Cumbria CVS has welcomed more new members to the team over the last six months, all bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the organisation. We extend a warm welcome to: Elizabeth Irving Administration Officer Elizabeth has a background in administration and customer service, working for many years at Cumbrian Cottages, dealing with owner […]
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for October 23. 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 August 2023, click […]
Challenge Poverty Week England & Wales 2023 takes place from 16 to 22 October. The week provides an opportunity for us all to say what needs to change to enable our own communities to thrive. It’s a chance for voices that are too often ignored to be heard loud and clear. It’s a chance to […]
Here in Cumbria, we have been facilitating a Poverty Truth Commission (PTC) in South Lakeland. This is thanks to funding commitment and partnership working with a wide range of statutory sector, voluntary sector and community groups working to listen to and learn from individual residents with direct experience of poverty. Just in time for Challenge […]
The launch of a new database for Cumbria is set to make it easier for volunteers to find a volunteering role, and for organisations to recruit new volunteers. The database is run by us, with the aim of strengthening volunteering in the county. The new service allows individuals to self-register and search for the latest […]
Black History Month celebrates the continued achievements and contributions of Black people to the UK, our local communities and around the world. Black History Month also focuses on a continued call to action to tackle racism, reclaim Black history, and ensure Black excellence is represented and celebrated all year round and not just in October. […]
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, gives us an update on what’s he’s been up to since joining us in the summer: Greetings from Millom in beautiful South Copeland where Autumn has arrived with its wind and rain but also stunning sunsets on occasion! Since being in my post for the past 2.5 […]
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 October. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 27/10/23 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You can view last month’s Useful Information […]
This week is the last chance to join the Become Green Together programme. This opportunity is already helping a diverse range of over 80 voluntary, community, and social enterprises across the North East and Cumbria adapt to the climate crisis. These organisations are leading the way to make the VCSE sector greener, and to create […]
Keswick and Solway ICC – A REAL opportunity to work in a different way At our first Keswick & Solway leadership group meeting in June, we agreed that as part of being more inclusive we would rotate the chairing of the meetings and I ‘volunteered’ to chair the next week. I was quite apprehensive and […]
