Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for April ’25. This page will be updated regularly, so we are delighted you have landed here today and hope that you will keep coming back for updates during the month. To catch up on our News, Events & Opportunities from April 2025, click […]
Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! In our fifteenth blog post Emily Wilson, our new South Lakes & Furness Development Officer, introduces herself and shares details of funding available for projects focused on community development, environmental sustainability, education, and social inclusion. If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see in our regular […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 14/05/25 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) *** Please note: There will be […]
Our Operations Manager, Bridget Johns, gives us her reflections from the Leader to Leader programme: At Cumbria CVS, we’re guided by five core values: leadership, excellence, equity, integrity, and voluntarism. These aren’t just words on a page—they’re principles we try to live by every day. In this blog, I want to share a few thoughts […]
Staff and volunteers from third sector organisations across Cumbria joined the Chair of Cumbria Action for Health, Geoff Jolliffe, at his Installation as High Sheriff of Cumbria for 2025/26 at the end of March. It was a great opportunity to celebrate the ancient role, and the great work High Sheriffs do in Cumbria supporting and […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 07/05/25 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Someone pointed out to me last week that I must have now reached the milestone of 100 days as Chief Executive. Whilst I’ve seen some great posts on LinkedIn recently, where people have managed a selfie for each of those 100 days, I’m afraid I haven’t been! So you’ll have to settle for my thoughts […]
Gordon Henry, Bedrock Development Officer at Cumbria CVS, looks ahead to a busy May, and celebrates the work of the VCFSE sector in Cumbria: The month of May symbolises renewal, growth and celebration and marks a time of rejuvenation and vitality in the calendar year. So, amid everything you will be doing this month please […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 30/04/25 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Many of you may have worked with our Volunteering Manager, Judith Smale, over the last 23 years. Judith has now reduced her hours and has a focus area of Cumberland in Volunteer Brokerage, supporting organisations with good practice in Volunteer Management and recruiting volunteers. To support the transition, and to enable local organisations and volunteers […]
