Learning Disability Week is taking place from Monday 16th June to Sunday 22nd June – and as part of this year’s celebration, Care Network are inviting you to be part of a powerful performance that brings their See Me theme to life! They’ll be performing the incredible, uplifting anthem This Read more
by Callum Henry, Preston Volunteers Co-ordinator What an amazing week it was at Preston Volunteers last week as part of Volunteers’ Week. I can’t count how many sandwiches, cakes, brews etc. we got through but I thought you may want to see some our amazing events that went on throughout Read more
Volunteers’ Week may be over – but it’s always the right time to thank a volunteer. We’d like to put on record our gratitude to two fantastic volunteers, who work at our Community Hub. Here are Sabs and Sharon. Thank you, Sabs and Sharon! (Top image: George Dolgikh via Pexels.com).
The Modern Worker for the Modern Workplace (MWMW) Programme, delivered by the IN4 Group, offers senior executives and managers from Blackburn with Darwen organisations a unique chance to increase productivity, customer service and growth in the workplace by harnessing the power of data and generative AI technologies. The next sessions are Read more
The minutes of May’s CVS Peer Network are now available. You can view/download them below: – The next CVS Peer Network meeting will take place on Thursday 26th June, in the Conference Room at our Boulevard Centre. Please note: Parking on Morrisons Car Park is free for 2.5 hours. Shared Read more
Community CVS put on a fun celebration for volunteers from VOICE, Community CVS, Spark, Roots and BCSP on Friday as part of our celebration of volunteering for national Volunteers’ Week. We enjoyed food, music games and a very competitive quiz hosted by Marsy. Everyone had a fun time. We thoroughly Read more
The Big Celebration took place at Preston Town Hall on Friday 6th June. The Big Celebration represented the culmination of Volunteers’ Week, and gave organisations, groups and the community at large within Preston and Central Lancashire an opportunity to express their gratitude for and celebrate the vast contributions volunteers make Read more
Last Thursday (5th June) saw a host of great organisations working in and around Preston come together at One Co Work to celebrate Volunteers’ Week with Preston Volunteers’ Step into Volunteering Fair. The Fair provided a brilliant platform for groups and organisations to showcase their volunteer opportunities to prospective volunteers, Read more
We’re delighted to be able to celebrate our fantastic volunteers during Volunteers’ Week. Here is the brilliant Benedict Gavin, who is a stalwart of our Communities team, serving on Reception in our Boulevard Centre, with a certificate of appreciation for the fine job he does. Benedict also received a box Read more
Preston Volunteers teamed up with the brilliant LACVS LOCAL team on Wednesday to provide a Funding Fair for delegates from groups and organisations in Central Lancashire at One Co Work. The Fair provided a fantastic marketplace to enable local organisations and community groups to meet funders in person to explore Read more