Third Sector Online Discussion Boards Now Live

Posted on January 13, 2017

We are pleased to announce that the new Third Sector Online Discussion Boards are now live on our website, and would like to invite you to sign up and begin using them.

These discussion boards are designed to be an extension of the Third Sector Forums that CVS Falkirk facilitate, allowing colleagues to share issues, areas of interest and queries between the quarterly meetings.

Each of the 8 forums that CVS Falkirk facilitates has its own discussion board, titled with the forum name:

The Online Discussion Boards are publicly accessible and free to use and can be accessed on the CVS Falkirk website. To share your thoughts and ideas you will have to complete a quick registration, and once accepted will have full access to all of discussion boards.

If you have any queries or issues using the discussion boards, please contact David Gardener, Development Officer – Policy, Research and Community Planning by phone: 01324 692010, or email: David@cvsfalkirk.org.uk

We hope you enjoy using the new discussion boards, and look forward to reading your posts.

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