Gordon Henry, Bedrock Basics Development Officer, reports on an event celebrating three years of the Bedrock Basics Project, providing a wide range of 1:1 support, advice and group training for non-profit organisations and community groups who deliver services in west Cumberland. Bedrock Basics Project hosted our Celebration Event in Workington on 27 June. This event […]
Project Manager for Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment, Shelley Studholme, gives us an update on the programme’s activities and staff changes during another busy month: We’ve had a productive and rewarding month delivering the project, meeting the needs of clients and adding value where we can, whilst raising awareness of the project, encouraging referrals and […]
Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green! Read on for links to useful resources, information and news, updates on our own climate commitment, blog posts from colleagues about what they’re doing (in a work capacity and privately) to minimise environmental impact and more. If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see in our […]
A project, which has empowered 1700 young people in the Barrow area for the last eight years, closed this month with a celebration evening. The event saw previous participants, school staff, head teachers, funders and staff sharing stories of the positive impact achieved over the years. The Inspiring Barrow Kickstart programme, run by Cumbria CVS, […]
Welcome to Cumbria CVS’s Health and Wellbeing News, Events and Opportunities for April 24. 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. To catch up on our News, Events & Opportunities from June 2024, click […]
Our South Copeland Development Officer, Beresford Moyle Rosser, gives us an update on what’s he’s been up to recently, and why it’s important to ask the right questions to understand how to best help the organisations he supports: I am a huge fan of Podcasts. Listening to the views of others as I am driving from […]
South Lakes Poverty Truth Commission Coordinator, Lois Sparling, updates us on the project’s Working Groups, and how they’re starting to think ahead to what happens after this stage of the project concludes in October: As we reach the mid-point of the year, we’re halfway through the lifespan of our Working Groups at South Lakes […]
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 July. Please check back regularly. (Last update: 26/07/24 – items added on this date are marked as [NEW]) You’ll also find the latest Health and […]
Gabi Lipska, Cumbria CVS’ District Manager for Westmorland and Furness, explains what Standard Operating Procedure writeshops are, and how they help with referrals and collaboration, team-building and trust, co-creation of resources and so much more: Unlocking Knowledge, Building Community, and Enhancing Impact System improvement and encouraging partnership and collaboration are two of our key strategic […]
Project Manager for Step Forward into Volunteering and Employment, Shelley Studholme, gives us an update on the programme’s activities and future during a period of change: The Step Forward Project was funded until July 2024. However, we successfully secured one more year through using funding wisely and delivering a business plan to the NENC ICB […]
