Cumbria CVS is delighted to announce that it is now in the delivery phase of the Volunteering for Health Partnership for Lancashire and South Cumbria as of April 2025. 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 […]
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Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! In our fourteenth blog post, 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. If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see in our regular updates, let us know! […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! Please note: There will be no Useful Information post next week due to staff holidays. This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 17/04/25 – […]
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, and Alison Meadows, Senior […]
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, ponders pesto, considers sustainability, and bigs-up Business Plans in his latest blog: The sun is shining in Millom, daffodils are out in abundance here in South Copeland and I have made my first batch of wild garlic pesto, gathering the garlic leaves in the nearby woods. When I […]
Our partnership with fundraising website easyfundraising means your community organisation can receive unrestricted funding all year round. Set up a free easyfundraising page for your organisation and 8,500 retailers will donate money to you when your supporters shop online with them – for free. It doesn’t cost anything extra as the retailer pays the donation, […]
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for April ’25. 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. To catch up on our News, Events & Opportunities from March 2025, click […]
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: 11/04/25 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
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: 04/04/25 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Like many people who work in the voluntary sector, my paid role isn’t my only role. I’m also a volunteer with Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team, and this month has been a particularly busy one on that front….. There’s one event in the mountain rescue calendar that’s guaranteed to make our toughest team members tremble – […]
