Training and Events – Calendar
Meet the funder – easyfundraising
Date: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
🎉 Discover Free Funding for Your Community Group – Don’t Miss Out! 🎉
Looking for a simple way to bring in extra funds for your community group? Join our free online session and find out how you can unlock unrestricted funding through easyfundraising – just by encouraging your supporters to shop online!
Good Practice in Volunteer Management Workshop 2 (Cumberland) – What to do when volunteer management gets challenging
Date: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Time: 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Shaddongate Resource Centre
Town: Carlisle
Cumbria CVS over two face to face workshops to discover more about the key principles of best practice in volunteer management.
Our next workshops are face to face and will bring together Volunteer Managers or anyone with a responsibility for managing volunteers and will look at:
Creating a Positive Volunteer Journey (Workshop 1) and Workshop 2 will focus on: What to do when volunteer management gets challenging
South Lakes Volunteering Fair
Date: Sunday 5th October 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
What: South Lakes Volunteering Fair
When: Sunday 5th October, 11.00am – 3.00pm (stall set-up from 10.00am for organisations)
Where: Kendal Leisure Centre
Your organisation is invited to attend the South Lakes Volunteering Fair, organised by Cumbria CVS and Age Friendly South Lakeland. This event aims to attract those that are interested in finding out more about becoming a volunteer and local volunteering opportunities. This event is open to the public and provides an opportunity to find out more about volunteering across South Lakes.
Cumbria Community Resilience Conference 2025
The Cumbria Community Resilience Conference 2025 will bring together members of the community with representatives of responder organisations for a day of workshops and discussions about resilience and emergency preparedness. We’ll deliver tabletop exercises, a plenary session with experts, and workshops around practical elements of how to prepare your community. We’ll also offer individual surgeries for communities that have specific questions or local issues to address.
Good Practice in Volunteer Management Workshop 1 (Westmorland & Furness) – Creating a positive Volunteer Journey
Date: Wednesday 8th October 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Holiday Inn Express
Town: Barrow-In-Furness
Following on from our 4 Online Good Practice in Volunteer Management Training Sessions in the last quarter, come and join Cumbria CVS over two face to face workshops to discover more about the key principles of best practice in volunteer management.
Our next workshops are face to face and will bring together Volunteer Managers or anyone with a responsibility for managing volunteers and will look at:
How to Recruit Trustees: marketing and advertising techniques to find new trustees
Date: Tuesday 14th October 2025
Time: 1:30 am - 2:30 am
Supercharge Your Trustee Recruitment!
Join us to unlock the energy you need to find the next Trustees for your board. Get top tips, tools, templates and hear best practice on how to go about your trustee recruitment.
Introduction to Canva for non-profits
Date: Tuesday 14th October 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Struggling to create eye-catching content for your organisation’s social media, newsletters, or presentations?
Sign up to one of Bedrock Basics Introduction to Canva for non-profits learning sessions.
Carlisle Funding Fair
Date: Tuesday 14th October 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Shaddongate Resource Centre
Town: Carlisle
This event provides a fantastic opportunity for local groups to directly engage in person with local and national funders and support groups regarding projects/funding requirements, as well as networking with other organisations.
Tickets are free, and attendees can choose to book a morning (10am – noon) or afternoon (1pm – 3pm) slot.
First Aid Awareness Training for Volunteers
Date: Thursday 16th October 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
This training is aimed at volunteers who support local organisations to enhance skills and knowledge. The course will equip them with an understanding of First Aid Awareness and cover a range of content including: responding to common incidents like choking, bleeding and cardiac arrest, the role of a first aider, assessment of incidents, dealing with an unresponsive casualty and dealing with minor injuries. This course is always very popular so please book early to ensure a space. Please note that this event is aimed at volunteers supporting the work of organisations who are members of Cumbria CVS across Westmorland and Furness. We are unable to offer places for paid members of staff
Cumbria Volunteering Strategy Engagement Workshop – Carlisle
Date: Tuesday 21st October 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Volunteers are pivotal to the work of many of our local organisations and volunteering is a powerful force for change on both a local and national level, but we know that currently it isn’t equally accessible or enjoyable for everyone. Over recent years we have seen many changes to the way in which people volunteer because of the pandemic, cost of living crisis and a rise in loneliness and as a result volunteering needs to adapt to remain relevant, strong and attractive for both existing and future volunteers.
