My Future participants attended an organised Alpaca and Llama Experience recently as part of a programme of activities. This was a confidence boosting activity for the participants, who had the opportunity to meet and greet alpacas, feed them, and go on an alpaca and llama trek. Project participants said that they thoroughly enjoyed learning about […]
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We recently hosted a Trustee Network bringing together 25 trustees from across Cumbria. The aim of the network is to offer peer support between trustees and share best practice, ideas, challenges and to of course network! The topic for the recent meeting was Recruiting Trustees. Judith Smale highlighted some of the basic principles of using […]
Every Thursday and Friday lunchtime Judith Smale, our Volunteering Manager, will be on BBC Radio Cumbria promoting volunteering opportunities across the county. This will be a weekly slot promoting organisations that need volunteers. If you would like Judith to promote your opportunity please email a short paragraph including details of the name of your organisation, […]
Check out our curated roundup of information and advice on all things digital. If you’ve seen something you think we should be sharing, let us know! Email us: info@cumbriacvs.org.uk Video: Why even the smallest charity needs to be cyber secure This video from Charity Digital explores how all charities can look after their cyber […]
Community Connectors to build engagement across sectors following Lottery funding success An award of nearly £300k of funding will support volunteer “Community Connectors” from local organisations throughout Cumbria to improve engagement between the third sector, public sector, and key stakeholders and funders. Read the full article here
A message from the National Lottery Community Fund: Let’s talk Join us for a community conversation to help shape the future of the National Lottery Community Fund on July 5th 1.00pm till 3.00pm via Teams. Now is the time for a conversation about how The National Lottery Community Fund can best support UK communities to […]
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a central pillar of the UK government’s ambitious Levelling Up agenda and a significant component of its support for places across the UK. It provides £2.6 billion of new funding for local investment by March 2025, with all areas of the UK receiving an allocation from the Fund […]
An award of nearly £300k of funding will support volunteer “Community Connectors” from local organisations throughout Cumbria to improve engagement between the third sector, public sector, and key stakeholders and funders. The money, from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Reaching Communities fund, has been awarded to us to run the new project. Working closely with […]
A Cumbrian partnership is highlighting that families arriving from Ukraine, and refugees from other countries, who provide unpaid care for others can receive support. Cumbria’s Unpaid Carers Partnership, made up of NHS, Social Care and a wide range of third sector Carers Organisations, is highlighting the availability of support as part of Carers Week, which […]
A project which supports people who face multiple and complex barriers to move towards employment has changed its name as part of a major rebranding exercise to help reach more potential participants. My Future is the new name of what was formerly the Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work (BBO GCtW) project. A new […]
