Breastfeeding helps babies get the best start in life, ensuring that they have access to nutrition, immunity and in terms of building a strong emotional bond between mother and child. Breastfeeding also has health benefits for new mothers. Community CVS is committed to promoting and supporting breastfeeding in Blackburn with Read more
Noorjahan expressed an interest in volunteering early this year, having been made redundant by DWP after 20 years of service. Her children are all married and she was looking for something to enable her to stay active and keep busy. She applied for volunteering through the Volunteer Plus website, before Read more
Preston Volunteers are out and about in the community, helping people start there volunteering journey throughout the week. We have recently updated our schedule of drop-in sessions for people interested in getting involved in volunteering. From now on, we will only be attending Red Rose Recovery every month now on Read more
The Preston Volunteering Fund garnered a fantastic response from volunteer-involving projects across Preston, with requests for funding amounting to nearly double the total amount available in the pot! The number and diverse nature of projects being planned in the community is incredible. It was originally planned to hold three funding Read more
Our wonderful Yasmin has been highly praised by former Councillor and Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Iftikhar Hussain for her role in supporting the development of the Hungarian Welfare Association and, thereby, helping to facilitate the integration of the Hungarian Community within Blackburn with Darwen. Mr. Hussain said: “The support Read more
We’re pleased to have teamed up with CADAS (Cumbria Addictions Advice & Solutions) to put on a free six-week programme for people with mental health support needs, entitled #Healthy #Habit #Hacking. The programme will run over six Tuesdays between 10.30am and 12.30pm from Tuesday 17th September to Tuesday 22nd October Read more
The finalists in this year’s Community Volunteer Awards have been revealed with more nominations than ever before in the history of the Community Volunteer Awards being received. More than 1000 nominations were received in total, for awards across 12 categories and the judging for the Community Volunteer Awards, run as Read more
Our latest ten-week Aspiring Leaders in Health and Social Care Skills Bootcamp programme is starting today – and we have a small number of places available for the next tranche of this in-demand course, which begins in January. Want to find out more? Please don’t hesitate to get in touch Read more
Yesterday, our staff and volunteers were at Blackburn College’s Industry Collaboration Zone for our team building session, entitled Participating in Change at Community CVS. It was a wonderful opportunity to get everyone together to plan how we ensure our services continue to grow and develop for the benefit of our Read more
Chip in is our two year volunteer partnership programme for young people aged 16-30. We have teamed up with a range of local partners in the borough to provide opportunities for volunteering in a range of areas such as events, music, project development, admin, exhibition invigilation, workshop support, stewarding, curation, collection Read more