Royal Voluntary Service

"WRVS" redirects here. For the radio station, see WRVS-FM.

Royal Voluntary Service
Formation16 May 1938 (1938-05-16) (as the Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence)
FounderStella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading
Legal statusCharity
PurposeHelping people in need
Coordinates51°32′18″N 3°07′49″W / 51.538303°N 3.130287°W / 51.538303; -3.130287
Patron
Queen Camilla
President
Queen Camilla
Catherine Johnstone CBE
Websiteroyalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Formerly called
  • Women's Voluntary Service (WVS, 1938–1966)
  • Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS, 1966–2004)
  • WRVS (2004–2013)

The Royal Voluntary Service (known as the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) from 1938 to 1966; Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) from 1966 to 2004 and WRVS from 2004 to 2013) is a voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland and Wales. It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, as a British women's organisation to recruit women into the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services to help in the event of war.

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