News
Volunteering Bulletin June 2021
Fast 4wd Recovery Support Volunteers We are looking for volunteers to assist us with this project helping to support individuals accessing substance misuse services in the Blackburn with Darwen area. Providing a level of advocacy and mentoring to individuals, helping them to achieve goals and targets set out in their Read more…
News
Sightline Vision (North West) Limited – Befriending Service
Sightline telephone befriending service is looking for volunteers to expand its service into the sight loss community following a successful bid to the National Lottery Reaching Communities Programme. People with a visual impairment, many of whom have faced social isolation since their initial diagnosis of sight loss, have found the Read more…
COVID-19
COVID-19 – UCLan’s Centre for Volunteering
Please see below for a message from Kat at UCLan’s Centre for Volunteering. Hi, I hope you are keeping safe and well during these strange and difficult times. UCLan is trying to get use to this new way of life for a university and even though we don’t have many Read more…
Support
Family Support Volunteer (FSV)
Supporting Life Recovery What about you? Do you have experience of supporting a family member, friend or colleague in relation to alcohol or substance misuse? If so and would like to access support or help others Please contact us for more information about our “RAFT” Training. Peer Support. Volunteering Opportunities. Read more…
Support
Recovery Support Volunteer (RSV)
Supporting Life Recovery Do you have experience of Substance Misuse Services in any capacity or a general interest in helping people whom are in or working towards Recovery? Would you like to access Volunteering opportunities Training Work towards employment or further education Help grow and support the Recovery Community Then Read more…
News
Community Wall
Community CVS is proud to announce that we launched our Community Wall aims to support charities and organisations to spread the word of their services, volunteering opportunities and events. The Community Wall is there to inform residents of free training, events, community news and volunteering opportunities available in the borough. We also have Read more…
knowledge bank resource
Information sheets on group development
Setting up your group B Setting up a group leaflet B1 Setting Up a Committee B2 Chairperrson B3 Treasurer B4 Secretary B5 Role of Publicity Officer B5a Publicity Material B5b How best to use the local media B6 Model Constitution B6 What Is A Constitution B6a Guide to Prep Const Read more…
knowledge bank resource
Background to the Knowledge Bank
Here Community CVS provides resources and links to help community and voluntary groups in their applications for funding, their group development and developing volunteer programmes. If there are areas that you need support on that are not covered here, please drop us an email and we’ll do our best to Read more…
Resources
Good practice in volunteering
We can support you with the development of good practice through direct face to face support, networks, training and resources. If you are setting up a new programme, new to managing volunteers or new in your post you can book in a 1-1 meeting with Kate Lee. Email kate.lee@communitycvs.org.uk Advice & Read more…