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Exploring informal carers and poor sleep

One of our Community Co-researchers, Becky, discusses their background and motivation, and explains their research topic – exploring why informal carers experience poor sleep. Could you do your job if you were woken randomly several times a night to complete strenuous or complex tasks? That’s exactly what a lot of informal carers are having to […]

Cumbria CVS Green blog No 31 – September 2026

Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! In our thirty-first blog post we welcome back Helen Attewell, Cumbria Sustainability Network Coordinator at Futureproof Cumbria. Helen explains how community energy can put local people at the heart of energy projects, with some local examples and details of free support available to develop your energy ideas. If you […]

From gardens and halls, to heritage and conservation…. supporting South Copeland

Kat Hercberg is our South Copeland Development Officer, supporting communities across the area from Thwaites to Drigg, including Millom, Bootle, Corney, Eskdale, and the Duddon Valley. Find out who Kat has been helping over the summer, and how you can have a chat in-person in October to get support. I am now over 3 months […]

Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities – September 2026

Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for September 2026. This page will be updated regularly, so we are delighted you have landed here today and hope that you will keep coming back for updates during the month. Lots of the News, Events and Opportunities information will also be appearing in […]

A stronger membership offer that’s growing with you

A few months ago, I told you about developments we had made on the Members Area on our website. This work has been driven by the goal to provide practical, high-quality support that helps voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations across Cumbria become stronger, more sustainable and more effective. I’m delighted to tell […]