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…
Thank a volunteer by nominating them in this year’s Community Volunteer Awards. 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 are a partnership between Blackburn with Darwen Council 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…
Today, we’ve been celebrating national Volunteers’ Week with our Volunteer Fair at our Boulevard Centre. We’re absolutely delighted to have had such a good turnout, with representatives of a range of superb local volunteer-involving organisations on hand to meet with the 120 potential volunteers who attended. We’re really proud of Read more…
National Volunteers’ Week is coming up in June – and here is what we have coming up in Blackburn with Darwen and Preston to celebrate all things volunteering. Tuesday 3rd June – Blackburn Volunteer Fair On Tuesday 3rd June, we’re playing host to a range of brilliant organisations from across Blackburn Read more…
With not long to go until nominations open in this year’s Community Volunteer Awards, we’re thanking our sponsors for their support – and inviting more to get on board. Every year Community CVS and Blackburn with Darwen Council work together to celebrate and recognise the hard work, passion and dedication Read more…
This month we have tried to highlight roles which are more flexible around peoples time, roles in which you can give what time you can towards the roles, or short periods during the week. This helps make volunteering more accessible for those with time constraints, who still may find a Read more…
Preston Volunteers have teamed up with Trauma Informed Lancashire to provide two Trauma Informed Training sessions in Preston on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 27th May. The session will help participants gain a basic awareness of how trauma impacts individuals and an understanding of how to create a safe environment for Read more…
We’re offering high quality training for volunteer managers through our Quality Mark workshops – which also give you the chance to get our exclusive Valuing Volunteers Quality Mark. The remaining dates for 2025 are as follows: – Workshop 1 Tuesday 8th AprilPreston Town Hall Monday 16th JuneBoulevard Centre Tuesday 17th Read more…