We’re delighted to be publishing our 2020-21 Annual Review. Covering the period from 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, it features reports on a huge range of activity in a year described by our CEO, David Allen, as having “highs and lows… but not only did we ride the rollercoaster – it felt like […]
Autumn is well and truly amongst us – but there is something different about it this year… An understandably half-hearted Hallowe’en has come and gone – as have many of our hopes for a greater return to pre-pandemic normality before the winter comes. As the days grow noticeably shorter, I for one am battening down […]
Our Chief Executive, David Allen, will be speaking at the VSNW Festival of North West Thinking on Tuesday 9th November. The festival, which runs from 10am-4pm at the Gujarat Hindu Society and Community Centre in Preston, Lancashire, includes a Workshop discussing Health Systems Changes: where are we up to with health system transformation? The workshop will consider; […]
Cumbria CVS is working with a wonderful digital volunteer called Jonny who will be helping to create a short volunteering video about volunteering in Cumbria and highlighting the amazing work so many different volunteers and community groups have done during Covid-19. The video will be used on social media and on the Cumbria CVS website. […]
Citizens Advice Virtual Volunteer Recruitment Session Wednesday 20 October from 12noon-1pm Are you interested in becoming a volunteer with your local Citizens Advice in Cumbria? Citizens Advice need a range of volunteers with different skills and backgrounds. Volunteers need the ability to communicate well, work effectively as a team member but also independently and be […]
At the beginning of September 2021, The Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work project hosted two Stakeholder events with local partners, both in Barrow and Kendal. The purpose of the event was to explain the work of the Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work (BBO GCtW) project, which supports people in the Barrow […]
Our CEO, David Allen, recently delivered a presentation exploring the relationship between Cumbria CVS and local councils, at Transforming Local Government Procurement 2021. The online event took place on the 28th September 2021, and brought together senior leaders from across Central and Local Government, academia and the wider public sector to hear the latest policy […]
#SmallCharityWeek Small Charity Week is an annual event, run by the Foundation for Social Improvement. Small Charity Week is focused on celebrating and raising awareness of the essential work of small charities and the contribution they make to the lives of millions of individuals, communities and causes across the UK and around the world. This […]
Further to the announcement last week, I wanted to reiterate the message that as of 1 April 2020, membership of Cumbria CVS is now FREE. See message from David Allen last week: “I am pleased to announce that as of 1st April 2020, Cumbria CVS will no longer be charging a membership fee. This was […]
Dear Friends and Colleagues My message today has changed from the one I wrote yesterday, which was asking for your support to help bring about change – to join Cumbria CVS and other other local, regional and national organisations lobbying hard to get a national commitment to provide financial support to voluntary organisations throughout this […]
