 The Smile Conference is back! & it’s going to be even better than before!
Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details. You won’t want to miss it! M-PACT stands for Moving Parents and Children Together and is a programme that puts children and young people at its heart. The programme supports those aged 7 to 17, and their adult family members. It is a structured 10-session intervention, drawing upon psychosocial, educational, and systemic approaches to improve global functioning, communication and coping in families affected by addiction.
The programme is delivered by two trained M-PACT practitioners (plus additional facilitators) to up to 8 families at a time, with sessions once a week, for 8 weeks. Families attending the programme also have an individual review session. On completion of the programme, an informal reunion brings everyone together to take part in a fun activity. The program is part of INSPIRE and With You's Lancashire substance misuse service commission. M-PACT practitioners to attend Duty and Assessment/Family Safeguarding/Child and Family Wellbeing/Early Help team briefs to explain the criteria and referral pathway into the programme, in order to raise awareness of this excellent provision, generate referrals and answer any questions teams may have. RVE offer free energy advice sessions at Rossendale health centres, un partnership with Citizen’s Advice.
Health centre pop-up times; ● Tuesday morning - Haslingden Health Centre, 10am till 12pm. ● Tuesday afternoon - Rawtenstall Health Centre, 1:30pm till 3:30pm. ● Wednesday afternoon - Bacup Health Centre, alternate times; 10am till 12pm OR 1pm till 3pm  We have two events coming up for March at our space The Garage, Northlight (Across from the Leisure Box)
Thursday 27th March - Pendle Social Cinema presents - Spoor 2017 (15), Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her. Refreshments provided, pay what you can on the door (cash) Doors 6:30 PM, film start at 7:00 PM to book visit https://www.pendlesocialcinema.com/films  Male suicide is a crisis that cannot be ignored.
In the Northwest, suicide rates are the highest in the UK, with men making up around three-quarters of all suicides. The Let’s Keep Talking campaign, launched by the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria, aims to change the conversation around male mental health and encourage more men to seek help. Why are so many men at risk? Social and cultural pressures play a major role in male suicide. Many men feel compelled to live up to traditional ideas of masculinity, where emotional expression is seen as weak. Concerned about your Mental Health?Are you under 18 or concerned about someone under 18? 12/3/2025
  The Great Get Together (20-22 June 2025) is the UK’s annual celebration of everything that unites our communities, inspired by Jo Cox’s belief that we have more in common than that which divides us.
We hope you’re considering organising a Great Get Together this June, because community events that bring people together feel more needed than ever. |
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