October’s Roots Community Forum will take place on Wednesday 30th October from 10am to 3pm at Blackburn Central Library. The Forum is the ideal space to have your say around recovery in the community and to find out about the range of support services which are available. Additionally, any applicants Read more…
The Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board have recently published an operational procedure explaining the values and culture underpinning how to work with adults at risk and support individuals to stay safe, well and live free from abuse and neglect.
James Callaway of the Gambling Support Service is delivering training across the North West from his base at Citizens Advice Wirral. The Gambling Support Service is funded by Gamble Aware and one of its main aims is to deliver free training and awareness sessions to frontline staff and volunteers on Read more…
Supporting Life Recovery What about you? Do you have experience of supporting a family member, friend or colleague in relation to alcohol or substance misuse? If so and would like to access support or help others Please contact us for more information about our “RAFT” Training. Peer Support. Volunteering Opportunities. Read more…
Supporting Life Recovery Do you have experience of Substance Misuse Services in any capacity or a general interest in helping people whom are in or working towards Recovery? Would you like to access Volunteering opportunities Training Work towards employment or further education Help grow and support the Recovery Community Then Read more…
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 opportunities to choose from. Soon after engaging, I realized that I was using skills that I thought I never had Read more…
If you need help and support, Community CVS can connect you to volunteers and groups in your community that can help with various life issues. Please contact steve.foden@communitycvs.org.uk , call in to the Boulevard Centre or ring us on 01254 583957 if you would like help in finding some community Read more…
Community CVS is working with and developing VOICE – a small community group which is run solely by volunteers. VOICE runs a breakfast club on a Saturday and has recently started up a Sunday club. Our volunteers are a mix of people who have a great empathy with those living Read more…