News
Community Wall
Community CVS is proud to announce that we launched our Community Wall aims to support charities and organisations to spread the word of their services, volunteering opportunities and events. The Community Wall is Read more…
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Information sheets on group development
Setting up your group B Setting up a group leaflet B1 Setting Up a Committee B2 Chairperrson B3 Treasurer B4 Secretary B5 Role of Publicity Officer B5a Publicity Material B5b Read more…
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Background to the Knowledge Bank
Here Community CVS provides resources and links to help community and voluntary groups in their applications for funding, their group development and developing volunteer programmes. If there are areas that Read more…
Resources
Good practice in volunteering
We can support you with the development of good practice through direct face to face support, networks, training and resources. If you are setting up a new programme, new to Read more…
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Volunteer Opportunities
Within our communities, we know of hundreds of voluntary and community groups that are seeking volunteers. Whatever your background, your reason for volunteering or your skills, we can help you Read more…
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Involving Volunteers
You can find out more in our Involving Volunteers Guide. Community CVS is here to support you with involving volunteers. There can be real magic when volunteering is well managed, with Read more…
Support
Volunteer Case Study: Billy Ollerton
I started to volunteer with Community CVS (then Blackburn with Darwen CVS) in 2011, initially not knowing what I wanted to do. I quickly found that there were thousands of Read more…
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Bank
Community CVS has developed a Volunteer Bank in order to support organisations seeking volunteers in the borough. We have a pool of over 90 volunteers who from April to October Read more…
Volunteer opportunities
Leading on Volunteering
Through Community CVS activities and our engagement with local networks and decision makers we are working to create a positive environment in which volunteering in the borough continues to flourish. Read more…
Volunteer opportunities
Recovery Access Points and Recovery Support Volunteers
Fast 4wd organises Recovery Access Points at numerous community venues across the borough where people seeking support can make contact with recovery support volunteers. Fast4wd volunteers help with: Learning Development Read more…