@ Community Volunteer Training
November’s Community Volunteering Training is underway
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: –
@ Volunteering
Volunteer opportunity: do you want to help the young people at the Independent Visitors & Mentoring Services?
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…
@ Community Volunteer Awards
Gallery: 2023 Community Volunteer Awards
Here are all the pictures from last week’s Community Volunteer Awards.
@ Community Volunteer Awards
2023 Community Volunteer Awards event celebrates community heroes
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…
@ Volunteering Quality Mark
Volunteering Quality Mark Focus Group looks at volunteer recruitment and funding
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…
@ Volunteering
A national first for Community CVS!
Community CVS first charity to obtain new national Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) quality standard Community CVS, a charity from Blackburn with Darwen, has become the first charity in the UK to be awarded the Lead Volunteering Organisation (LVO) quality standard. This new standard is for volunteer infrastructure organisations who want Read more…
@ Chip in
Run a community log reindeer making event with Lancashire Wildlife Trust and Chip In!
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust and Chip In are bringing you the opportunity to run a community log reindeer making event over 6 sessions on the run up to Christmas! You will learn how to market and run an event, meet new people, learn about woodworking tools and how to make Read more…
@ Chip in
Chip in & BRFC Community Trust – mental health & wellbeing workshop
Chip in are excited to share that they have been working closely with our partners Blackburn Rovers Community Trust to bring you a free mental health and wellbeing workshop with Lancashire Mind. The workshop is pencilled in for December. Keep an eye out on their Facebook page for more information.
@ Community Volunteer Awards
Community Volunteer Awards 2023 – Finalists Announced!
Last week, the panel met for the very tough process of working out shortlists for the various Community Volunteer Awards. With so many high quality nominees, they certainly had their work cut out! Many thanks to the delegates who attended on the day. Click here to see the full list Read more…
@ Community Volunteer Awards
Design a Centrepiece for the Community Volunteer Awards – Win our Smile Award
We are inviting all the schools in Blackburn with Darwen to enter our competition to design our centrepieces for this year’s Community Volunteer Awards. The awards, which are now in their fifth year, recognise individuals and groups who go the extra mile to make lives better for residents across the Read more…