 We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we are offering not one, not two, but THREE of our most popular online courses at zero cost!
But don't wait too long to register your interest, as spots are filling up fast. This is an incredible opportunity that you won't want to miss out on. You can easily sign up on our website at www.wefindanylearner.com/book-online/ or by contacting our team at 01226 958 888. All you need to do is meet a few simple criteria, including being at least 19 years old by August 31st, 2025, residing in England, and not currently enrolled in an apprenticeship program. Enrol today and let's make a difference together!  Lancashire CSAP are currently undertaking a piece of scrutiny work and are looking for views of young people and children.
The latest edition of the Lancashire Mental Health Partnership Zine is now available! This month's issue shares updates from partnership meetings, lived experience voices, wellbeing initiatives, training opportunities, community projects and discussions helping to shape mental health support across Lancashire.   Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise
The VCFSE Alliance is a group made up of representatives from the VCFSE sector across Lancashire & South Cumbria Its purpose is to strengthen equitable, meaningful, and effective partnership working between the wider VCFSE sector, public sector, and health and care. The Alliance acts as a collective voice, ensuring that the sector’s insight, expertise, and community connections shape priorities across Lancashire and South Cumbria (LSC). Below are the key messages emerging from the LSC VCFSE Alliance.  Welcome to your latest NAVCA memebr newsletter. If you read one thing from this jam-packed edition, make sure it's the blog about the future of infrastructure. Over the past months we have been amplifying the critical role LIOs play, reviewing our membership to make sure we are future-focused, sharing a series of infographics to bring that life, and highlighting the instability and precarity of funding. It isn't just local infrastructure which faces those challenges - the near closure of Reach and closure of DSC point to specialist and national infrastructure also facing it.
If we keep doing the same things in the same way we'll get the same answers - so this feels like an important time to step back collectively, and find out what support the VCSE sector needs, how that support can best be organised, and how it should be funded. For many in the NAVCA network, these will be familiar conversations, perhaps as a result of local government reorganisation or thinking about how we work effectively with Strategic Authorities. We also need to think about how we connect well with national organisations. For example, many of you use DCS resources, and work with Reach as well as with specialist organisations - whether that's those working with communities of interest or identity, or on specialist topics. I do think as an infrastructure sector we can look collectively at what we do, how we are organised, and how we best work together. That is my hope for an independent Commission - a space to look at what the VCSE sector needs, how infrastructure in the round can be best organised to support that, and how it might be funded. That gives me (kind of!) a segue into the NAVCA AGM - do come along and hear how we are doing and to vote for new trustees . This is a great opportunity to have your say on our future direction and focus.  Get Grants Newsletter - November 2026
Welcome to the Get Grants November 2026 Newsletter! We have an exciting lineup of Training Courses, MASTERCLASSES, and FREE Events to support your fundraising throughout the rest of the year! If you missed Get Grants FREE Virtual Conference 2026 or want to rewatch your favourite sessions, all session recordings are available now!  We've been busy this month at Healthwatch Lancashire! In this month's newsletter were showcasing our exhibition in collaboration with The Harris Museum and Inspire Youth Zone in Chorley, which is supporting the release of our Impact of Social Media on Young People report.
We talk more about our GP Surgery survey, which aims to understand how people are engaging with their GP and how different appointment or information needs are met. We're also sharing more about our recent visit to Parkgate Surgery in Ormskirk  The November edition of the Rossendale Community Network is now available at community-bulletin-november-2026
I hope you find it informative, for earlier copies please visit: https://www.rossendale.gov.uk/downloads/download/11898/community-bulletins  Sam’s Story: “If this foundation wasn’t here, I’d be in a very different place”
Watch Sam from Fylde Rugby CF describe how accessing services has changed his life.  Bonfire Night is fast approaching. In my house, the loud bangs are not popular with either the kids or the animals. But for many others, the colour and spectacle are among the highlights of the season. This year, Diwali, the Festival of Lights, also falls on 8 November. Fireworks are sometimes used as part of those celebrations too. Whatever your plans, we can probably all agree that the key to a successful night is staying safe and being considerate. We’ve pulled together some of the official advice for you here. Other stories we're sharing this month include:
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This month's newsletter is packed with support, opportunities and activities for local families across Rossendale.  |
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