Cumbria CVS has welcomed more new members to the team over the last few months, all bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the organisation. We extend a warm welcome to: Lisa Brown Carlisle Community Resilience Worker Lisa will be working to join up a network of the fantastic community groups that emerged in […]
Cumbria CVS reaffirmed its commitment to the armed forces by re-signing the Armed Forces Covenant earlier this month. At an event hosted by Carlisle City Council, a range of organisations and businesses joined the signing to demonstrate their support. The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or […]
A video highlighting the vital work of volunteers in Cumbria during Covid is being launched on 11 March 2022 at 11am. The new ‘Volunteering in Cumbria’ video is being shared on the second anniversary of the formal declaration of a major incident in the county. Since then, organisations, partners, and volunteers from across Cumbria have […]
Seventy children, from five secondary schools in the Barrow area, have created posters promoting “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” as part of the Inspiring Barrow Kickstart Programme. The programme works with children who have been identified by schools to be in need of assistance in improving self-confidence, communication skills, self-efficacy, self-esteem and team work. Year 8 […]
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 Bridging the access gap for people with disabilities A new initiative to encourage more voluntary groups, charities and volunteers to take up […]
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 Website Search Engine Optimization Checklist A useful in-depth article from Mailchimp about how to improve your website’s SEO, boost your search ranking, and increase […]
Cumbria CVS’s District Manager (North), Niall McNulty, takes a look at what we’re doing to embrace Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within our organisation, and shares some examples of good practice. We have been involved in some discussions in recent months about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (or as it is often abbreviated, ‘EDI’ – which in […]
More than 50 representatives, from over 30 organisations, came together earlier this month to look at local interest for developing a community groups network across Carlisle. The idea of a network has been in discussions for a while and Cumbria CVS, working with Carlisle City Council and Cumbria County Council, invited community groups to meet […]
Advantage! Barrow Raiders Community Foundation have received funding from Cumbria CVS, via Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group, to deliver of a number of activities, events and services in relation to the Winter Wellness programme 2022. Two major events at The Matt Johnson Prestige Stadium will take place; On Sunday 20th March a Family Festival Day […]
The recent work to coordinate support for the asylum seekers arriving in Cumbria has revealed that this is a very new area of work for some local VCS organisations (and some organisations from other sectors, too), and that they’d like to be able to access training and support to build their skills. If this is […]
