Carlisle Volunteering Fair

Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2025 – Monday 2nd – Sunday 8th June 2025

Next week it is National Volunteers’ Week which celebrates and recognises the contributions of volunteers. Launched in 1984, this initiative has been running for over 40 years. Volunteers’ Week is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate Volunteering and volunteers, recognise and reward volunteers and to recruit volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering, then please come along to our Carlisle Volunteering Fair at our Carlisle Office in Shaddongate on Monday 2nd June 10:30 – 12:00. It is a drop in event so need to book just come along and you will have the opportunity to speak directly with charities about local volunteering opportunities.

Organisations currently attending include:

• Carer Support Carlisle and Eden
• Carlisle Foodbank
• Carlisle Youth Zone
• Happy Mums Foundation
• Cumbria Law Centre
• Cumbria Family Support
• Active Cumbria
• Hallbankgate Hub Ltd
• National Trust
• People First / Healthwatch Cumberland and Westmoreland and Furness
• The Laurie Brewis Trust
• Self Funded Youth Charity
• AbilityNet (Cumbria)
• Action Tutoring
• Warwick Bridge Cornmill & Artisan bakery.
• British Heart Foundation
• Cumbria Youth Alliance