The young people’s award has two categories: young people who volunteer; and organisations that support young people. Do you know any young person(s) who volunteer with a local charity? help out neighbours? family members? Have you and your family accessed activities put on by local groups – sports, youth or Read more…
Our “Culture, Leisure and Sporting life” Award is awarded to any individual volunteer or team of volunteers whose enthusiasm and dedication has made an outstanding voluntary contribution to the culture, leisure and sporting life of Blackburn with Darwen. Do you know of any individuals or groups that run sport clubs, Read more…
This award is awarded in memory of Lindsay Dunn, a volunteer who was passionate about helping the most marginalised people within society. Awarded to any individual volunteer or team of volunteers whose enthusiasm and dedication has made an outstanding voluntary contribution to improving the lives of people experiencing complex, severe Read more…
Here’s a pic of our Denise running the latest Community Volunteer Training, which runs every two months. Any community group is welcome to send volunteers for free! You can learn more over here. If you’d like to book on our next sessions, please contact Denise.
Do you know a wonderful young person that volunteers? Helps out their neighbours? Helps litter pick? Or simply helps to make their neighbourhood or local community a better place to live or work? If so then nominate them for our Community Volunteer Awards today! If they are picked as a Read more…
Do you have a wonderful neighbour that helps out? Keeps the place tidy? Helps other neighbours? Goes that extra mile? If so then nominate them today. If they are picked as a finalist they will be invited to an event at King Georges Hall on Thursday 2nd November to receive Read more…
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.
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…
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.