Based in a beautiful location by the River Darwen in the Feniscowles-Pleasington Valley cusp, the Deaf Village Northwest offer a range of fantastic services aimed at bringing Deaf and hearing communities together in nature. Their vision is “to establish a strong, cohesive and prosperous community where everyone is active, treated Read more…
We’re pleased to share an exciting opportunity to join our Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Team. This post is designed to promote and improve uptake of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme by reducing inequalities in uptake, supporting community engagement activities, targeting action amongst population groups with low uptake in Lancashire and Read more…
The next set of our free, expert-led Community Volunteer Training programme is coming up later this month. This programme is for anyone who wants to get involved in their community as a volunteer. It is ideal for volunteers and community groups who provide support to members of the public, for Read more…
East Lancashire Hospice has launched a new appeal, Bring Care Home, shining a spotlight on its essential Hospice at Home service. The campaign calls on the support of the local community to help fund care for people living with life-limiting illnesses in the place they feel most comfortable – home. Read more…
Parkinson’s UK are currently inviting applications for two small grants programmes. The maximum amount which can be applied for in both funding streams is £3,000. Grants for physical activity providers This funding stream provides grants to projects that support physical activity projects for people with Parkinson’s. Physical activity grants for Read more…
Learning Disability Week is taking place from Monday 16th June to Sunday 22nd June – and as part of this year’s celebration, Care Network are inviting you to be part of a powerful performance that brings their See Me theme to life! They’ll be performing the incredible, uplifting anthem This Read more…
by Callum Henry, Preston Volunteers Co-ordinator What an amazing week it was at Preston Volunteers last week as part of Volunteers’ Week. I can’t count how many sandwiches, cakes, brews etc. we got through but I thought you may want to see some our amazing events that went on throughout Read more…
Volunteers’ Week may be over – but it’s always the right time to thank a volunteer. We’d like to put on record our gratitude to two fantastic volunteers, who work at our Community Hub. Here are Sabs and Sharon. Thank you, Sabs and Sharon! (Top image: George Dolgikh via Pexels.com).
The Modern Worker for the Modern Workplace (MWMW) Programme, delivered by the IN4 Group, offers senior executives and managers from Blackburn with Darwen organisations a unique chance to increase productivity, customer service and growth in the workplace by harnessing the power of data and generative AI technologies. The next sessions are Read more…
The minutes of May’s CVS Peer Network are now available. You can view/download them below: – The next CVS Peer Network meeting will take place on Thursday 26th June, in the Conference Room at our Boulevard Centre. Please note: Parking on Morrisons Car Park is free for 2.5 hours. Shared Read more…