‘The best place to start when helping people is (focusing on) what’s strong within them and their communities and not with what’s wrong.’ Cormac Russell, Sustainable Community Development. In Mid Copeland there is much of ‘what’s strong’ to focus on and build upon. I’ve been doing quite a bit of work in Thornhill over […]
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One of our Community Co-researchers, Becky, discusses their background and motivation, and explains their research topic – exploring why informal carers experience poor sleep. Could you do your job if you were woken randomly several times a night to complete strenuous or complex tasks? That’s exactly what a lot of informal carers are having to […]
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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: 01/10/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! In our thirty-first blog post we welcome back Helen Attewell, Cumbria Sustainability Network Coordinator at Futureproof Cumbria. Helen explains how community energy can put local people at the heart of energy projects, with some local examples and details of free support available to develop your energy ideas. If you […]
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: 25/09/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
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: 16/09/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest 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 who Kat has been helping over the summer, and how you can have a chat in-person in October to get support. I am now over 3 months […]
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for September 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 […]
