Training and Events – Calendar
Introduction to Canva for non-profits
Date: Wednesday 24th September 2025
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Struggling to create eye-catching content for your organisation’s social media, newsletters, or presentations?
Sign up to one of Bedrock Basics Introduction to Canva for non-profits learning sessions.
Getting ready to Recruit Trustees: key tools and templates for your trustee recruitment
Date: Wednesday 24th September 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Supercharge Your Trustee Recruitment!
Join us to unlock the energy you need to find the next Trustees for your board. Get top tips, tools, templates and hear best practice on how to go about your trustee recruitment.
County Volunteer Managers Network Meeting
Date: Thursday 25th September 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Where: Penrith Rugby Club
Town: Penrith
Online Presence Basics for Furness Charities
Date: Tuesday 30th September 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
This online training helps to equip people with limited time and technical know-how with basic tools to be confident about establishing and maintaining a digital presence for their organisation.
- Understand the basics of a digital presence and why it matters for small charities, in terms of trust, visibility and community engagement.
- Learn to identify the key parts of a healthy digital presence, including up-to-date contact details, consistent messaging, and basic online discoverability.
- Take away essential tips and the confidence to improve your online visibility and community engagement.
To book your place, please click here.
NORTH CUMBRIA NHS area – FREE Lunch with our Integrated Care Community (ICC) Reps
You are invited to a FREE lunch on 30.09.2025 at Wigton Market Hall, Wigton.
This is an opportunity for you to meet the New team of ICC Third Sector Representative who represent our sector in the 7 ICCs across North Cumbria.
Find out about how the ICCs work in your area
Why not offer to come & speak about your organisation’s services at an ICC meeting
Share new projects and ideas for partnership working that you would like to talk about with other ICC staff
Perhaps you have a strong lived experience story you want to share with ICC staff
Find out how you can get more involved in ICCs in your area
The NEW NHS 10 Year Plan talks a lot about Neighbourhood Teams and concepts of delivering health and care services through more integrated Teams. This is your opportunity to come and find out how this is already starting to happen in North Cumbria and how you can get involved.
Meet the funder – easyfundraising
Date: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
🎉 Discover Free Funding for Your Community Group – Don’t Miss Out! 🎉
Looking for a simple way to bring in extra funds for your community group? Join our free online session and find out how you can unlock unrestricted funding through easyfundraising – just by encouraging your supporters to shop online!
Good Practice in Volunteer Management Workshop 2 (Cumberland) – What to do when volunteer management gets challenging
Date: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Time: 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Shaddongate Resource Centre
Town: Carlisle
Cumbria CVS over two face to face workshops to discover more about the key principles of best practice in volunteer management.
Our next workshops are face to face and will bring together Volunteer Managers or anyone with a responsibility for managing volunteers and will look at:
Creating a Positive Volunteer Journey (Workshop 1) and Workshop 2 will focus on: What to do when volunteer management gets challenging
South Lakes Volunteering Fair
Date: Sunday 5th October 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
What: South Lakes Volunteering Fair
When: Sunday 5th October, 11.00am – 3.00pm (stall set-up from 10.00am for organisations)
Where: Kendal Leisure Centre
Your organisation is invited to attend the South Lakes Volunteering Fair, organised by Cumbria CVS and Age Friendly South Lakeland. This event aims to attract those that are interested in finding out more about becoming a volunteer and local volunteering opportunities. This event is open to the public and provides an opportunity to find out more about volunteering across South Lakes.
Cumbria Community Resilience Conference 2025
The Cumbria Community Resilience Conference 2025 will bring together members of the community with representatives of responder organisations for a day of workshops and discussions about resilience and emergency preparedness. We’ll deliver tabletop exercises, a plenary session with experts, and workshops around practical elements of how to prepare your community. We’ll also offer individual surgeries for communities that have specific questions or local issues to address.
Good Practice in Volunteer Management Workshop 1 (Westmorland & Furness) – Creating a positive Volunteer Journey
Date: Wednesday 8th October 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Holiday Inn Express
Town: Barrow-In-Furness
Following on from our 4 Online Good Practice in Volunteer Management Training Sessions in the last quarter, come and join Cumbria CVS over two face to face workshops to discover more about the key principles of best practice in volunteer management.
Our next workshops are face to face and will bring together Volunteer Managers or anyone with a responsibility for managing volunteers and will look at:
