Each year we encourage local voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sector organisations to contribute to the State of the Sector Survey, which is an attempt to audit and celebrate all the positive contributions made by not-for-private profit groups and…
Young people everywhere have recently celebrated the end of another school year and the beginning of a glorious six weeks or so of summer holidays, and Lancaster’s voluntary sector is positively bursting with fun sessions and activities for young people…
The UK government is asking adults to build skills quickly to fill vital roles in health, social care, construction and beyond. The Government’s new Growth and Skills Levy clarifies the ambition: a more flexible, locally responsive workforce backed by functional…
This week is Small Charity Week, an annual campaign to amplify and support the amazing small charities supporting communities across the country. The Lancaster district has many small charities working in all sectors, from health and wellbeing to environmental management.…
Last Friday saw dozens of volunteers descend on the Strathmore Hotel in Morecambe for the Lancaster District CVS Volunteer Achievement Awards 2025, and a fantastic night was enjoyed by all. The awards take place every two years and this year…
This week’s column is, I’m afraid, a shameless plug for our upcoming Volunteer Achievement Awards! The deadline for nominations is this coming Sunday, 18th May, and you can nominate someone. Yes, you! So many people across our communities volunteer –…
What an unusual start to the week. I arrived in Lancaster on Monday morning and made my way to the office, only to find the way blocked by police due to the discovery of a suspicious package. The Cornerstone was…
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Lancaster Volunteer Achievement Awards, a now bi-annual event celebrating volunteers and volunteering across the district. Back in 2005 the very fist event saw hundreds of local volunteers nominated to be recognised for the…
When Read Easy Morecambe Bay launched over two years ago, they had no readers, just a small team of volunteer coaches and a belief that adults could improve their lives through learning to read. Chris was one of their first…
You might have heard the term ‘social prescribing’, you may even have read about it in one of our previous columns, but it is surprising how many people still aren’t quite sure what it is or how it works. In…
