Entries by wlcvsdeb

Trustees’ Week – Nov 2nd-6th

November 2, 2020 in , /by

As Trustee Week begins, voluntary groups and charities in West Lancashire are looking for special volunteers to help lead their organisations. Trustees Week (2-6 November 2020) is an annual event to highlight the great work that trustees do and encourage people from all walks of life to get involved and make a difference. There are […]

Congratulations to West Lancs Queens Birthday Honours Award recipients

October 16, 2020 in , /by

West Lancs CVS would like to join with our voluntary sector colleagues in offering our congratulations to Margaret Highton from Evermoor Community Hub and Stella Connell from The Birchwood Centre for the well-earned and great honour they have received in the latest Queens Birthday Honours Awards. Margaret Highton was given a British Empire Medal for […]

Celebrating West Lancs CVS Social Prescribing Service

October 9, 2020 in , /by

Today is #NationalLinkWorkerDay which showcases and celebrates the impact of Social Prescribing Link Workers and West Lancs CVS would like to offer a huge thank you to its Social Prescribing Service team. The service which initially began in August 2018 as a small-scale pilot for the Skelmersdale area, has now expanded and covers the whole […]

Volunteers step up for medicine delivery

September 6, 2020 in , /by

When national lockdown started in March, one of the immediate challenges in West Lancs was to get essential medications out to people who were shielding or vulnerable.  It was a challenge taken on by staff from West Lancs Community Leisure who, having been furloughed from their leisure centre jobs, stepped up to become medication delivery […]