Alex Murray

@CvsW3rt is our official Twitter account. If you are interested in keeping upto date with the news and updates from W3RT CVS, please follow us.

Following the launch of Golden Volunteer, our new volunteering app at our annual conference last week, we would like to invite you to attend a virtual demonstration of the app. To sign up for either of the demonstrations, click the link below. w3rt.org/golden_volunte…

Ahead of our annual conference next week where we will be discussing our equality, diversity and inclusion work, we would like to provide you with details of our journey to this stage and some of our future plans going forward. w3rt.org/improving_equa…

Funding of up to £5,000 is now available from Public Health Hertfordshire to support local groups and organisations to address Covid-19 vaccine inequalities & to encourage further take-up, across all age groups. For more information, click the link below w3rt.org/funding_availa…

Nominations are now open for @WatfordCouncil's 16th Audentior Awards. The deadline for Sunday 28 November 2021 and for more information about the categories, click the link below audentiorawards.co.uk

Funding through our Sustainability Fund that we manage on behalf of @ThreeRiversDC, Impactful Governance have recently launched free Eco Office Audits to help groups towards becoming more environmentally friendly. Click the link below for more details. ig-cic.org.uk/environment.ht…

Together with @WatfordCouncil & @ThreeRiversDC and as part of our Digital Inclusion project, we are asking for donations of laptops and tablets to help reduce digital isolation in the area. Please see the poster for further details & we are grateful for anything you can donate

@BerylBikes are looking to support charities and community groups with free minutes bundles to be used in #Watford to help to address barriers to transport. Speak to the CVS for more details and click the link below to find out more. beryl.cc/news/beryl-com…

We are continuing to help local charities and community groups recruit, manage and support volunteers to help support our communities. If you are involved with a voluntary organisation that is looking for support in recruiting volunteers, email us at cvs@w3rt.org

@TNLComFund are offering from £1,000 to £10,000 of National Lottery funding to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change. The deadline for application is the 18th November at 5pm and for more information, click the link below #section-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/progra…

We are managing a funding pot for sustainability projects on behalf of @ThreeRiversDC. This fund is available to organisations whose projects/activities promote sustainability or mitigate the impact of climate change. For details please email cvs@w3rt.org

With COP 26 ongoing this week, we want to highlight some of the projects, funding opportunities and organisations active within the realm of sustainability. Please do share our tweets to showcase the support available for organisations for sustainable/green projects

Nominations are now open for @WatfordCouncil's 16th Audentior Awards. The deadline for Sunday 28 November 2021 and for more information about the categories, click the link below audentiorawards.co.uk

Our Annual Conference takes place three weeks today. The conference will be held at the Holywell Community Centre in Watford. For more information or to register your attendance at this event, click the link below w3rt.org/save_the_date_…

@WFCTrust are working with @AMAWatford in organising a 24-Hour Football Marathon from Saturday 13th November to Sunday 14th November 2021. They will be raising vital funds for the Railway Children Trust and for more information, click the link below watfordfccsetrust.com/24football/?fb…

Did you know that following a 2017 survey, 62% of the top charities, by income, had all white boards while 92% of trustees are white, older, and above average income and education. We believe that charity boards need to better reflect our communities and society as whole.

On behalf of @WatfordCouncil and @ThreeRiversDC, we have granted £122,000 in funding for local voluntary organisations to help the communities recover from the pandemic. Have a look at the link below to see who has been funded. w3rt.org/alexmurray/cov…

Upskilling your board is a great way of providing additional support to your organisation. We are delighted that locally @HertsCommunityF provides regular training courses for voluntary groups. hertscf.org.uk/hcftraining

Together with @WatfordCouncil & @ThreeRiversDC and as part of our Digital Inclusion project, we are asking for donations of laptops and tablets to help reduce digital isolation in the area. Please see the poster for further details & we are grateful for anything you can donate

Recruiting young trustees is a great way to diversify your board. If you want to know more about this, join us at this event on the 4th November 2021 with our friends in @ComMattersYorks. The event starts at 2pm and the Zoom link is below. us02web.zoom.us/j/81023992159?…

As part of The Queen's Green Canopy, as well as the green movement, @WatfordChamber has been given around 400 trees, all native to the UK, & are looking for green spaces to plant them in. If you would like to get involved in this project and to ‘adopt a tree’, please let us know