Children and their families gathered at The Forum, Barrow, in March for the Inspiring Barrow Kickstart programme year 8 awards. 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. Children from 6 Secondary schools took part […]
Shelley Studholme is Project Manager for Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment, which provides tailored support for people in North Cumbria who are facing challenges from Severe Mental Health Experiences. We are now in the month of April; the sun is bursting through the clouds and the birds are singing and we feel grateful for […]
Applications are open for Become Green Together, a programme supporting the VCSE sector across Cumbria to become environmentally sustainable, from the 1st of April to the 31st May. Become Green Together is a unique programme offering twelve months of support to VCSE organisations of all sizes and areas of activity to face the challenges of […]
Poverty Truth Commission Co-ordinator, Lois Sparling, updates us on progress with the programme: After seven months of network and relationship building across South Lakeland – with partners, funders and stakeholders, community groups and charities across South Lakeland – a group of potential South Lakes PTC ‘Community Commissioners’ came together for the first time at the […]
Dominic Gordon, Senior Third Sector Referral Coordinator at Cumbria CVS, looks at how we overcome constant change. ‘If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…’ This advice is as relevant today as it was in 1909 when Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem ‘If’ to his twelve-year-old son, John. “Ahh, great […]
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 April. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 24/04/23) You can view last month’s Useful Information here to catch up on new information added during March […]
Our Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment team, which provides tailored support for people in North Cumbria who are facing challenges from Severe Mental Health Experiences, discuss the importance of looking after your employees. As human beings we know we perform and behave better when our needs are met; it therefore goes without saying that […]
An award of £10k is helping Cumbria CVS and Cumbria Deaf Association to provide additional support for those struggling with the cost of living. The funding, from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) was awarded to enable us to continue our work around financial […]
A project, which supports people aged 18 years and over who face multiple and complex barriers move towards and into employment, has helped over 500 people across Barrow and South Lakeland gain employment, access training and search for jobs. The Building Better Opportunities My Future project, funded by the European Social Fund and The National […]
The latest in our run of Funding Fairs across Cumbria took place recently in Barrow. According to our District Manager (South) Ali Greenhalgh: “The Barrow Funding Fair was held on Thursday 16 February at the Forum and was absolutely great. A really good vibe with over 30 organisations/60 individuals attending face to face meetings with […]
