“Volunteering has helped get me out of the house and meet new people. I feel confident enough now to move forward and get back into employment and join in activities within the local community”. Our Inclusive Volunteering Project, is delivered across the 4 localities in the borough. It was first Read more…
MEAM (Making Every Adult Matter) Community CVS is supporting other partner organisations in the borough by delivering the volunteering support element of MEAM initiative – Making Every Adult Matter). This is where Community CVS volunteers engage with people with severe and multiple disadvantages who are residing in houses of multiple Read more…
This training is to prepare people wanting to become recovery support volunteers. A 5 day training programme covering: Roles and responsibilities Working professionally Interpersonal communication Conflict resolution Safe working practice Policies and procedures Commonly presented issues including initial awareness of drug and alcohol misuse, housing and homelessness, benefits, finance and Read more…
Community CVS runs Fast 4wd to help service users who are engaged in treatment or who are in recovery from substance misuse, to help others in their community. Community CVS first developed the Fast 4wd Project in 2006 to help remove barriers that were preventing people who were engaging in Read more…
The website www.jargonbusters.org.uk is helpful in giving examples of how to answer common questions on funder’s application forms. Below are their basic definitions of common terms. On their website you’ll also find useful real life examples how you could answer questions on the terms below on a funders application form. Read more…
Community CVS can help you to keep up with all the latest funding opportunities. Sign up for our Community CVS bulletin here Borough Council’s If you want to check out the latest funding opportunities now, you can’t go far wrong with the Borough Council‘s excellent updates (.pdf), which can be Read more…
Community CVS is distributing a small grants pot to individuals and community groups, for innovative projects around supporting life recovery. The funding is to support aims and objectives of the Blackburn with Darwen Recovery Orientated Integrated System (ROIS) commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Drug and Alcohol Action /Public Read more…
Community CVS has a legacy of supporting community groups to access external funding. Since 2002 we have distributed over £2.8 million of small grants to community groups. Between 2014 – 15 we helped numerous community groups make successful small grant applications, bringing in £225,000 to the borough. Partnerships Borough Council Read more…
The Community Fund, is a grants pot that we manage on behalf of the Sustainable Neighbourhoods Team in Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. This grants pot has been run by Community CVS since 2012. Funding rounds for grants of up to £500 are periodically made available to help small volunteer-led Read more…
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