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Sports Funding Workshops
WHILE nearly every community has a local sports clubs – do you know how you might improve or upgrade it? Sport England has funding available to help local groups and organisations do just that and they are targeting Cornwall specifically. Click here to find out more
Article added on: February 2nd, 2012 Read more...
Volunteer your views on us?
Volunteer Cornwall wants to know what YOU think of our service. We have designed a short, on-line questionairre so you can tell us your views and help us get better. Volunteers / individuals click – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C8MBCKF Host organisations click – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CL86836 Surveys close 10th February 2012
Article added on: January 31st, 2012 Read more...
Senior Police in Volunteering Action
Senior police officers from Cornwall have spent the day volunteering in Camborne in an event organised by Volunteer Cornwall. Part of our work includes encouraging employers to release staff for volunteering as a way of training and developing teams and individuals. We were delighted when the Senior Management Team for Cornwall Policing asked us to [...]
Article added on: January 27th, 2012 Read more...
Winter Wellbeing Guide
Recently, several Cornish organisations from the public and voluntary sector successfully bid for funding from the government’s Warm Homes, Healthy People Fund. Some of that money has been used to produce a Guide to Winter Wellbeing. Click below to download a copy of the guide and find out how you can look after your health this winter. Winter [...]
Article added on: January 23rd, 2012 Read more...
Uniformed Youth Organisations – Survey Reminder
Just a quick reminder that our survey for uniformed youth groups (cadets, scouts etc) closes on 25th January. If you haven’t yet completed it, but would like to do so, please click here. This will help us plan and deliver a recruitment campaign for adult volunteers for you and similar organisations.
Article added on: January 23rd, 2012 Read more...
Managing Volunteers on a Tight Budget
Organisations who use volunteers to deliver some or all of their services, but who struggle to find the resources for volunteer management, may be interested in this national debate and good practice tips. Click here for tips on managing volunteers on a tight budget
Article added on: January 13th, 2012 Read more...
December – Council VCS Commissoning Board Papers
The enclosed papers were presented to the Council VCS Commissioning Board, also in attendance were the the Primary Care Trust. Interesting discussions due to take place in the future on measuring impact and multiple outcomes.Next meeting January 26th. Agenda December 16 2011 Minutes amended 11 11 11 ACTION SHEET 11 11 11 amended Social Impact [...]
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Truro Well Being Centre
On Friday 27th January at 11am we will be formally opening the Truro Well Being Centre with the Mayor of Truro. If you havent been to the Centre yet, it is in the old Tourist Information Office on Boscawen St in the heart of Truro and is somewhere you can go to find out about [...]
Article added on: January 12th, 2012 Read more...
Tell us how we can improve
We are seeking the views of our users on how well we are doing and how we can do even more to meet your needs. Please take a few moments to complete our short, online survey to let us know what you think of the service we provide. If you are (or are in the process of [...]
Article added on: January 9th, 2012 Read more...
Uniformed Youth Services
Volunteer Cornwall is hoping to launch a recruitment campaign in the new year for adult volunteers for uniformed youth services (Guides, Scouts, Cadets etc). In order to get a better understanding of the county-wide picture, we are asking existing organisers of such groups to complete a short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DM73Y9L
Article added on: December 6th, 2011 Read more...