CAVOS
Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
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CAVOS Christmas Celebration Event 2011
15th December 2011 @ Shildon Civic HallThe event included live entertainment from C.A.T.S and The Tearaways Theatre Groups, hot food, disco, raffle and awards presentation. Four 'Special Achievement' Awards and one 'Organisation of the Year' Award were presented
Pictured with Laura & Gillian from CAVOS:
Left: Special acheivement award winners Centre Stage
Right: Organisation of the Year 2011 award winners Fishburn New Age Kurling Club
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CAVOS Stakeholder & Community Buildings Website Launch Event 2011
21st November 2011 @ St Paul's Centre, SpennymoorThis was a great opportunity to get updated on the work, achievements and services CAVOS offer, as well as finding out about our most exciting projects to date and sharing views and opinions on CAVOS and the services we have provided over the last few years,
Included as part of this event was the launch of the brand new South Durham Halls website with a sneak preview of the site itself and a guided tour around all the features that have been developed.
See the CAVOS News Section for more details
Combat the Cuts with CAVOS
27th May 2011 @ Spennymoor Town HallThis market-style event was funding-focussed and included stalls from local groups as well as popular funders. It was informal, well attended and provided a great opportunity to network and share new funding ideas to help 'combat the cuts'. Innovation, motivation and celebration were the aims of the event (with muffins and tea thrown in too!)
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CAVOS Christmas Celebration Event 2010
15th December 2010 @ Shildon Civic HallThe event included live entertainment from Bon Achord Choir, hot food, disco, raffle and awards presentation. 3 'Special Achievement' Awards and one 'Organisation of the Year' Award were presented
Pictured with Laura & Gillian from CAVOS:
Left: Special acheivement award winners Heel & Toe
Right: Special acheivement award winners SCYPAN
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CAVOS AGM & 10th birthday celebration event
3rd September @ St Paul's Centre, SpennymoorIn celebration of our 10th birthday, we hosted an event like no other! as well as our AGM official business, the event included birthday cake, balloon popping, champagne and entertainment by the fantastic Enter CIC dance company. We even had a few famous faces turn up to help us celebrate!
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CAVOS Community Fair 2010
11th June 2010 @ Spennymoor Leisure CentreDue to the popularity of our 2009 Networking Event & Funder's Fair, we decided to run our 2010 event on a bigger scale with even more stalls and more going on. The Community Fair was a great opportunity to network with other groups, talk to some of the North East’s top funders face-to-face and find out about local volunteering opportunities.
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Volunteer Awards Evening 2010
3rd June @ Spennymoor Town Hall
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CAVOS Theatre Night
8th March 2010 @ Eden Theatre, Bishop Auckland Town HallThis well attended event was held in conjunction with Safe Durham Partnership and 2D. The event was a production of ‘Not in My Name’, a play depicting the community impact of a terror attack in a northern town and ending with a structured interactive discussion
CAVOS Christmas Celebration Event 2009
16th December @ Spennymoor Leisure CentreThe event included live entertainment from Tearaways Youth Theatre Group, hot food, disco and networking opportunities. 6 'Special Achievement' Awards and one 'Organisation of the Year' Award were presented
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CAVOS 2nd Annual Stakeholder Event
5th November @ Spennymoor Town HallThis event was a great opportunity to find out what we did with the feedback you gave us last year. It was an excellent opportunity to give your views on a range of topics and find out what CAVOS will be doing in 2010.
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CAVOS AGM 2009
4th September @ Dean Bank Literary InstituteAs well as the CAVOS official business, the AGM included handy 'top tips', lunch, cream tea and entertainment from Former World Champion Spoons Player Bert Draycott!
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Volunteer Awards Evening 2009
4th June @ Spennymoor Town Hall
From left to right: Abbi Armstrong; Lucy Hovvels; Joe Blackett; Gillian Fortune (CAVOS Chief Officer); Peter Beaty; Phil Wilson MP; Alison Stephenson; Sandy Clubley; Sharon Vasey (Volunteer Centre Manager)
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CAVOS Networking Event & Funders Fair
1st May 2009 @ Spennymoor Town HallThis event was a great opportunity to network with other groups & talk to some of the North East’s top funders face-to-face including BIG Lottery & Co. Durham Foundation. The ‘market style’ layout allowed groups to set up their own stalls among the funders
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CAVOS ‘Voice for the VCS’ Event
12th March 2009 @ Shildon Civic HallThis event offered a fantastic opportunity to find out more about the new local Government structures and how we can input into them. There was also the chance to ask questions and network with other groups.
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CAVOS Christmas Celebration Event
10th December 2008 @ Spennymoor Leisure CentreThe event included live entertainment, buffet, disco and networking opportunities. Awards were presented to the groups and organisations that had particular success and accessed support from the CAVOS Development Team since April 2008.
From left to right: Laura Agar Wilson (CAVOS Development Manager); Enid Keller; Brenda Peacock; Diane Pennington; George Pennington; Gillian Fortune (CAVOS Chief Officer); Vernon Chapman
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CAVOS 1st Annual Stakeholder Event
19th November 2008 @ Sedgefield RacecourseThis was an excellent opportunity to find out more about CAVOS and what we will be doing to support and develop the voluntary and community sector in 2009.
