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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.
Interested in #volunteering in South Copeland? Our Volunteer Open Day in Millom is on Tuesday 24th February. Drop in and you’ll have the opportunity to speak directly with charities about local volunteering opportunities. Find out more, and which organisations will be there!
Interested in volunteering? Our Carlisle Volunteering Fair is on Tuesday 10th February – Its a drop in event so no need to book, just come along and you will have the opportunity to speak directly with charities about local volunteering opportunities. Find out more, including which organisations will be there!
QA x Bedrock Basics: Social Media for Change Makers – Monday 16th March, online. This interactive workshop is designed specifically for organisations working for social good. Whether you are just starting out or looking to improve your current approach, you will gain practical strategies to make your message stand out online.
Charities have New Year Resolutions too! Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, is back with suggestions for how to plan your organisation’s future, set goals and more, including a useful Objective Planning template to help get your 2026 plans organised.
Check out our regularly updated selection of news, events and opportunities for January, curated by our Health & Wellbeing team.
The Furness For You website is dedicated to helping community members stay engaged and connected with everything available in Furness neighbourhoods. We have more going on locally than you might imagine! Find support through local community groups and organisations, enjoy their weekly activities and special events or connect to your community through volunteering.
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.
