Storm Arwen caused a huge amount of damage across the northern United Kingdom, including to power networks, with more than a million properties losing power at some stage during the event from Scotland to the Midlands. In the Electricity North West area, over 117,000 properties were left without power, with the majority of those in […]
Recently we have been contacted by a number of local groups experiencing difficulties opening bank accounts. Many providers have stopped offering this facility as an unintended consequence of a tightening of banking legislation around money laundering. This causes a problem as funders often insist on a bank account in the group’s name. This is currently […]
Members of the BBO project team had the absolute pleasure last month to attend, and participate in, Cumbria’s first Anti-Racist Cumbria Summit held at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal and led by the bold, brave and visionary Anti-Racist Cumbria team. Our very own Cumbria CVS North District Manager, Niall McNulty, opened the Summit in […]
With continuing Covid-19 concerns once again forcing our AGM & Conference online, our 2021 event saw more than 60 people in attendance from the comfort of their own homes. Held on the 24th of November, the AGM kicked off with a welcome from Chair of Trustees, Mike Taylor, and was followed by an introduction from […]
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 […]
