Welcome to Cumbria CVS

Cumbria CVS is a registered charity and membership organisation. We help community/voluntary/not-for-profit groups and organisations to develop and improve by providing training and services that can be 1:1 support, funding advice, bespoke training, or through our regular training courses. We help place volunteers, and work with groups that involve volunteers to follow best practice.

Lunch and Learn

Furness For You – Lunch and Learn: Tues 23 April, Barrow. This session aims to attract those that are feeling lonely, chronically isolated or anyone interested in finding out more about the Furness For You project and how it could help support you or someone you know.

Cumbria CVS Green

We’ve just launched Cumbria CVS Green! We’ll be bringing you links to useful resources, information and news, updates on our own climate commitment, blog posts from colleagues about what they’re doing (in a work capacity and privately) to minimise environmental impact and more.  

Neurodiversity and work

Shelley Studholme, Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment Project Manager, discusses neuro diversity, work placements and more in this blog post.

New Community Connectors

Area Engagement Worker, Jess Longrigg, updates us on our Community Connectors project, including the great news that 7 new Community Connectors have been recruited! These include representatives from a variety of community groups from Sensory Loss to Young people to Autism to Men’s Mental Health.

County Volunteering Network

County Volunteering Network Meeting – Weds 1st May, Penrith. For Volunteer Managers in Cumbria or anyone responsible for recruiting, supporting or managing volunteers to come together to spread good practice in volunteer management.

Volunteering Network

South Lakes Volunteering Network Meeting – Thursday 28 March. This is a network meeting for Volunteer Managers in South Lakeland or anyone who is responsible for recruiting, supporting or managing volunteers to come together to spread good practice and strengthen volunteering across the area.

Barrow Volunteering Network

Barrow Volunteering Network Meeting – Friday 22 March. This is a network meeting for Volunteer Managers in Barrow or anyone who is responsible for recruiting, supporting or managing volunteers to come together to spread good practice and strengthen volunteering across the Furness area.

Eden Volunteering Network

Eden Volunteering Network Meeting – Tuesday 19 March. This is a network meeting for Volunteer Managers in Eden or anyone who is responsible for recruiting, supporting or managing volunteers to come together to spread good practice and strengthen volunteering across the area.

Safeguarding training

Safeguarding Adults at Risk Training for Managers – Thursday 18 April, in Kendal. This full day course is for managers who have a role that includes responsibility for safeguarding in their organisation.

Safeguarding training

Safeguarding Adults at Risk level 1 Training, Tuesday 16 April, in Barrow. Designed to help build understanding of safeguarding duties & responsibilities for volunteers & aimed at those involved in the care or support of someone who could be at risk of harm.

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