As part of our Community Connectors project, as well as Cumbria Development Education Centre (CDEC)’s pilot project for ‘Connecting Communities – People Enabling Change’, a team of voluntary sector groups recently put on an event to bring 15 women residents of Carlisle’s refugee hotel together to discuss mental health. Our Area Engagement Worker, Kate Rees, […]
Cumbria CVS has partnered with VONNE to deliver support to voluntary and community organisations in Cumbria wanting to improve their environmental credentials. Cumbria is planning to become Net Zero by 2037. With this ambitious target, we’ll be leading the UK in sustainability and kick-starting a greener and fairer future. The voluntary sector is perfectly placed […]
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for August 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 July 2023, click […]
Potter and Natter, led by Paul Forsyth for the Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment service, is going well – light gardening at our Carlisle office to inspire and initiate a positive impact on wellbeing and mental health. Creating a safe space for conversations is the aspiration. The atmosphere is warm, friendly and productive… conversations […]
Shelley and Sam, from the Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment service, recently attended the Social Prescribing Health and Wellbeing Community Festival at Whitehaven Rugby Ground. The day was fun-packed and family orientated, with Health and Wellbeing elegantly presented alongside fun. This meant the conversations around wellbeing and Mental Health could happen very naturally and […]
We are supporting local/regional funders to review potential barriers that local groups face when accessing funding to see whether any changes can be made to help address these barriers. To do this, we need your help and so would be very grateful if you could please take 5 minutes to complete this survey by Friday […]
An award of £58k will help voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations in the former West Allerdale footprint to become more sustainable and resilient. The award will pay for a new Development Officer for the year, with the role providing support to organisations to help them develop and deliver quality services, access funding to […]
As you may be aware, NCVO has recently shared their updated Time Well Spent Research which focuses on volunteers and their experience. Here at Cumbria CVS, we are keen to gain feedback from your organisation and your volunteers to ensure we have your Voice for Volunteering here in Cumbria. Reflecting on the NCVO Time Well […]
Are you currently registered with us to promote your volunteering opportunities? We are starting to introduce a new Volunteering Opportunities database for Cumbria. Organisations can self-register their organisation and add different opportunities onto the database. You can also keep your opportunities up to date by simply logging into the system. This enables potential volunteers who […]
The appointment of a Development Officer will see us providing much-needed support to voluntary and local interest groups covering the area from Millom to Drigg, and out to Eskdale. Based in Millom, Beresford (Berry) Moyle Rosser will be assisting in grant applications, volunteer recruitment and retention, as well helping to identify potential Trustees and ensuring […]
