📊 #WeAreCWVA is pleased to share the results of its survey for 2025, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from both community sector organisations and public sector partners.
✅ 100% were very satisfied or satisfied with the overall support
More ➡️ cwva.org.uk/cwva-shares-...
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💻 Working with the North West Cyber Resilience Centre (NWCRC), #WeAreCWVA is hosting cyber resilience training for charities, taking place at St Mary's Handbridge Centre in Chester from 10am to 1pm on Tuesday 10 March.
Book your place ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/b2M8cR3VeM...
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❤️👏 Earlier this year, we sadly lost our friend and colleague Clare Harrison, who contributed so much to #WeAreCWVA and the community. At this year's Volunteer Awards, we introduced an Award for Social Activism in Clare's memory, with Joe Maguire and Heather Swainston named as the worthy winners.
📊 November 2025 was yet another busy month for the #WeAreCWVA team!
🤝 285 people from 109 organisations supported or engaged with
✅ 192 attendances at CWVA's various alliances and partnerships
Need our support? Find out more ➡️ cwva.org.uk
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🗣️ A workshop is taking place at Cheshire FA from 1pm to 3pm on Monday 26 January 2026, helping shape the Get Cheshire and Warrington Working Plan.
ℹ️ This workshop will run alongside other targeted engagement in the region.
Take part ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/tmfyM0hTM8...
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🥉 Cheshire West and Chester has won a Bronze Sustainable Food Places Award, recognising the West Cheshire Food Partnership’s work to create a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system.
More ➡️ cwva.org.uk/sustainable-...
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🎅 Don’t miss out on a sleigh-load of extra donations this season. Sign up to @easyfundraising.bsky.social for free, and get daily chances to win £100 or £200 donations for your organisation this Christmas.
More ➡️ www.easyfundraising.org.uk/cheshire-west/
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🍏 The Sustainable Food Places Day of Celebration and Action took place earlier this week.
😊 Rebecca Story, Strategic Development Lead for the Food Partnership, attended to represent #WeAreCWVA.
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ℹ️ If you have any health, communication or safety needs, you could be eligible for free extra support from utility companies.
This includes energy suppliers and the gas, electricity and water networks.
Find out if you’re eligible to register ➡️ cadentgas.com/psr
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ℹ️ From 6 November, residents will be able to access a wide range of help at a new community hub, based at Barons Quay in Northwich.
📆 Thursdays, 10am-4pm
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❤️ An initiative supported by #WeAreCWVA, helping community groups raise awareness of cancer, has won a prestigious health award.
Find out more ➡️ cwva.org.uk/another-awar...
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🎃 There are daily chances to win £100 or £200 donations for your organisation this Halloween.
Search for the tombstone on @easyfundraising.bsky.social's Haunted House for your chance to win daily from 24 October ➡️ www.easyfundraising.org.uk/cheshire-west/
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❤️ #WeAreCWVA has been leading a Youth Voices in Volunteering project, funded by the Westminster Foundation, using these voices to support volunteer managers and remove barriers for young people accessing volunteering opportunities.
Find out more ➡️ cwva.org.uk/creating-mea...
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❤️ Thank you to everyone who joined us at the recent Volunteer Managers Networking Meeting.
😁 Lion Salt Works provided a lovely venue for volunteer managers to network, and begin developing an impact framework for volunteering.
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📊 September 2025 in numbers for the #WeAreCWVA team...
🤝 Bringing people together through alliances and partnerships
🧠 Offering a wide range of training
❤️ Championing volunteering and supporting volunteer managers
Find out how we can support you ➡️ cwva.org.uk
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❤️😊 Funded by #WeAreCWVA and UKSPF, members of Here and Now have been working with Arches Primary School, Blacon History Group and local artist Lucy to produce a collage of Old Blacon Station, sharing memories from younger and older people in the local community.
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❤️ Nominations for this year’s #WeAreCWVA Volunteer Awards are now open, providing an opportunity for you to celebrate volunteers and the invaluable role they play in communities across Cheshire West.
More ➡️ cwva.org.uk/celebrate-th...
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💡 For Trustees Week, #WeAreCWVA is running training on trustee roles and responsibilities, taking place at The Bluecoat in Chester from 1pm to 4pm on Thursday 6 November.
Book your place ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/6f4Faa3QBr...
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🗣️ #WeAreCWVA is offering a wide range of support to community sector organisations around lived experience, helping make sure local voices shape the decisions that affect people’s lives.
More ➡️ cwva.org.uk/helping-orga...
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🤝 Great to host Sustainable Food Places in Cheshire West today, highlighting the work of the West Cheshire Food Partnership and some of the community organisations involved.
More about the Food Partnership ➡️ cwva.org.uk/west-cheshir...
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😊 A productive meeting today for the SEND Sub Group, which is part of the Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) Alliance hosted by #WeAreCWVA.
📍 We started work on developing a SEND map on Plinth, helping professionals and residents find out about SEND support in the local community.
🗣️ Are you or your organisation interested in coproduction? #WeAreCWVA is holding an online drop-in from 10am to 11.30am on Wednesday 22 October, offering a space for people to come together and have a conversation about lived experience and coproduction.
Book ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/dEfYazQwlR...
❤️🏆 We've been nominated as Charity of the Year as part of West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce's Awards!
Vote for us ➡️ forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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🧠 10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day, aimed at reaching national organisations, governments and the general public and giving a singular message that suicide can be prevented.
More ➡️ www.iasp.info/wspd/about/
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📊 Are you a community sector organisation looking for a new community impact system? #WeAreCWVA is using Plinth, offering a wide range of features, and this is available for free to all our members.
Take part in Plinth training ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/nfE6arinvw...
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🤝 The Compact for West Cheshire has been relaunched, outlining a set of principles that will support the community and public sectors to work collaboratively together to benefit local communities.
1️⃣💡 Priority one focuses on shared purpose
Find out more ➡️ cwva.org.uk/compactforwe...
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🤝 At #WeAreCWVA, we're supporting the petition to review the decision to abolish independent local Healthwatch.
You can support it too ➡️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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🤝 During August, the #WeAreCWVA team supported 175 people from 74 organisations, equating to 309 collective hours of engagement or support and 216 attendances at alliances, partnerships and meetings.
Take a look at our live impact dashboard ➡️ discover-git-cwva-view-plinth.vercel.app/discover/pro...
💰 Would you like to write exceptional funding applications? Are you just getting started, or would you like to expand your knowledge? This could be ideal for you.
📆 Tuesday 9 September
⏰ 10am-1pm
📍 The Bluecoat, Chester
Register ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/5a6oQBi3Ta...
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💰 eBay and @easyfundraising.bsky.social have teamed up for the £5,000 Big Give. Ten £500 funding pots are available and one of them could be yours!
Get involved ➡️
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