Join us for our Youth Mental Health Workshop aimed at 16-30 year olds, at Ewood Park next Wednesday. We’re working in partnership with Chip in and Lancashire Mind to provide the first workshop in a series, designed to promote positive mental health for young people in our community. We have Read more…
Based in Blackburn with Darwen or an adjacent area? Want to use your spare time to help others, grow your skillset and meet new and interesting people? We’re always looking for new volunteers – and we’d love to hear from you. Not only could you be the missing piece, vital Read more…
Blackburn Central High School Students and Teachers receiving their award from Cllr Julie Gunn and Graham Liver at this year’s Community Volunteer Awards. Local School children were invited to create centre pieces out of recycled materials for the Event on Thursday 2nd November at King George’s Hall. With a move Read more…
On Wednesday 15th November, Mohammed Kathrada visited Whitehall Park Supporters’ Group located within the grounds of Whitehall Park in Darwen. Mohammed met with Rita (secretary) and Vicki (Member) from the group. The Whitehall Park Supporters’ Group is run by dedicated volunteers who have come together to maintain the park’s green Read more…
This week we welcome the latest tranche of volunteers onto our Community Volunteer Training, led by the brilliant Denise Hayhurst. Here are a few photos: –
Can you spare just four hours per month (outside of school hours)? Do you want to help improve the lives of local children? Blackburn Independent Visitors & Mentoring Services (a collaboration between Barnardo’s and the Borough Council) need your help. They are looking for volunteers to offer a few hours Read more…
Here are all the pictures from last week’s Community Volunteer Awards.
We held our annual Community Volunteer Awards last Thursday. We’d like to congratulate all winners and runners up – there are some awesome people and organisations out there doing great work. Many thanks to Graham Liver for being master of ceremonies on the night – and, of course, we are Read more…
The Friday 3rd November Focus Group Workshop at Community CVS to evaluate and comment on the Quality Mark for Volunteering that we are rolling out across Lancashire. They were exploring how it would best fit smaller community groups, enabling them to recruit and retain volunteers as well as being able Read more…
Local Primary Care are recruiting volunteers as part of their efforts to increase the uptake of vaccinations and tackle health inequalities within Blackburn and Darwen. They are hosting several health days to vaccinate and promote, with the first of being bus station pop-up clinics, taking place on Thursday 9th, Friday Read more…