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Call for local financial hardship stories to inspire better services

“What’s YOUR story?” That’s the question that Stella Sukram and Lois Sparling of the South Lakes Poverty Truth Commission (PTC) are asking people across South Lakeland this new year. Could you step up and share your story to improve services for your local community? Hosted by Cumbria CVS, the project aims to capture the real-life […]

Make your organisation eco-friendly in 2023

Support is available to help your organisation to become environmentally sustainable in 2023. You can register for the Become Green Together programme up until Tuesday 31st January. Get access to expert support, workshops and webinars to develop green policies, create sustainability strategies, and monitor and reduce your carbon footprint. This is the perfect opportunity to […]

Inspiring Barrow celebration

Our Inspiring Barrow Kickstart programme works with children who have been identified by schools as needing assistance in improving self-confidence, communication skills, self-efficacy, self-esteem and team work. The team completed the Year 6 programme earlier this month with a celebration evening at The Forum (Barrow) for all the children from the programme and their families. […]

AGM 2022 – Cost of Living challenge takes centre stage

If there was any doubt that people are still reluctant to attend face to face events, our AGM and Conference on 30 November successfully proved otherwise. The event, at Energus in Workington, saw 70+ attendees, plus our own staff and Trustees, gather to hear about our activity during 2021-22, and discuss the challenges posed by […]