Training and Events – Calendar
Best Practice in Volunteer Management Session 3 – Recruiting Volunteers
Date: Thursday 24th July 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Join us over a series of 4 sessions to discover more about the key principles of best practice in volunteer management and how you can implement these to support, retain and recognise volunteers who support your work and activities. Get top tips, tools, templates and share ideas and experiences to help you shape effective volunteer management processes in your organisation.
Environmental and Sustainability Policy Training workshop
Date: Tuesday 12th August 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
This workshop will cover the importance of having an environmental and sustainability policy, how to write one, and how to implement effective action plans. It’s designed to help organisations adopt environmentally sustainable practices and understand their impact on the environment.
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Together For Good – Lunch and Learn
Date: Wednesday 13th August 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Together for Good supports third sector, community groups and non-profit organisations to promote opportunities they have where businesses, via their employees, can provide support on a voluntary basis. The organisations must be delivering benefits directly in West Cumberland (former areas of Allerdale and Copeland) to be able to access the services on the platform.
Introduction to Canva for non-profits
Date: Wednesday 20th August 2025
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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.
Meet the Funder: Sport England – Movement Fund
Date: Wednesday 10th September 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Sport England Movement Fund offers funding via crowdfunding pledges and grants to improve physical activity opportunities for the people and communities who face barriers to physical activity and need it the most. They can fund a wide range of costs and items up to £15,000.
In this webinar we will cover key information about the fund, including the fund’s criteria, what can and can’t be funded, how to apply and what to include in your application.
Best Practice in Volunteer Management Session 4 – Supporting and Recognising Volunteers
Date: Thursday 11th September 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Join us over a series of 4 sessions to discover more about the key principles of best practice in volunteer management and how you can implement these to support, retain and recognise volunteers who support your work and activities. Get top tips, tools, templates and share ideas and experiences to help you shape effective volunteer management processes in your organisation.
From Idea to Application: A Practical Workshop for New Fundraisers
Date: Monday 15th September 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
This 2.5-hour online workshop is designed for small organisations and community groups who are new to bid writing. It will support you in shaping and clarifying your project idea, exploring it with others, and gaining confidence in presenting it to funders. You’ll work through a simple, structured template in a supportive and interactive environment that helps you organise your thinking and refine your approach.
Good Practice in Volunteer Management (Workshop 1) Creating a positive Volunteer Journey
Date: Wednesday 17th September 2025
Time: 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Drigg village hall
Town: Holmrook
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:
Keswick and Solway ICC Population Health Third Sector Showcase
September 17th, Wigton Market Hall
Keswick and Solway ICC Population Health Third Sector Showcase
Come and meet up to 100 staff based at GP practices across the Keswick and Solway Integrate Care area (this includes Dalston, Wigton, Keswick, Silloth, Caldbeck etc).
The practices are hoping to understand more about the community support available to their patients so they can improve the health of everyone, especially those who are most in need.
West Cumbria Volunteering Fair 18th September 2025
Date: Thursday 18th September 2025
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Where: The Solway Hall
Town: Whitehaven
This event aims to attract the general public to come along and to meet local groups, charities or organisations to find out about local volunteering opportunities and how individuals interested in volunteering can register and become a volunteer.
By attending the event the general public will find out more about which organisations are looking to recruit new volunteers, the wide range of local volunteering opportunities available, when and where volunteers are needed and how to become a volunteer.
