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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.
What Community Power can look like in practice – find out what happened when representatives from Poverty Truth Commissions in Westmorland and Furness gave a presentation about their work to the Council’s Senior Leadership team.
We’re looking for an Online Community Directory Officer/Furness For You Website Officer! You’ll play a vital role in connecting community-led initiatives with services and local authorities. As the central information hub, you will manage online content, ensuring that key information is accurate, coordinated, and up to date on the Online Community Directory/Furness For You Website.
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Berry, gives us an update on what’s he’s been up to recently in his latest blog – including the diverse range of organisations requesting support, and a Spring influx of motorhomes!
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 during the month too, and there’s a new page every month.
Our Chief Executive, David Allen, attended an important first meeting of Cumbria Strategic Partners recently, keen to explore new ways of working together for the benefit of Cumbria. Discussions were resoundingly positive, recognising the considerable assets we already have across Cumbria in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Westmorland and Furness Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy Workshop – Thursday 16 May, online. This interactive session will provide an update on the development of Westmorland and Furness’ Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy, with a presentation of the work undertaken so far and the draft strategy.
We’re looking for a Mental Health Volunteering and Employment Officer to support individuals with Severe Mental Health Experiences in North Cumbria to access volunteer and paid work opportunities, working with a range of partner organisations.
Evaluation Visualisation Design Tool (EViD) Workshop Thursday 16 May. New to considering evaluation or just looking to explore some new options to improve what you do? This free 2 hr on-line workshop is for you – learn how to use the easy-to-use EvID tool to evaluate any group, service or project using this free resource.
Come along to our drop-in on May 7 in Workington and speak to our Allerdale Development Officer for support with your charity’s needs. Register to let us know you’re coming, or just pop-in between 10am and 1pm.
This in-person session is for any local organisation to see a live demonstration of how to register on our Volunteer Portal and how to add your volunteer opportunities. You will also be shown how to create a printable flyer, share on social media and invite your existing volunteers.
