Next week, from Monday 3rd June to Sunday 9th June, is National Volunteers Week, an annual celebration of volunteers and volunteering, and 2024 happens to also be the 40th anniversary of this special week of awareness. A lot has changed…
Hidden away behind backyards and walls, a stone’s throw from Lancaster railway station, and just a short walk from the city centre, sits an oasis of calm that can transport anyone who steps into it, as if by magic, to…
Did you know that there are an estimated 600 plus people in the Lancaster, Morecambe, and Bay area living with Multiple Sclerosis? The MS Society is reestablishing its local support group for those people and they need volunteers to help…
Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992. Stress and poor mental health are one of the biggest public health challenges, with 18 million working days lost to poor mental health annually in the UK. Sadly, even though…
You have probably heard of Net Zero, and there’s a good chance you even know what it is, but just in case the term puzzles you it basically means that the amount of carbon dioxide that we put into the…
How do you get around? You might walk to the shops, or cycle to work. You might jump on a bus, a train, or call a taxi if you have an appointment or if you’re off out somewhere. Sadly not…
How could the Lancaster district become a place where enterprises, organisations and people are all actively contributing to the health and wellbeing of their communities and the environment? The £300,000 Pots of Possibility Fund offered by Lancaster District CVS and…
Caroline Lee is an Independent Visitor (IV) for NYAS, the National Youth Advocacy Service. NYAS is a leading rights-based charity that ensures children and young people are fully respected, represented and supported in expressing their views and having their rights…
National Student Volunteering Week is next week, 12th to 18th February, and this week the Volunteer Centre at Lancaster District CVS has been working with Lancaster & Morecambe College, and Cumbria University, to promote volunteering to any of their students…
For several years Lancaster District CVS has worked with the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, distributing grant funding to small grassroots community organisations across the Lancaster District. The fund, which has just reopened for its 2024 round, provides grants of up…
