Today, we’ve been celebrating national Volunteers’ Week with our Volunteer Fair at our Boulevard Centre. We’re absolutely delighted to have had such a good turnout, with representatives of a range of superb local volunteer-involving organisations on hand to meet with the 120 potential volunteers who attended. We’re really proud of Read more
National Volunteers’ Week is coming up in June – and here is what we have coming up in Blackburn with Darwen and Preston to celebrate all things volunteering. Tuesday 3rd June – Blackburn Volunteer Fair On Tuesday 3rd June, we’re playing host to a range of brilliant organisations from across Blackburn Read more
With not long to go until nominations open in this year’s Community Volunteer Awards, we’re thanking our sponsors for their support – and inviting more to get on board. Every year Community CVS and Blackburn with Darwen Council work together to celebrate and recognise the hard work, passion and dedication Read more
This month we have tried to highlight roles which are more flexible around peoples time, roles in which you can give what time you can towards the roles, or short periods during the week. This helps make volunteering more accessible for those with time constraints, who still may find a Read more
Preston Volunteers have teamed up with Trauma Informed Lancashire to provide two Trauma Informed Training sessions in Preston on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 27th May. The session will help participants gain a basic awareness of how trauma impacts individuals and an understanding of how to create a safe environment for Read more
We’re offering high quality training for volunteer managers through our Quality Mark workshops – which also give you the chance to get our exclusive Valuing Volunteers Quality Mark. The remaining dates for 2025 are as follows: – Workshop 1 Tuesday 8th AprilPreston Town Hall Monday 16th JuneBoulevard Centre Tuesday 17th Read more
Primary Care services have organised a Learning Disability Health Day on Saturday 26th April between 10am and 3pm at Barbara Castle Way Health Centre – and volunteers will be crucial to the success of the event. Volunteers are sought to carry out a number of roles (details below) at the Read more
We are delighted to announce our programme of Community Volunteer Training and Step into Volunteering sessions in Blackburn and Preston during the remainder of 2025. Community Volunteer Training (Blackburn) Our Community Volunteer Training equips volunteers with a wide range of skills and knowledge to enable them – and the organisations Read more
Preston Volunteers has had a busy year since its launch as Preston City’s go-to volunteering hub. In the intervening time, the service has supported over 150 organisations across Preston to make recruiting new volunteers easier, improve the experience for people volunteering with them and ensure Preston is a place where Read more
Preston Volunteers are offering a free learning session to help you find out about volunteering. This Step into Volunteering session, which is aimed at anyone who is seeking to take the first steps towards getting involved in volunteering, takes place on Monday 24th March from 10am to 2.30pm at Preston Read more