The Friday 3rd November Focus Group Workshop at Community CVS to evaluate and comment on the Quality Mark for Volunteering that we are rolling out across Lancashire. They were exploring how it would best fit smaller community groups, enabling them to recruit and retain volunteers as well as being able Read more…
Dawn Juson, who along with Simone Chadwick, run Symbiosis Health and Well Being CIC. They applied for a Grant through the Community Asset Fund in September 2023 for the 7 week “Let’s Get Growing” project. They are passionate and dedicated to providing sustainable solutions for growing food to help with Read more…
The minutes of October’s Community CVS Network have been published. You can read them below. (Image: Christina Morillo via Pexels.com).
The Aspiring Leaders in Health and Social Care programme is aimed at people in the Health and Social Care Sector wishing to progress in their career. The programme takes the form of a Skills Bootcamp and is part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee. Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses Read more…
The Phoenix Hub applied to the Community Asset Fund and were awarded £2000 to establish their project. Miffy Clegg of Community CVS visited the Phoenix Hub last Thursday. Sandra showed her around the building and told her about some of the amazing work they have been doing. The Hub is accessible to anyone Read more…
The Community Asset Fund has twice awarded grants to the “Inspired By Art Project” at The Bureau – Centre for the Arts in Blackburn. It is an arts project for those in Recovery in Blackburn with Darwen who may not necessarily benefit from the traditional Group Model yet still need Read more…
Mohammed Kathrada & Miffy Clegg from Community CVS were invited today at lunch hour to attend the Halloween theme party at the Blackburn Nightsafe where young people got the chance to prepare a spooky Halloween feast for young people, with ghostly doughnuts and sweets. Nightsafe provides temporary living accommodation to Read more…
On Thursday afternoon, Community CVS’ Mohammed Kathrada was invited to attend the Arise Restoration Centre to see first hand how the centre engages with the local communities and projects by means of supporting residents with free foods. CVS staff got involved with sorting out assorted bread with long best before Read more…
On Monday 23rd October, Mohammed Kathrada was invited to attend the Pavilion Community Hub & Café, Corporation Park. This afternoon meeting with the director from the Lancashire Community Helpers (CIC), Steven Ball. The Lancashire Community Helpers have recently taken over The Pavilion to turn the building into a community hubs Read more…
Community CVS first charity to obtain new national Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) quality standard Community CVS, a charity from Blackburn with Darwen, has become the first charity in the UK to be awarded the Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) quality standard. This new standard is for volunteer infrastructure organisations who want Read more…