My name is Emily Wilson, and I’m the new Barrow Development Officer, here to support voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations across Barrow. My role focuses on: Supporting local groups to develop skills, strengthen governance, and improve long term resilience Providing tailored support, including funding advice, business planning, volunteer management, and monitoring and […]
Could you join us for Give a Day to Kendal—a week dedicated to coming together as a community and making a real difference where it matters most? From 1st–7th June, volunteers, local groups, and businesses will roll up their sleeves to support a range of hands-on projects across Kendal. This is your opportunity to give […]
Welcome to Focus on Funding – your monthly resource to keep you abreast of current and new funding opportunities, and the latest funding news and events. As well as Focus on Funding, you can access our support, including dedicated funding assistance, identifying funding sources, offering advice on strong applications, application reviews, communication with funders, application development […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 01/05/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 24/04/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 09/04/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! In our twenty-sixth blog post, we welcome Eilidh Skinner, Going Green Together Project Officer at VONNE, who tells us about the project and how they’re partnering with us to deliver a package of support for organisations in Cumbria. If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see […]
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place! This page will be updated with new information as we receive it during the week. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 09/04/26 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health […]
Shirley Murray, our Community Co-researcher Support Officer for the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Cumberland, gives us a project update, including news on training, a Research Groups launch event, research topics chosen and more. I’m really excited to share the latest update on our work with the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) […]
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for April 2026. This page will be updated regularly, so we are delighted you have landed here today and hope that you will keep coming back for updates during the month. Lots of the News, Events and Opportunities information will also be appearing in […]
