A stronger membership offer that’s growing with you

A few months ago, I told you about developments we had made on the Members Area on our website. This work has been driven by the goal to provide practical, high-quality support that helps voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations across Cumbria become stronger, more sustainable and more effective. I’m delighted to tell […]

A Practical Guide To ‘Things That Work’: Part 3 – Health, prevention and what comes next

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 and […]

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 […]