Do you know a wonderful young person that volunteers? Helps out their neighbours? Helps litter pick? Or simply helps to make their neighbourhood or local community a better place to live or work? If so then nominate them for our Community Volunteer Awards today! If they are picked as a Read more…
Do you have a wonderful neighbour that helps out? Keeps the place tidy? Helps other neighbours? Goes that extra mile? If so then nominate them today. If they are picked as a finalist they will be invited to an event at King Georges Hall on Thursday 2nd November to receive Read more…
The minutes of the latest meeting of the Community CVS Network (Thursday 29th June) have now been published. You can read them below. Additionally, the agenda for the next meeting, which will take place on Thursday 27th July, can be viewed and downloaded via this link.
We’re delighted to have teamed up with the Lancashire Telegraph to promote our Community Volunteer Awards as media partner sponsor. If you’d like to learn more, Melanie Disley has written a brilliant article outlining our new partnership.
Over 1000 small charities and voluntary sector supporters have written to the Prime Minister today urging him to recognise the vital role they play in communities across the country. The letter was delivered to Number 10 on Thursday 22nd June as part of Small Charity Week, which aims to highlight Read more…
The Lancashire Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (LACVS) are seeking to recruit for two new positions. These are part of the LOCAL Lancashire project. Project Co-ordinator Salary: £23,870 per annum (Full-Time Equivalent £29,439) Hours: 30 hours per week Location: Ability to work across Lancashire – but primary location – Read more…
This month’s meeting of our Community CVS Network will be taking place from 9.30am on Thursday 29th June in the Conference Room at the Boulevard Centre, 45 Railway Road, Blackburn. Community CVS holds monthly network meetings where Practitioners and Volunteer Coordinators from all sectors in the borough come together. Our Read more…
Due to high demand, we are pleased to announce that we have a brand new tranche of Community Volunteer Training coming up in July. These sessions will be taking place over the course of three Thursdays – the 6th, 13th and 20th – and are in addition to our previously-advertised Read more…
Who are your VCFSE heroes? Who has gone the extra mile to make Blackburn with Darwen a better place? Gongs are up for grabs at this year’s Community Volunteer Awards – and you can nominate people or groups you feel deserve recognition now. If you’d like to nominate an individual Read more…
Rainbow Café applied for the Blackburn with Darwen Community Fund and successfully secured funding for an art project. Rainbow Café members were given a brief to create pieces of art work in any medium that represented a part of who they are or how they see themselves. Diverse Originality represents Read more…