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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.
Cumbria CVS Green blog No 21 is here! In our twenty-first blog post, Rachel Miller, Volunteering Support Officer – This Is Us Project, makes some though-provoking points about how your pension pot could be invested in fossil fuels, or linked to deforestation. You’ll also find links to useful resources, information and news!
29th January, online. Prevent is part of the Governments Counter Terrorism Strategy (CONTEST) and aims to help and support people who may be susceptible to being radicalised and becoming involved in violent extremism and/or terrorism. This is a short briefing to explain a little bit more about what Prevent is.
Introduction to Canva for non-profits – Monday 15th December, online. Struggling to create eye-catching content for your organisation’s social media, newsletters, or presentations? Join our free online session for a beginner-friendly walkthrough of Canva, the powerful design platform that helps you create stunning visuals with ease.
We’re delighted to be publishing our 2024-25 Annual Review. In a year that saw us pass the significant milestone of 500 members, you’ll find reports from our projects, news of our new leadership team, details of how we’re connecting and supporting the sector, volunteering and health and wellbeing reports, statistic + more.
Cumbria CVS AGM: Devolution in Cumbria – What could it mean for the voluntary and community sector? We warmly invite you to join us in the Cathedral Room at Carlisle Civic Centre, on Wednesday 3rd December. Full details soon, but you can book your place now!
We’re working with easyfundraising to help the organisations in our network receive extra funding. Through easyfundraising everyday items bought from over 8,000 online retailers raises money. Over a year, just one person could raise £362 for their chosen good cause! Find out how to get your organisation involved.
We have a range of email newsletters – receive the latest news, events & updates on: General sector info for your area; Volunteering; Our Action for Health & Mental Health Provider Forum networks; Trustee network; + more, Sign up for individual newsletters and manage your subscriptions to our mailings, all in one place!
We can help you share your latest news & events! If you’ve got something you want us to share, send it in and we’ll add it to our weekly Useful Information post, getting what you’re up to in front of the VCFSE sector across Cumbria.
We’ve rounded up the very latest events, training opportunities, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! Our Useful Information page is updated with new information as we receive it, and there’s a new page every week.
If you’re an organisation looking to recruit volunteers, or you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, register on our portal to submit your vacancies, or search for the perfect role!
