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{{short description|'''UK international development charity; CSSF framework supplier'''}}
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{{Infobox organization
 
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| name = Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
 
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| type = Charity / company limited by guarantee
 
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| founded = 1958 (organisation); 18 September 1961 (incorporated)
 
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| status = Active
 
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| headquarters = 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB, England
 
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| industry = International development
 
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'''Voluntary Service Overseas''' (VSO; Companies House number 00703509, registered charity 313757) is a United Kingdom international-development charity, founded in 1958, and a supplier to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] (FCDO) under the [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]] (CSSF). Companies House records the company (now named “VSO”) as incorporated on 18 September 1961, with a registered office at 2 Putney Hill, London, SW15 6AB.<ref name="CH00703509">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00703509 VSO (00703509)] ''Companies House'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref>
 
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== CSSF and UK government work ==
 
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VSO is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the 2023–27 CSSF Framework Agreement.<ref name="FTS2023">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029743-2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023] ''Find a Tender Service'', 2023.</ref> FCO/FCDO transparency data record payments to VSO of about £44.64 million over 2014–2024; the great majority of this is development and volunteering work rather than CSSF-specific spending.<ref name="FCDOspend">Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000 FCO spending over £25,000] and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-departmental-spending-over-25000 FCDO spending over £25,000], ''GOV.UK''. Totals cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former [[Department for International Development]]) programmes, not CSSF alone.</ref>
 
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The [[Independent Commission for Aid Impact]] (ICAI) reviewed the CSSF’s aid spending in March 2018, giving it an amber-red score and finding it responsive to [[National Security Council]] priorities but with weak results management and limited evidence of value for money.<ref name="ICAI2018">Independent Commission for Aid Impact, [https://icai.independent.gov.uk/review/cssf/ The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund’s aid spending] ''ICAI'', March 2018.</ref>
 
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== See also ==
 
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* [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]]
 
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* [[:Category:CSSF Contractors]]
 
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==Notes==
 
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<references/>
 
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[[Category:CSSF Contractors]]
 
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[[Category:UK]]
 
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[[Category:NGOs]]
 

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