Our brilliant Volunteer Training is returning this September! Led by the excellent Denise Hayhurst, the training takes place over four sessions across two weeks and covers all the information you will need to get the best out of your volunteer journey. The dates are as follows: – If you’d like Read more
Bowel screening aims to find cancer early or to find changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer – and our Health Promotion Team are at the forefront of making sure abnormalities are detected early, thus saving lives. The screening programmes send a free bowel screening test kit every Read more
Our next free Flying Start Business Advice Surgery will be taking place this Thursday, 5th September, between 9.45 and 11.45am at our Boulevard Centre on Railway Road in Blackburn. If you’re starting out on your business journey and looking to build on your ideas, or looking for some advice about 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
There are so many ways you can get into volunteering and Preston Volunteers we have over 100 opportunities. These are six of the best current volunteer opportunities with some of the amazing local organisations we work with.
September is Recovery Month – and Community CVS is proud to form a part of the Spark Collaborative, which offers a wide range of support to the Recovery Community in Blackburn with Darwen. As part of our recovery provision, we administer the Community Asset Fund, a small grants pot which Read more
The new school year is starting – and our SENDIASS (short for Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice & Support Service) is here to offer free impartial advice and information for parents, children and young people about special educational needs (SEN) procedures as set out in SEN legislation and Read more
Our next in-house Asylum Seeker Awareness in Health and Social Care training will take place on Friday 6th September here at Community CVS. The Asylum Seeker Awareness training has been tailored for organisations within the VCFSE and the Health & Social Care sector, to improve the awareness of your team around Read more
Looking for funding? Community CVS administers a number of grants. The Preston Volunteering Fund, run in collaboration with Preston City Council, supports volunteer-involving organisations in Preston to increase their capacity to improve volunteer participation and retention and create new volunteering opportunities in and around the city. Grants of up to Read more
Preston Volunteers run three weekly drop-in sessions for people interested in getting involved in volunteering. These take place on: – * – please note: this drop in is for DWP clients only. (Image: Cottonbro Studios via Pexels.com).