COVID-19
COVID-19 – Gambling Support Service
James Callaway of the Gambling Support Service is delivering training across the North West from his base at Citizens Advice Wirral. The Gambling Support Service is funded by Gamble Aware and one of its main aims is to deliver free training and awareness sessions to frontline staff and volunteers on Read more…
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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…
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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…
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Volunteer Case Study: Billy Ollerton
I started to volunteer with Community CVS (then Blackburn with Darwen CVS) in 2011, initially not knowing what I wanted to do. I quickly found that there were thousands of opportunities to choose from. Soon after engaging, I realized that I was using skills that I thought I never had Read more…
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Help
If you need help and support, Community CVS can connect you to volunteers and groups in your community that can help with various life issues. Please contact steve.foden@communitycvs.org.uk , call in to the Boulevard Centre or ring us on 01254 583957 if you would like help in finding some community Read more…
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Voice
Community CVS is working with and developing VOICE – a small community group which is run solely by volunteers. VOICE runs a breakfast club on a Saturday and has recently started up a Sunday club. Our volunteers are a mix of people who have a great empathy with those living Read more…
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Sendiass
Download our Annual Report. Please click here to fill out our feedback form. If you’d like to know more, or say hello, here’s our Facebook page. Blackburn with DarwenSpecial Educational Needs & Disability (SEND)Information, Advice & Support Service (IASS) SENDIASS SENDIASS (short for Special Educational Needs & DisabilityInformation, Advice & Read more…
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Fast 4wd
Community CVS runs Fast 4wd to help service users who are engaged in treatment or who are in recovery from substance misuse, to help others in their community. Community CVS first developed the Fast 4wd Project in 2006 to help remove barriers that were preventing people who were engaging in Read more…