for you so that you don't have to deal with it yourself, year in, year out.
• Proof of insurance cover for when hiring public or private facilities that request the hirer provide Public Liability Insurance (this is one of the most important reasons for having the AIVC Insurance).
• Low Premium - about as good as you'd get anywhere else, because together we're a very large group, and we've had a steady relationship with our broker and insurers for many years now ...this has got us a low premium.

FREE HELP AND ADVICE

• Constitutional and procedural advice free, at the other end of a telephone, from experienced committee members.
• Occasional legal advice, if sufficient clubs want it.
• Collective experience on club administration and typical difficulties we all run into.
• The AIVC Handbook published annually, packed with information about IVC, how to run a club, the mysteries of how AIVC works, and how to organise things like AIVC weekends or conferences.

"NEWSLINES" MAGAZINE

Bulletin with news, reminders and reports for Club Committees
Amendments to published information such as the National Address List updates
News articles and reports from clubs and individuals, and free ideas.
A forum for you to express opinions, explore ideas, and advertise events.

ADVICE AND FINANCIAL BACKING FOR CLUBS IN DIFFICULTY

• Advice from experienced committee members on publicity and club development.
• Publicity Grants for clubs suffering low membership.
• Development Grants to enable new clubs to get started.

NATIONAL INITIATIVES

• National events such as weekend gatherings at Blackpool, Oasis and Center Parcs.
• National links with other organizations such as Mencap, for those who want to make use of them.
• Taking the initiative when difficulties arise arise, e.g. when most clubs have a healthy membership, but a few clubs need help.
• Developing national opportunities such as business relationships with potential activity or services suppliers.

EXTRA FUN

As well as being for AGM business, our National AIVC Weekend and Conference in April each year is FUN for all those who take part.  staying within the confines of your own club may be enough for you today, but meeting people from other IVCs is a whole new pleasure, and you can do it at the national weekend plus all these activities:

AIVC Weekends    Sports Days     Badminton Matches

Walking Weekends           House-Parties         

AIVC National Weekend and Conference

and all the other Inter-Club events and activities members of IVC are able to organise.

Members are able to organise these things because we all belong to one organisation, able to communicate with each other, which all adds up to FUN, FUN and FUN for the hundreds of people who take part year after year!

ALL THIS is kept going, year after year, by club committees, individual members who get involved or volunteer to do or organise things, and last but by no means least, by a small committee of about six people called AIVC who hold it all together, for nothing other than the satisfaction of helping you get all these things.


    WHAT DOES AIVC ASK FOR ALL OF THIS?
    About a tenth of the fee charged to club members! Does any club give its members ten times as much as all this?!

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