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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.
Supporting people with respiratory problems in Winter, 26th Thursday November, online. This session will explore the challenges of keeping warm and well amid rising energy costs, cost of living pressures, and cold, damp homes. We’ll hear from North Cumbria Respiratory Team about how cold homes, damp and mould can affect respiratory health.
Kat Hercberg is our South Copeland Development Officer, supporting communities across the area from Thwaites to Drigg, including Millom, Bootle, Corney, Eskdale, and the Duddon Valley. Find out about Kat’s new Theory of Change and the four long-term goals identified for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations in the area in this new blog.
Meet the team & A shared start: Cumbria CVS Support Officer Shirley Murray, University of Lancashire’s Dr Suzanne Wilson, and Cumberland HDRC Project Officer Lianna Barrie come together to reflect on their time with the Community Co-Researcher team at the start of their research journeys.
Our 2026 AGM will be on Tuesday 1st December at Kendal Town Hall. Alongside our formal AGM, we’ll be launching our new strategy, hearing from a range of partner organisations, and exploring how we can use the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector manifesto to influence the work of the new Cumbria Combined Authority.
Check out our regularly updated selection of news, events and opportunities for October, curated by our Health & Wellbeing team.
October’s Cumbria CVS Green blog is here! n our 32nd blog post Kat Hercberg, our South Copeland Development Officer, helps us get prepared for a greener winter, with some tops tips on eating, heating and transport…ing. You’ll also find links to useful resources, information and news!
In a new guest blog, Susan Prior, Chief Executive Officer at Triple A (All About Autism), gives us a ‘flourishing focussed’ look at Autism, and why its important to understand what empowers autistic individuals to thrive and be accepted as their authentic selves.
Join us online on Tuesday 3rd November for an overview of our new strategic plan, which has been shaped by what we’ve heard working with local organisations. It will give you the opportunity to tell us which areas of our work are the most important to you, helping to develop the supporting action plan.
Meet the Development Officer Drop In, Monday 9th November, at The Bridge in Barrow in Furness. Come and have a chat with Cumbria CVS’ Development Officer, Laura, about the FREE support available for voluntary and community groups, including grant funding opportunities, volunteer management, governance, business planning and sustainability.
Mid Copeland Development Officer, Kate, updates us on what she’s been up to in her latest blog. From being busy in Thornhill, to funding searches, governance support and helping with trustee recruitment, it’s been a busy few months!
