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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.
eBay and easyfundraising have teamed up for the £5,000 Big Give. TEN £500 funding pots are available and one of them could be yours! Many organisations in our network are already benefitting from easyfundraising – raising free funds every time their volunteers, supporters, trustees and staff shop online.
Developing a Volunteering Strategy for Cumbria: Volunteers are pivotal to the work of many of our local organisations and volunteering is a powerful force for change, but we know that sometimes it isn’t equally accessible for everyone. Over the next few months will be running a series of engagement workshops.
Would being part of a communications network be useful for you? We’re considering starting up a network for people who look after or manage day-to-day comms activity (on their own or as part of a team), and for those for who comms is part of their role.
It’s been a busy and exciting few months for the Volunteering for Health project! Our Terms of Reference for the project have now been agreed, and we have determined the key priorities which will be focusing on over the course of the programme which will run until March 2027.
Interested in volunteering in West Cumbria? Come along to the next West Cumbria Volunteering Fair on Thursday 18th September in Whitehaven. Meet local organisations and find out about local volunteering opportunities!
Our Operations Manager, Bridget, writes about how we’re working in partnership to recruit Community Co-Researchers. These roles will be at the heart of a truly collaborative approach to research. CCRs will be local people, rooted in their communities, helping to shape and deliver research that reflects real experiences and priorities.
Cumbria Community Resilience Conference 2025 – Wednesday 8th October, Rheged. Bringing together members of the community with representatives of responder organisations for a day of workshops and discussions about resilience and emergency preparedness. We’ll deliver tabletop exercises, a plenary session with experts, and workshops around practical elements of how to prepare your community.
Lunch and Learn: Thursday 18th September, online. Together for Good supports third sector, community groups and non-profit organisations to promote opportunities they have where businesses, via their employees, can provide support on a voluntary basis.
Writing Funding Applications workshops – 15th & 22nd September, online. Bedrock Basics Project & Get Grants Writing Funding Applications Workshop will give you practical support to improve your grant fundraising success and inspire you to become a more confident grant fundraiser.
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, is back with a new blog and a fascinating insight into the need for active travel routes, the challenges of turning ideas into reality, and the encouraging response of local residents.
