Employer Supported Volunteering, or corporate volunteering, can help your organisation do more, reach new supporters and build stronger, more diverse connections with your community.

However, voluntary organisations often face barriers to being able to offer mutually beneficial corporate volunteering opportunities.

In this workshop you will learn

• The different ways that businesses can give their time
• How to develop an offer for businesses
• How to align ESV with the wider work of your charity
• How to manage expectations and take the initiative
• How charities can help businesses encourage their staff to volunteer

Who is it for?

Anyone who would like to set-up, review, or reflect on their organisations ESV opportunities.

There will be lots of examples from a charity and business perspective and opportunities for you to share your experience and ideas with the group.

This workshop is free to members of CCVS and Hunts Forum. There is a cost of £40 for non members. If you would like to join CCVS check out this link

By booking on this course you agree to the  CCVS cancellation policy

If you have any questions please contact enquiries@cambridgecvs.org.uk 

This training is an introduction for trustees and others with responsibility for developing strategies, conveying impact and writing business plans.

Charities need strategies to help them identify what they need to do to achieve their long term objectives and engage their supporters, beneficiaries, funders and the public in their journey. Charities also need business plans to map their route to achieving shorter term goals and help us demonstrate that we are accountable, transparent and sustainable. Demonstrating how we can plan for the long and short term is key in preparing for funding applications, charity registration and developing effective collaborations.

Part 1: Key terms & useful planning tools - getting your head around the basics – looks at key terminology and how to develop planning tools including an introduction to developing a Theory of Change that can help you prepare your strategy.

Part 2: Creating a business plan – getting your ideas down on paper – looks at how you develop and design your plan. In addition to the slides we will provide you with a business plan template you can use to get started.

If you have any queries please contact us on email enquiries@cambridgecvs.org.uk

Booking information

This event is FREE to voluntary groups in Cambridgeshire

Groups are able to book up to two places on any course. We do hold a waiting list if courses are oversubscribed and may be able to offer additional places if these are available. Let us know if you want to book extra places.

Please note that all bookings are subject to courses are subject to the Support Cambridgeshire  cancellation policy and we may  make a charge if places are cancelled without giving notice as detailed in the policy.

The trials and tribulations of Social Media

Social media is an ever-changing digital world. It’s an important part of many organisations’ communications tools, but can easily end up creating pressure and anxiety about how best to manage it.

It’s easy for uncertainty to creep in about how much time to spend creating posts, how much time is too much, or when is enough actually enough. Where do you draw the line and with so many platforms available, how do you know which ones to use.

Join CCVS’s Communications worker Lorna Gough, to delve into this challenging world.

There will be a short presentation, followed by time to ask questions and chat to your comms peers, sharing ideas and concerns so that you come away feeling more confident and at ease.

A regular online session for those responsible for fundraising.

Do you sometimes wonder how best to keep up to date with fundraising opportunities? Are you looking for new fundraising ideas but are not sure where to start? Would you like to chat to others with responsibility for fundraising for their voluntary organisation?

We’d love you to join this new fundraising network to share ideas and tips, solve problems, and generally feel more confident in your fundraising role.

Free to voluntary organisations based in Cambridgeshire.

The session will be facilitated by CCVS Development Worker, Sally Page. Please contact Sally if you have any queries or ideas for future sessions sally@cambridgecvs.org.uk

The Health Alliance is for voluntary, community and Social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who directly or indirectly have impact or influence on the local population.

The Health Alliance has members who sit on committees and boards for the ICS and help the voluntary sector have its voice heard.

The monthly meetings are held alternately online and in person and across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough patch to ensure a wider voice. It is a good way to find out what is happening at ICS level and to share local intelligence and an opportunity for organisations to come together to have a bigger voice.

If you are interested in joining this or any other meetings or learning more then please contact Debbie - debbie@huntsforum.org.uk