Blogs

Smile with my eyes

I have been involved from the beginning supporting the roll out of the COVID 19 vaccine. I have witnessed the huge amount of effort that goes into setting this up and very much all hands on deck and…
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The Gift Of Giving

Learn about opportunities to give this winter. Manchester Winter Markets are open, Costa’s festive drinks are out and jolly songs are creeping their way onto the radio. With Christmas fast…
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Community Champions visit to Buile Hill Park

On Sunday 7th November six of our Community Champions, accompanied by Salford CVS staff, spent the morning at Buile Hill Park visiting two of the brilliant projects situated in the park. Although it…
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Trustees' Week 2021 - Recruiting a Treasurer

Recruiting a Treasurer is one of the biggest challenges for a charity Board and it is our number one support request for trustee recruitment. So how do you find one? Networking 1. The Trustee Board…
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Data: A New Direction – What has it got to do with us?

In September the UK government opened a new consultation Data: A New Direction. It’s a particularly chunky document with 180 questions being asked over 144-pages. Its purpose is to inform the…
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Wellbeing Conversation Training – Brightening up your day!

Part of the work we do at Salford CVS is to deliver Wellbeing Conversation to our volunteers and VCSE members.  As a member of staff at Salford CVS, I’d been hearing good things about the…
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Grants to boost wellbeing in Salford

What does creative foraging, Jewish community libraries, music classes, cultural WhatsApp chats and an LGBTQ+ pride event have in common? They all positively impact the wellbeing of hundreds of…
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Savvy social media: time well spent

Social media is a powerful and versatile tool for charities. Although social media platforms are free to use and there are many 'freemium' scheduling tools to be had, it can be costly when it…
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Champions go Litter fishing in Salford Quays

Hi everyone my name is Mya and I am a volunteer with Salford CVS and an Environmental Community Champion. Although I am quite new to this, being a community champion is giving me an opportunity to…
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Vaccine Surge Outreach – A snapshot!

I started with Salford CVS as a Neighbourhood Volunteer Worker in the middle of the pandemic in 2020. It was difficult to start a new job at that time, especially focussing on emergency response.…
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Volunteers’ Week at Salford CVS

Volunteers’ week takes place from 1st -7th June every year and is always special to us at Salford CVS. This year we wanted to focus on saying a massive THANK YOU to our fantastic volunteers that…
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Getting back to normal - How to support volunteers and participants back to face to face activities

As life slowly gets back to some form of normality, we need to look at restarting face to face activities. Whilst some groups and organisations have been using Zoom to hold activities online during…
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