On Wednesday 12 February 2020 from 8-9pm, Cumbria CVS will be lead a twitter hour on volunteering to link with Student Volunteering Week (10-16 February 2020). The topic is: Volunteering Opportunities for Students so please join in and tweet your volunteering opportunities and photographs of students volunteering. Let’s celebrate and promote Student Volunteering Week 2020. […]
The ‘Forces Link’ Carlisle and Eden project has been in operation since June 2019 and was set up to help increase opportunity and support for our local ex-service community and their families. The project has had a positive first 6 months and has really benefitted from being part of the Cumbria CVS team. The links […]
Do you have an innovative health and care project that you’d like help developing and that would lend itself to a collaborative approach? Cumbria CVS have two Health and Care Project Funding Officers for North and South Cumbria newly in post who can help get projects off the ground! Our role is to support third […]
David Allen has been appointed as a non executive director to North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). David who is also the newly appointed chief executive of Cumbria Council of Voluntary Service (CVS) was appointed by the Governors Council of Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust last week following recommendation by its Nominations Committee. […]
Before starting at Cumbria CVS just four short weeks ago, I took it upon myself to draw up a “transition plan” – a rather grandiose title for a simple one-page note, setting out what I needed to understand, who might be able to help me and what ideas I might be able to assemble in […]
We are delighted to announce that David Allen will join Cumbria CVS as Chief Executive Officer on 29 July 2019. David has over 20 years experience of working at a senior level in national charities, and has worked across the UK, including 10 years based in the North West of England. Most recently, he has […]
Cumbria Arts and Culture Network Chair and Deputy have now been appointed: Richard Foster (Brewery Arts) will assume the role of Chair, supported by Catherine Coulthard (Prism Arts) as Deputy – congratulations to both! The Cumbria Arts and Culture Network will meet on 2 May – part of this meeting will be devoted to the Chair exploring with […]
The Kickstart programme began working with Year 8 children in January 2019 across five secondary schools in the Barrow and Furness area. This is an expansion of two schools from last year with the addition of Dowdales School (Dalton in Furness) and Ulverston Victoria High School. The programme designed to improve communication, confidence, leadership, resilience […]
I would like to start this month’s EBulletin by letting you know that after very careful consideration I have decided to leave Cumbria CVS. Since I joined it has been a wonderful two years of progress and challenge, and I am very proud of all that Cumbria CVS has achieved, and the strategic direction of […]
With conventional services overstretched, teenagers in the Cumbria coastal town of Maryport teamed up to assist their peers. Frustrated by the waiting times for mental health services, they formed a group, We Will, to campaign for more understanding and skilled support for young people suffering mental ill health. The group of teens knew they would need […]
