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…
Benefits Myths Information for volunteers with disabilities Volunteering and state benefits
Useful websites Local Safeguarding Children’s Board Safeguarding Children Ten things you might not have thought about with regards to safeguarding Safeguarding is not just about making sure your service users are safe… what about your volunteers and your staff? Just because you receive a DBS check back with nothing recorded Read more…
King’s Fund report on the value of volunteers in health and social care http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/volunteering-health-and-care Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit: A practical guide for measuring volunteering http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/products-services/publications/volunteering-impact-assessment-toolkit Information on the Social Value Act 2012 http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2012/07/02/what-is-the-social-value-act/ Impact Assessment Toolkit Greater London http://www.greaterlondonvolunteering.org.uk/projects/
Each week a blog is posted on http://ivo.org/ & shared via twitter using the hashtag #ttvolmgrs. A twitter conversation then ensues between Volunteer Managers. Good practice http://www.volunteering.org.uk/goodpractice Good Practice Bank available from Volunteering England, divided into Themes and Information Sheets which will help you with all aspects of Volunteer Organising Free NCVO Read more…