Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo, has said many charitable housing associations which are members of Acevo will resist evicting rioters or family of rioters involved in the disturbances which rocked the UK last week.

Last week, Conservative-run Wandsworth Council became the first local authority to serve an eviction notice to the mother of an 18-year-old boy charged with rioting.

On his personal blog, Bubb said that many housing association Acevo members had resisted what he called a “simplistic eviction approach”.

“How fortunate it is that most social housing is provided by the voluntary sector,” he said. “And not grandstanding burghers of some local council.”

An Acevo spokeswoman advised that it was not clear yet if this was a member-wide consensus.

Further, Acevo is having a meeting of CEOs today to have an initial discussion about recent events and what the sector’s response should be. It will be working with NCVO on this.

NCVO response

NCVO has a meeting planned on the 14th September with community voluntary services organisations across the UK and the Office for Civil Society’s strategic partners.

The meeting will explore how the sector can help communities rebuild; how the sector can help policymakers reflect on the causes of the disturbances; and what support affected charities and social enterprises need to get back on their feet.

NCVO also has a new online space where voluntary organisations can contribute blogs and comments about their experiences and views on last week’s events.

Elsewhere, a coalition of volunteering umbrella bodies wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron last week offering help over the coming weeks.

Volunteering England, BTCV, CSV and youth volunteering charity v said in the letter that the partnership was poised to work with local communities to deliver solutions.