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…
Here are a few photos courtesy of Geoff Wilkinson which we’ve uploaded to our Facebook page. Volunteer Fair gallery Volunteer Party gallery
We’ve teamed up with our colleagues at the Chip In project and Reece Simpson of Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio, as well as a host of great local organisations, to say a massive THANK YOU to volunteers. You can view the video below, embedded from Chip In’s Facebook page.
Know a fantastic volunteer who deserves recognition for the selfless work they do? Nominate them in this year’s Community Volunteer Awards. Arranged by Community CVS and Blackburn with Darwen Council, these awards recognise the individuals and groups who do whatever they can to make live better for others in our Read more…