Training and Events – Calendar
HR for Non HR Specialists in small voluntary & community groups
Date: Tuesday 14th January 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Are you responsible for managing the HR in your organisation but without the benefit of an experienced dedicated HR resource?
From employment law and staff contracts to advertising jobs and interviewing, human resources can be a minefield to negotiate. With their dedicated HR departments, bigger charities are lucky. But what happens if, like many smaller organisations, staff who aren’t specialists have to handle HR? If this is you and you are based in the Westmorland & Furness area, join this 1-hour workshop to:
Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust- Volunteer Taster Day- Eskdale- 22nd January 2025
Come and join us at Eskdale Mill and Heritage Trust Volunteer Taster Day from 11.00 a.m to 15.00 pm at Eskdale Mill, Boot.
As a volunteer at Eskdale Mill you can volunteer in practical conservation, gardening and groundwork, historic building maintenance, mill and hydro-electric machinery operation and maintenance, reception and/or stewarding duties and artefact maintenance,
Keswick Museum- Volunteer Taster Day
Come join us at Keswick Museum in Saturday 25th January 10.30a.m – 2.pm.
You will be able to try our a range of roles currently available at the museum and experience what volunteering at Keswick Museum involves.
1 Visitor Services:
See how customer facing roles can help build your transferable skills for a wider professional market. Strengthen your confidence, collaboration, communication and adaptability skill sets.
Volunteering Information Session in Brampton! (Organisation bookings)
Date: Wednesday 29th January 2025
Time: 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Where: Brampton Community Centre
Town: Brampton
This Volunteering Works – Volunteering Information Session in Carlisle will take place on Wednesday 29 January 25 from, 10.30am-1.30pm at Brampton Community Centre.
This face to face event will bring together a range of organisations that are looking to recruit new volunteers from Brampton or surrounding areas, but who may also have job opportunities too.
Volunteering Information Session in Brampton! (Volunteer bookings)
Date: Wednesday 29th January 2025
Time: 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Where: Brampton Community Centre
Town: Brampton
This session aims to attract anyone interested in finding out more about becoming a volunteer and local volunteering opportunities in Brampton, but also to consider the third sector job opportunities.
This face to face event will bring together a range of organisations that are looking to recruit new volunteers from Brampton, but who may also have job opportunities too.
Budget Writing Skills for Fundraisers of Charities & Community Groups
Date: Wednesday 29th January 2025
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
This 1-hour workshop will help you create a budget for your funding applications, without being a finance expert – for charities & community groups based in Westmorland & Furness.
Do you have to submit funding applications and need support to write your budget for your project?
Not everyone is a finance whizz and that can make costing and budgeting for a fundraising application feel daunting or overwhelming.
Barrow Funding Fair
This event provides a fantastic opportunity for local groups to directly engage (face to face) with local and national funders and support groups regarding projects/funding requirements.
Attending funders and support organisations include:
Marketing Skills for Small Charities & Community Groups
Date: Thursday 6th February 2025
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Top tips on promoting your not-for-profit organisation, without having a dedicated marketing team.
Do you feel as if your organisation is a small fish in a very big pond?
Do you feel that not enough people have heard of your organisation?
Do you feel overwhelmed by the competitive environment with funders and causes?
University of Cumbria – Student Volunteering Fair
Date: Tuesday 11th February 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Where: University of Cumbria
Town: Carlisle
This Student Volunteering Fair, hosted by the University of Cumbria in partnership with Cumbria CVS aims to attract students interested in finding out more about becoming a volunteer and local volunteering opportunities.
We are inviting organisations to book on to this event to have a stall at the Volunteering Fair. Organisations are invited to the set up of tables from 11.30am. This event is part of Student Volunteering Week.
Kendal Volunteering Fair
Join us during Student Volunteering Week to celebrate and promote all things volunteering, and recruit new volunteers for your organisation!
Wednesday 12th February 2025, 4-5.30pm (set up from 3pm) Kendal College, Westmorland Campus, Market Place, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4TN
Your organisation is invited to book a stall at the Kendal Volunteer Fair, organised jointly by Cumbria CVS and Kendal College as part of Student Volunteering Week 2025.
