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Call for volunteers to become Fundraising Champions

Cumbria CVS is recruiting and training a team of Fundraising Champions to place in charitable and community organisations around the County. The new initiative aims to increase the fundraising expertise of volunteers and staff to help create a more stable third sector in Cumbria. With many charities needing help to support their vital fundraising efforts, […]

Project secures funding extension worth more than £700,000

A project which supports people who face multiple and complex barriers to move towards employment has been awarded a major funding extension. The Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work (BBO GCtW) project has received an additional £724,487 of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund. The two-year extension of […]

Helping organisations to improve their bid writing

When we launched Bedrock Basics in February 2021, one of the first activities we carried out was sending out a needs assessment survey to community groups across Allerdale and Copeland. Funding and fundraising was the single biggest support need identified by respondees from the not-for-profit groups and organisations. The issue Raising funds takes up a […]

Report shows success of NHS and third sector referral service

A report into a pioneering service, which sees NHS health staff working with Referral Coordinators to link patients into third sector support across North Cumbria, had been praised in a report. Health and Society Knowledge Exchange (HASKE), at the University of Cumbria, was commissioned by Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services (Cumbria CVS) to evaluate their […]

Raising awareness of the Climate Crisis on Earth Day

(By Caroline Turner, Development Manager at Cumbria Action For Sustainability (CafS) and Niall McNulty, District Manager, Cumbria CVS) This year the Eden Funding Fair coincided with Earth Day, which had the theme to ‘Invest In Our Planet’. As part of this we worked with environmental charity CAfS to raise awareness about the climate crisis and […]

Face-to-Face Fair brings funders and community organisations together in Eden

We hosted the Eden Funding Fair, supported by Eden District Council, in April, with the event bringing together a range of National and Local funders and invited community organisations to talk about the latest funding opportunities available. Funders attending included: National Lottery Community Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Francis C Scott Trust, Hadfield Trust, Cumbria Community […]