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You can now search for current Falkirk volunteering opportunities directly through our website! Visit our Volunteer Opportunities page to find the best role for you.

Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) are seeking to recruit a new third sector representative to the Integration Joint Board (IJB). This role provides the representative with an opportunity to help the IJB with planning, managing and delivering health and social care services in the Falkirk Council area. The deadline for nominations is 5pm on Friday 14th June.

CVS Falkirk are delighted to announce that our annual Older People’s Day event will return on Tuesday 1st October 2019.

Strathcarron Hospice are holding a drop-in Open Evening on Wednesday 15th May, 4pm – 7:30pm at the hospice, Randolph Hill, Denny, FK6 5HJ. The event is open to everyone who wants to learn more about Strathcarron Hospice and what they do, with members of their team available to show people around the hospice and answer any questions.

To celebrate Volunteers’ Week 2019 and the commitment, time and energy given by volunteers across Falkirk, organisations can now request our Celebrating Volunteering Certificates and Long Service badges for volunteers.  The certificates will be professionally printed, and can be collected from our office. All forms must be received by Sunday 19th May.

CVS Falkirk and Partnership for Procurement (P4P) are holding a free Falkirk Employability Tender collaboration networking event on Thursday 9th May, 10am – 1pm at CVS Falkirk, Unit 6, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, FK1 1XR. The event, open to third sector organisations, will discuss the forthcoming Falkirk Council Employability Support Services tender, the support available and the opportunities for a consortium bid.

With only 10 DAYS until  the FREE “Forth Valley Cyber Resilience: Why It Should Matter to the Third Sector”, places are going fast! The event is being held by Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (SVE), CVS Falkirk and Clackmannanshire TSI (CTSI), with support from Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Unit and Codebase Stirling, on Friday 26th April, 2pm – 4pm in the Codebase Stirling building at 8 – 10 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling, FK8 2HU. Places are limited to only 30 spaces, with over half gone already, so booking as soon as possible is recommended.

Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (SVE), CVS Falkirk and Clackmannanshire TSI (CTSI) are holding “Forth Valley Cyber Resilience: Why It Should Matter to the Third Sector”. The session will take place on Friday 26th April, 2pm – 4pm in the Codebase Stirling building at 8 – 10 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling, FK8 2HU. Places are free but limited to 30, so booking is essential.

If you or your organisation has received support from our team at CVS Falkirk in the last 6 months, you will have recently received an email with the link to our feedback survey. We would be grateful if you could assist us in completing the survey most relevant to you.We are always looking for ways to improve our services, so comments and suggestions are welcome. The deadline for responses to both surveys is 12pm on Wednesday 17th April.

Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee has recently launched a major inquiry into the future of primary health care in Scotland. The Committee wants to hear from individuals about what they feel the future of primary health care delivery should look like, and have developed a short online survey to capture their insights. The survey is open until Tuesday 30th April, and should take only 5 minutes to complete. Hard copies are also available on request.