page_title: Maritime Volunteer Service
section_title: National level
hierarchical_section_title: Maritime Volunteer Service / National level
caption_attribution_description: English: The MVS Headquarters are based in Warrington at the International Business Centre.
context_page_description: The Maritime Volunteer Service is a United Kingdom wide charity which has as its motto, "We change lives through training and serving local communities".
  To achieve this objective it recruits volunteers from all walks of life, provides afloat experience to youth organisations and supports port and river authorities around the country.
  Prince Michael of Kent is the charity's royal patron.
context_section_description: At a National level the MVS Headquarters (MVS HQ) are based in Warrington at the International Business Centre.
  All decisions on policy or national regulation are formulated by the directors and trustees.
  Under the stewardship of chairman David Hughes, they also oversee the governance of the charitable aspects of the MVS.
  The MVS is headed operationally by the Chief Volunteer Officer (CVO) who is also the chair of the Committee of Management (CoM).
  CoM also takes the reports of the national managers and coordinators, including:
  •	MVS Training Manager: Responsible for all  training matters.
  •	MVS Resilience Manager: Responsible for liaison nationally and regionally to develop and implement resilience strategies and co-ordinate efforts in community support.
  •	MVS Communications Manager: oversees the national communications, including web content and social media.
  •	MVS National Health & Safety Advisor oversees all aspects of matters health & safety.
  •	MVS National Fleet Manager: Responsible for craft management group.
  •	MVS National Registrar: Responsible for maintaining membership records and subscriptions and matters relating to data protection.
caption: The MVS Headquarters (MVS HQ) are based in Warrington at the International Business Centre.
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