We would like to offer our congratulations to St. James Church Over Darwen, who have secured The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s support for vital work to help save and restore the historic church building for the local community. The funding will support assessment and planning work on the historic building Read more…
This month’s Flying Start Business Network event took place on Thursday 5th December and, as ever, featured some great speakers and provided a lot of knowledge a well as networking opportunities. We had some great feedback and look forward to seeing you all again at the next one. Minutes January’s Read more…
As part of the 6Ps VCFSE Strategy for Blackburn with Darwen, which sets out the priorities for its operations until 2030, the BwD Community Network are looking to create an action group for organisations that support women. If you would like to be part of this working group, we would Read more…
Andrea from our Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Health Promotion Team attended a couple of health promotion events on Saturday. The first was a Christmas Fair at the United Reformed Church in Chorley from 11am to 2pm, where Andrea met Santa (she had a stall in the model railway room which Read more…
Want to catch up on all things volunteering in Preston? Do you look after volunteers? Are there times when you would love to see how other people support their volunteers and deal with issues that arise? The Preston Volunteers Managers Forum is the perfect safe space to connect with other Read more…
At Community CVS, we believe that showcasing the great work of voluntary organisations and community groups is of paramount importance – and we’d love to help you get the word out about your group and what you do to enhance and enrich the lives of people in our communities. If Read more…
We’re proud to be hosting Safeguarding training recently, led by trainers from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s Safeguarding Adults Board. This is part of the new Multi-Agency Safeguarding Policy and Procedure, and will equip Safeguarding Leads from organisations in the Borough on up-to-date information how to ensure the safety of Read more…
Cohort 4 of our Aspiring Leaders in Health and Social Care Skills for Life Bootcamp came to a successful conclusion recently – and we still have a limited number of places left on Cohort 5, which begins on Wednesday 8th January.This Bootcamp, which takes place over ten sessions, is ideal Read more…
The next Flying Start Business Network will be on Thursday 5th December, from 9.30am to 12 noon in our Boulevard Centre Conference Room, 45 Railway Road, Blackburn, BB1 1EZ.We have Dee Gough from The Pacific Institute and Michael Spencer from Style Mentoring speaking, with two further speakers to be confirmed. Read more…
Our Community Volunteer Training has everything your volunteers need to get the most out of their volunteering., while the Quality Mark workshops offer a wide range of useful information and expertise for volunteer managers. Blackburn: Community Volunteer Training Led by the excellent Denise Hayhurst, Community Volunteer Training takes place over Read more…