Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities – August 2026

Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for August 2026. 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. Lots of the News, Events and Opportunities information will also be appearing in […]

Supporting Mid Copeland’s VCFSE Sector: Five months of progress and partnership

Over the past five months, our Mid Copeland Development Officer, Kate Grove, has been building connections, offering practical support and helping strengthen local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) groups. In this update, Kate reflects on the progress made so far, the support needs emerging across the area, and the opportunities ahead for organisations […]

A Practical Guide To ‘Things That Work’: Part 2 – What worked when we tested in the Real World

Inspired by Things that Worked. And Things that Didn’t. Sarah Coutts, Strategic Lead for our Volunteering for Health project, has written a three-part blog series, based on our observational report on what works to support volunteers into health volunteering settings, in South Lakeland and Furness. You can read Part 1 – Start with place here […]

Unpaid carers and digital inclusion

One of our Community Co-researchers, Andrew, discusses his background and motivation, and explains his research topic – understanding unpaid carers and their digital inclusion needs.   Background and Motivation My background is in youth and community work, health development and social care, where I have coordinated and delivered projects focused on areas around social inclusion, […]

Supporting A Sustainable Voluntary Sector

I am the Cumbria CVS Bedrock Basics Project Development Officer. For those who have not heard of Bedrock Basics Project we work with non-profit organisations and community groups delivering services in west Cumberland. Bedrock Basics is part of the Transforming West Cumbria Programme funded by Sellafield Limited and through support from Cumbria Community Foundation. Thanks […]