Blogs

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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
I deliberately haven’t titled this blog 'returning to work' as for the vast majority of the sector we didn’t stop working. We just changed how we did things! But with offices and other spaces…
Throughout the despair and gloom of the global pandemic, nature has provided the opportunity to reconnect with the world. People have gone on daily walks in nature, stood in cornfields, listened to…
I moved to Manchester after losing every part of my life in the 2008 recession. Isolation took over as I battled with a chronic illness for many years, but with the help of my GP, who is my biggest…
Surviving 2020 and positives we will take into 2021. As part of this year’s International Women’s Day IWD) Salford CVS hosted a “Stronger Together Event” bringing women from across Salford to come…
This year we’ve launched our DigiComms 101 series of webinars, which will cover the basics of digital communications to support your organisation to engage with your audiences online. Register to…