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.
Our April Focus on Funding newsletter is here! Focus on Funding is our monthly publication to support local organisations and keep you abreast of current and new funding opportunities. Find it at the link below, along with a wealth of other info and support.
We’re delighted to announce that we are now in the delivery phase of the Volunteering for Health Partnership for Lancashire and South Cumbria. The three-year Volunteering for Health programme is part of NHS England’s response to the NHS Volunteering Taskforce, which brought together health charities, volunteers, clinicians, civil servants and policy makers.
Cumbria CVS Green blog No14 is here! This time we’ve got a double-header, as Cumbria CVS’ Communications Manager, Peter Grenville, and Third Sector Referral Coordinator, Danny Smith, discuss a thought-provoking ‘Climate Fresk’ session held recently. You’ll also find links to useful resources, information and news!
Volunteering in Cumbria Portal – Training for Organisations, Weds 14 May. Our Portal is a powerful tool, enabling organisations to advertise their volunteer opportunities to a wide audience, reach potential applicants, & use a range of other features to strengthen volunteering.
If your community organisation needs additional funds, come along to our free online session find out how your organisation can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easyfundraising.
Join our team! We are recruiting a Volunteering for Health Strategic Lead (South Cumbria). You’ll develop a strategic approach to enable and embed health and social care volunteering for all volunteer-involving health & care organisations at a place-based level.
A tea party celebration welcomed 100 beneficiaries and partners of the Furness For You project to Barrow Town Hall’s Banqueting Suite on Friday, 14th of March. The project’s ten partners hosted their beneficiaries and volunteers for afternoon tea with entertainment and guest speakers, including the Mayor of Barrow, Cllr Judith McEwan.
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, ponders pesto, considers sustainability, and bigs-up Business Plans in his latest blog…
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.
Check out our regularly updated selection of news, events and opportunities for April, curated by our Health & Wellbeing team.
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Training & Events
- Tue 22nd Apr
- 9:30 AM
- Introduction to Canva for non-profits
- Tue 22nd Apr
- 10:00 AM
- Eden Funding Fair
- Thu 1st May
- 9:00 AM
- Health Inequalities - How can Social Prescribing meet the challenge?
- all events