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Cumbria CVS has welcomed two new colleagues to our management team recently, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the organisation. We extend a warm welcome to: Joanne Tyson – Office Manager Joanne spent the last 35 years in the Housing and Legal sectors and has led and managed teams and resources for the […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 20/12/24 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! In our tenth blog post, Sarah Pearce, Administration Officer (HR & Volunteering) at Cumbria CVS, provides some handy tips for reducing your environmental impact at work… without even leaving your desk! If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see in our regular updates, let us know! […]
Our District Manager for Cumberland, Bridget Johns, gives us an update on a packed five months, with the team helping organisations in South Copeland secure over £500,00 in funding, Phase 2 of the Bedrock Basics programme commencing, the end of the Community Connectors project and more: Bridget’s Blog – August to December 2024 Well I […]
Cumbria CVS’s AGM saw 100 people gather at the Roundthorn Hotel, Penrith, for a powerful day of collaborative conversations. The event used an Open Space Technology format, which invited attendees to create the agenda on the day, starting with the question “How might we work together and support one another, as people who care about […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 13/12/24 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Cumbria CVS is delighted to announce its new Chief Executive; Dr Carolyn Otley will be taking over in January, following David Allen’s retirement. Carolyn will already be well known to many of you, as she’s worked in partnership roles for Cumbria CVS for over 20 years. For the last five years, she’s been our Community […]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity (LTHC) has been awarded a six-figure grant as part of Volunteering for Health – a £10 million programme being delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The three-year Volunteering for Health programme is part of NHS […]
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, discusses his hopes during the festive season and for 2025: Yesterday, I went to Eskdale Green to visit a new project run by Nature Rich Miterdale, which is all about restoring a hidden valley to its former beauty, encouraging wildlife to return, and allowing the natural vegetation which […]
