Know a volunteer who goes over and above to make other people’s lives better? Say thank you by nominating them in this year’s Community Volunteer Awards. The Community Volunteer Awards...
Read moreFor 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...
Read moreIt’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...
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We’re delighted to announce that our CEO Garth Hodgkinson has been appointed as one of seven inaugural Community Fellows by the University of Lancashire. The Community Fellows are a group Read more
Please tell us a little about you/your group: I work as a Support Worker within the homelessness prevention sector, where my role involves helping individuals who are at risk of Read more
An Ofsted report published today (Monday 13th April) highlights the professionalism and quality of charity Community CVS’s Accredited Training Centre. It provides free business training courses – ‘Skills Bootcamps’ – Read more
Businesses, entrepreneurs and creative leaders across East Lancashire are being invited to take advantage of a new series of high-impact, government-funded Skills Bootcamps designed to accelerate growth, strengthen leadership and Read more
After an incredible 9 years of volunteering with Community CVS, we are very sad to be saying goodbye to John as he moves on to pastures new in a new Read more
About Heartbeat I’m currently working in the fundraising team at Heartbeat, a self-funded cardiac rehabilitation charity based in Preston. I recently took part in the CVS course and really enjoyed meeting Read more
J was put in care at the age of 7. He lived in four children’s homes and lived with three foster parents. During this time J was getting into trouble Read more