Welcome to the Community CVS website
You matter – and we’re here to help you achieve your goals and reach your potential.
- “I want to volunteer” – check out our Volunteer Brokerage Service and Volunteer Bulletin
- “I need help with my recovery” – our Fast 4wd service is here to assist
- “I’m looking to get back into employment” – our Action for Jobs team can provide you with the help you need
- “I’m interested in self-employment, starting my own business” – please get in touch with our Business Support team
- “I’m looking to get some training for staff and volunteers in my organisation” – our Upskilling team can give you a hand-up
- Check out our full range of services to learn more.
Who we are
We are a membership based organisation which exists to promote, develop and support voluntary and community action in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen and across Lancashire.
- Our mission: To support individuals, organisations and communities to achieve their full potential
- Our vision: To create a more prosperous, equitable, active & greener Blackburn with Darwen & Lancashire
- Our work: You can learn more about how we operate on the project pages to the right
- Join us – become a Community CVS member and partner in the BwD Equity Taskforce
Our strategic objectives
- Support: helping people to access services and improve their quality of life
- Action: empowering people and organisations to achieve inclusive, sustainable growth
- Resource: connecting, funding and developing the VCFSE Sector
- Volunteer: improving volunteer experiences by developing a quality volunteer eco-system
Our values
- Community Stewardship: valuing service to the community over self-interest and believing everyone with a locality has a responsibility to support positive social change for people living there and for future generations.
- Co-operation: valuing people and organisations collaboratively working together for the benefit of our communities.
- Fairness: valuing social justice, equality and solidarity, striving to make a more equal society as a way of supporting the social, economic and environmental well-being of everyone within our communities.
- Voluntary Action: valuing people and organisations giving their time freely to help other people within our communities.
- Willing to Listen, Learn & Innovate: valuing a willingness to try new ideas and try new approaches to tackling some of the deep-seated socio-economic and environmental challenges that our communities face.
How we do this
- Inspiring people & organisations to action: through volunteering, through donating money or resources to make a positive contribution to the life of the community
- Connecting people & organisations across all sections of society: helping to create the social networks across our communities and sectors to instigate positive change
- Influencing decision makers: to listen to local residents, charities, community groups and social enterprises, who have a voice to shape key decisions about the local community
- Developing the capabilities of existing organisations to have a bigger impact within our communities and helping new businesses, charities and social enterprises to set up in response to local needs
- Targeting our support to the most vulnerable within society and the more deprived neighbourhoods within our community