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Lancashire Adult Learning have places available on our Construction Health and Safety courses which, on successful completion, enables students to gain their CSCS Labouring card. The course is based at The Waterside Centre, St James Court West, Accrington, BB5 1NA and is delivered approximately every three weeks or more often throughout the academic year.  Lancashire Adult Learning in partnership with Skills College UK will be delivering Level 2 Rail Maintenance training in Preston starting this October. The Preston course will be based at Cotton Court Business Centre, Preston. Course recruitment will start with an Information session on Tuesday 13th October 2026 with the course itself starting on Monday 26th October 2026. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to pursue a career within the rail maintenance industry. The training will be for a total of 8 weeks, full time Monday to Friday also based in Preston city centre. At the Information Session attendees will learn more about the training programme, linked career opportunities within the rail industry, and the steps involved in progressing onto the course.   Applications are now open to deliver Winter Holiday Clubs as part of the Burnley HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Fun Food and Friends programme.
We are seeking providers who can deliver fun, active and creative holiday provision, alongside nutritious food for children and young people. Applications close: Tuesday October 20th at 12 noon  Please see below the training available across October. Places can be booked via the eventbrite link below.
 Lancashire Volunteering Day – Rawtenstall
📅 Thursday 8 October 2026 📍 Rawtenstall Town Centre The day will bring together LCC staff members, councillors, LVP volunteers and community groups to help improve a well-used footpath between East Lancashire Railway Station and New Hall Hey Retail Park.  Support today changes lives tomorrow. But too often we’re told to wait, or offered support that isn’t right for who we are and what we need. You can help us get people seen, really seen this World Mental Health Day, by supporting our See Me Now campaign.
Blackburn Cathedral and The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside are inviting people to take part in the Lancashire Community Craft Project, creating individual textile panels that will be stitched together into a stunning 13-metre table runner celebrating the people, places and wildlife of Lancashire.   We support thousands of fundraisers every year - so what are the most popular fundraising topics?
Check out the fundraising topics that are most in demand, including Corporate, Storytelling, Major Donor Fundraising, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Follow us on Eventbrite to be the first to hear about new Events and Training!  Be the Best Version of Yourself
Community group leaders, volunteers and social action champions are invited to take part in a free personal development day designed to help you step back, reflect and invest in yourself. Wednesday 21 October. 10am to 3pm In-person Led by Jaffer Ali Hussain from PACE, this interactive session will explore: Understanding yourself and your strengths Mindset, confidence and personal growth Communication and relationships Values, purpose and direction Practical tools you can use in everyday life  currently have places available on our Maths and English Functional Skills classes at Linkbridge Community Centre.
Classes are available from Entry Level 3 through to Level 2. Maths Functional Skills Tuesdays | 12:30pm – 3:00pm English Functional Skills Thursdays | 9:30am – 12:00pm  CalderStones Community CIC is inviting local organisations, community groups and service providers to explore opportunities to work alongside the organisation in supporting adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and additional support needs.
The community-based service is currently developing a programme of meaningful, practical and confidence-building opportunities designed to help the people who attend build skills, increase independence and become more involved in their local community.  As part of Pride in our Places, we are holding volunteering activities across four locations in Lancashire, giving people the opportunity to get involved in practical projects that support local communities and help improve green and community spaces.
 To help build shared organisational skills across CCAN members, we've arranged this workshop for you:
Mediation Skills in Practice: Responding to Conflict with Confidence Delivered by Smile Mediation Wednesday 4th November 9.30am to 12.00pm (followed by lunch) Talking Lounge Hub (Building Bridges Network) 20 Scotland Road Nelson - BB9 7UU There is a fee of £15 per delegate  The Six Week Mindfulness Programme is a free, online course for people aged 65+. We’ve been running mindfulness programmes for older adults since 2020, and thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, we’re now able to offer this six-week programme to older adults in your area.
The programme is a gentle, supportive group course designed to help older adults focus on their wellbeing, manage stress and difficult emotions, and develop practical mindfulness skills. It is led by a Chartered Clinical Psychologist specialising in older adult mental wellbeing and delivered by a BAMBA-Registered Mindfulness Teacher.  It feels like well and truly the end of summer, with leaves turning on the trees. I came back from holiday this week to a sense of new term, and that is certainly playing through in the policy space.
The Local Government Reorganisation pause will impact some of you significantly. As we find out more, we will keep you updated. Beyond that, I have a sense of anticipation, as we expect more detail on devolution of decision-making, fiscal autonomy and implementation to combined authorities. Over the summer, many of you have made significant steps in how you are working with combined authorities, and that will be an important agenda through the rest of this year. Alongside that, the importance of neighbourhoods and neighbourhood working will also grow – we are looking to influence on the critical role LIOs play in connecting within neighbourhoods, and connecting neighbourhoods with statutory authorities. That plays through in neighbourhood health, governance, Pride in Place and more. Earlier this month, the announcement about Reach Volunteering impacted many of us, but I have been delighted this week that they have secured funding to remain open. It does highlight the precarious nature of infrastructure funding, and we'll continue make the case for a more sustainable future. There won’t be one single answer, but we will keep using research and evidence from members to demonstrate the value and importance of infrastructure. You'll see more on that in our upcoming infographic series, so keep an eye on this newsletter and LinkedIn for that.  Burnley Mechanics Theatre Burnley, England
Wednesday, November 18 • 10 AM - 3 PM OverviewDeciding Together What Kind of Town We Want. How do we bring people together, build confidence, and strengthen the sense of purpose and togetherness across Burnley? Join us for a powerful day of ideas, practical tools, and inspiring conversations designed to help Burnley move forward - stronger, more connected, and more hopeful. We are bringing together leading voices and activists in community bridge building and social cohesion, offering approaches that are easy to engage with, often fun, yet grounded in creating a better future for all in Burnley. Alongside them, and more importantly, we are bringing together and celebrating the people already doing this work here - because this is a Burnley conversation, led by Burnley people.  Our mental health is important to us all at home and in the work place. We offer a range of course to help best support our family, children, friends, colleagues and those who we support or care for.
Please have a read of the course details below and don’t hesitate to contact us for further information.  Welcome back! We hope you had a fantastic summer break.
Our September Sway is now available and full of updates, news, and upcoming events. Take a few minutes to have a read and see what's been happening across the service. A restored 1970s jukebox holding 100 stories about nightlife in Nelson, from the 1950s to the present day made by artists Rob St John, Tommy Perman and Michael Shorter. A photographic and audio project by artist Diane Muldowney that has captured the stories, memories and nightlife of the town through the people who experienced it.   We help people find and keep paid employment as part of their recovery, offering personalised support tailored to their preferences, goals and interests.
 August and September can bring a lot of change for young people.
Some might be receiving exam results, leaving school or college, looking for work, thinking about a new direction, or just not sure what they want to do next. The King’s Trust is here to help young people find their next steps – allowing them to explore their options, build confidence and find practical support to move towards a future that feels right for them. Coming up: Read on to find out more!  We're extremely pleased to invite you to the national premiere of The White Elephant in the Room, a documentary produced by the Co-Alc Alliance (About | Co-Alc Alliance), highlighting the hidden risks of mixing cocaine with alcohol and the emerging evidence linking cocaethylene to impulsive behaviour, mental distress, and suicide risk.
We are delighted to be hosting this important screening in Blackburn with Darwen, the first in the country, and look forward to welcoming partners and professionals to what promises to be a powerful and thought-provoking event. |
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