ARVAC believes that: healthy, diverse and inclusive communities make a fundamental contribution to people’s quality of life and living conditions; healthy communities are created and sustained by the activities of effective local organisations and groups;		Training with Zimbabwe Women’s Network UK
		research has a major role to play in promoting supporting, and developing the work of local organisations and groups by such means as: developing awareness of the valuable role played by community organisations; informing and improving the ways in which community organisations are led and managed; and informing policy-makers of the ways in which the work community organisations can be encouraged and supported. participation in the research process and access to its products should be freely and widely available and not restricted to academics and other professional researchers. ARVAC aims to act as a resource to people interested in research in or on community organisations; promote and help develop effective and appropriate forms of research in or on community organisations; encourage and facilitate networking and collaboration between people undertaking work in this field; ensure that the findings of research in and on community organisations are made available to policy-makers at all levels; and play a role in identifying gaps in knowledge of the community sector and the need for further research.
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