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Meet Your New Volunteers (August 2026)

We are introducing a new way of supporting people to find their ideal volunteering opportunity. Each month we will present various volunteer profiles – a little bit of information about people who are looking for roles, roles that your organisation…

DBS FAQ

Lancaster District CVS offers a DBS checking service, in partnership with Burnley, Pendle, and Rossendale CVS. We get a lot of enquiries about DBSs and we understand that organisations can feel pressure to ensure that ALL of their staff and…

Spotlight on Japan

Back in January of this year, the Japan Times reported on a housing estate in Gifu prefecture, which is pretty much in the centre of Japan, west of Tokyo, where local residents have come together to support each other with…

Summer Volunteering

Summertime, when the (volunteering) is easy! Well, maybe not easy, but there is certainly more opportunity during the summer months, usually, as organisations across the district ramp up their offers for children and families. With the summer holidays fast approaching,…

Employer Supported Volunteering

You might have heard the term “corporate social responsibility” before and it’s basically a way for businesses to show that they are being socially responsible, making sure that their presence and their output is a net positive for the communities…