Cumbria CVS staff and trustees welcomed Alan McViety, High Sheriff of Cumbria, to our Carlisle office recently, to talk about our work and how we can collaborate to support the sector. Alan’s key focus for his year as High Sheriff is to support “Youth Opportunities”. After a tour of the building and lunch, Alan received […]
The end of June marked Refugee Week, although it feels that the conversations around how we support refugees is an all year round one. The theme of this year’s week was around ‘healing’ with people and organisations coming together to celebrate care, community and new beginnings. Third Sector organisations have always come together around the […]
Events, charity news, surveys, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! If you’ve seen something you think we should be sharing, let us know! Email us: info@cumbriacvs.org.uk Inspiring Eden – Jobs Fair 1 July 2022 The Penrith Jobcentre team are seeking attendance from clients they are supporting but the […]
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 […]
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 […]
