Have you heard of The Big Help Out? It’s a national drive encouraging people to volunteer to mark the King’s Coronation, specifically on the additional Bank Holiday on 8th May. We at Lancaster District CVS are 100% behind anything that…
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? Launched last year by the FoodFutures partnership and funded by a £1.5…
In our last column we talked about our planned volunteer recruitment events, the first of which took place on Monday at The Arndale Centre in Morecambe . It was a great success, with over 20 different volunteer-involving organisations represented. Between…
2023 is shaping up to be a good year for volunteers and volunteering, what with the Big Help over the Coronation weekend and special Bank Holiday on 8th May, the BBC’s Make a Difference Awards, and not to mention our…
From time to time, we all need some extra support. Across the Lancaster district, community groups and charities are there to help us deal with all sorts of difficulties. Whether we want to improve wellbeing, cope with the cost of…
New Year’s Resolutions usually fail, I know mine do! We go too hard, too fast, trying to go from couch potato to 5 days a week in the gym for example, or dropping all cakes and biscuits from our diets…
Over the last fifty years, Lancaster District CVS has been helping our local voluntary and community groups find money to run much needed projects in every part of our district. One way we do this is by working with the…
Lancaster District CVS is 50 years old this year and last week we invited friends and colleagues from across the voluntary, community, faith, social enterprise, health, and statutory services sectors to join us at Lancaster Town Hall to celebrate that…
This week – 13th to 19th November – is Trans Awareness Week. The voluntary sector has a long, strong, and proud history of inclusivity, but more than that – fighting to ensure voices are heard and that everyone feels like…
What are you doing on Tuesday 29th November between 1pm and 2pm? You could be joining thousands of other people across the planet by giving an hour of your time to your community. Phil McGrath, Centre Manager at The Cornerstone…
