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Cheshire West Voluntary Action
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Championing the community sector - building trust, influencing, inspiring. #WeAreCWVA #NeverMoreNeeded
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❤️ More than 100 people came together at Chester Town Hall to attend #WeAreCWVA's Volunteer Awards and celebrate all the amazing work volunteers do in communities.

👏 We received almost 200 separate nominations this year!

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December 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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📊 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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December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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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December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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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.

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November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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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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November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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🚑 North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is holding an Awareness Day at @storyhouselive.bsky.social in Chester, taking place from 11am to 1pm on Thursday 4 December ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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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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November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🎭 Little Actors Theatre Company is supporting children and young people in Neston and the surrounding areas to engage with performing arts, having a lasting impact on their personal skills and wellbeing.

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November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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❤️ Trustees’ Week takes place from 3 to 7 November, providing an opportunity to come together and celebrate the achievements of nearly one million trustees across the UK.

👏😁 Thank you to #WeAreCWVA's amazing trustees for all you do to support and guide the charity!

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November 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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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October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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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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October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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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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October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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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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October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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💡 Want to use Plinth as a community impact system? #WeAreCWVA's next online demo is taking place from 11am to noon on Tuesday 4 November.

Get involved ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/nfE6arinvw...

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October 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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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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October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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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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October 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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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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October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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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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October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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🤝 There's still time to book your place at #WeAreCWVA's large-scale networking event, taking place at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall from 1pm to 4pm on Friday 17 October.

Get involved ➡️ book.plinth.org.uk/e/ATgaBC6svm...

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October 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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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.

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September 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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💻 Training continues to be a key part of #WeAreCWVA's offer to community sector organisations, and an extensive programme has been delivered in the first half of 2025.

Check out the latest training ➡️ cwva.org.uk/training-and...

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September 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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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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September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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.
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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🗣️ 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...
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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❤️🏆 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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September 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM