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 to find the right opportunity for you. Everyone can be a volunteer. (see the ‘Everyone can be a Volunteer’ section Read more…
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 everyone benefitting. We’re here to help you find volunteers, support you with good practice and link you in to the Read more…
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 managing volunteers or new in your post you can book in a 1-1 meeting with Kate Lee. Email kate.lee@communitycvs.org.uk Click link Read more…
The website www.jargonbusters.org.uk is helpful in giving examples of how to answer common questions on funder’s application forms. Below are their basic definitions of common terms. On their website you’ll also find useful real life examples how you could answer questions on the terms below on a funders application form. Read more…
Community CVS can help you to keep up with all the latest funding opportunities. Sign up for our Community CVS bulletin here Borough Council’s If you want to check out the latest funding opportunities now, you can’t go far wrong with the Borough Council‘s excellent updates (.pdf), which can be Read more…
Community CVS is distributing a small grants pot to individuals and community groups, for innovative projects around supporting life recovery. The funding is to support aims and objectives of the Blackburn with Darwen Recovery Orientated Integrated System (ROIS) commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Drug and Alcohol Action /Public Read more…
Community CVS has a legacy of supporting community groups to access external funding. Since 2002 we have distributed over £2.8 million of small grants to community groups. Between 2014 – 15 we helped numerous community groups make successful small grant applications, bringing in £225,000 to the borough. Partnerships Borough Council Read more…
The Community Fund, is a grants pot that we manage on behalf of the Sustainable Neighbourhoods Team in Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. This grants pot has been run by Community CVS since 2012. Funding rounds for grants of up to £500 are periodically made available to help small volunteer-led Read more…
Benefits Myths Information for volunteers with disabilities Volunteering and state benefits
Useful websites Local Safeguarding Children’s Board Safeguarding Children Ten things you might not have thought about with regards to safeguarding Safeguarding is not just about making sure your service users are safe… what about your volunteers and your staff? Just because you receive a DBS check back with nothing recorded Read more…