For day three of Volunteers’ Week in Blackburn with Darwen, Community CVS, along with Chip in, BwDBC and the Lancashire Volunteer Partnership, hosted the Big Thank You in Blackburn Central Library. Volunteers from across the Borough were invited to come along, have a chat with us about who they volunteer Read more
It’s the start of National Volunteers Week (1st -7th June) and we are off to a flying start in Darwen. Denise Hayhurst delivered the Valuing Volunteers Quality Mark workshop at the Jubilee Tower Credit Union. It is the first time Community CVS have presented this workshop in Darwen and judging Read more
by Callum Henry, Preston Volunteers Co-ordinator What an amazing week it was at Preston Volunteers last week as part of Volunteers’ Week. I can’t count how many sandwiches, cakes, brews etc. we got through but I thought you may want to see some our amazing events that went on throughout Read more
Community CVS put on a fun celebration for volunteers from VOICE, Community CVS, Spark, Roots and BCSP on Friday as part of our celebration of volunteering for national Volunteers’ Week. We enjoyed food, music games and a very competitive quiz hosted by Marsy. Everyone had a fun time. We thoroughly Read more
The Big Celebration took place at Preston Town Hall on Friday 6th June. The Big Celebration represented the culmination of Volunteers’ Week, and gave organisations, groups and the community at large within Preston and Central Lancashire an opportunity to express their gratitude for and celebrate the vast contributions volunteers make Read more
Last Thursday (5th June) saw a host of great organisations working in and around Preston come together at One Co Work to celebrate Volunteers’ Week with Preston Volunteers’ Step into Volunteering Fair. The Fair provided a brilliant platform for groups and organisations to showcase their volunteer opportunities to prospective volunteers, Read more
We’re delighted to be able to celebrate our fantastic volunteers during Volunteers’ Week. Here is the brilliant Benedict Gavin, who is a stalwart of our Communities team, serving on Reception in our Boulevard Centre, with a certificate of appreciation for the fine job he does. Benedict also received a box Read more
Preston Volunteers teamed up with the brilliant LACVS LOCAL team on Wednesday to provide a Funding Fair for delegates from groups and organisations in Central Lancashire at One Co Work. The Fair provided a fantastic marketplace to enable local organisations and community groups to meet funders in person to explore Read more
Halfway through National Volunteers’ Week, Community CVS want to thank Hanif for inviting Geoff Wilkinson today to Café Hub to talk to the group about the Community Asset Fund and the benefits and value of volunteering, especially to those in the Recovery Community. The Community Asset Fund is there to Read more
Today – Wednesday 4th June – we’ve teamed up with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Chip in and the Lancashire Volunteer Partnership to say a Big Thank You to volunteers from Blackburn with Darwen. Here are a few images from the day. We’re grateful to everyone who attended to make Read more