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A group of 21 ambitious frontline charities working in the fields of community, environment, welfare and youth support have been named winners of the 2025 Weston Charity Awards. The Awards recognise and enhance the vital work of small charities across the UK, amplifying their impact and boosting long-term resilience in the face of increasing third-sector challenges. This year's winning charities, located in the Midlands, Wales, and the North of England, were selected from 160 applicants. Each will receive a regenerative support package valued at over £22,000. This includes free access to the Pilotlight 360 programme – a remarkable eight-month package of charity leadership coaching worth an estimated £16,000. Expert “Pilotlighters” from private and public sectors offer professional mentoring on topics from income diversification to long-term business strategies. In addition, Award winners will receive a grant of £6,500 from the Garfield Weston Foundation.   Action Fraud is urging people to look out for rogue QR codes, after 784 reports of ‘quishing’ were made to Action Fraud between April 2024 and April 2025, with almost £3.5 million lost
We have recently conducted a research project into the barriers affecting disabled people in Lancashire when accessing health and social care services. Our Disability Voices Phase 1 report revealed that transport and accessibility posed significant challenges to disabled people and, in many ways, affected their experience and access to health and social care services. We want to investigate this further, so we have launched a survey to explore transport and access to health services for disabled people in Lancashire.   Volunteers’ Week 2025 has been another incredible celebration of volunteering across the UK.
We were inspired by the outpouring of appreciation, from thank you messages and recognition events to the powerful stories shared on social media and our new Padlet. The support was overwhelming in the best way. Lancashire County Council and partners are proud to launch a week of celebrations, stories, and community spirit for Refugee Week 2025. With this year’s theme — Community as a Superpower — people across the county are invited to come together in kindness, solidarity and shared strength.   Spending Review June 2025 The Spending Review [SR] published on 11 June looks to make efficiency savings across government, deliver increased capital investment, and increase health and defence spending. The level of complexity within the associated publications is significant, and whilst detailed also requires a lot more information to understand the implications in full.
Therefore, here are some of the main points from the SR, along with implications for local infrastructure listed below, with further detail to follow in the coming weeks as further policy announcements are made. Average annual real growth in total departmental spending will increase by 2.3% [£68bn in total] between 2023-24 and 2028-29. This is split into two phases:
New exhibition celebrates Burnley’s civic townscape – and looks forward to an ambitious new project17/6/2025
Burnley’s proud, stonebuilt architecture is worth celebrating, and a new exhibition starting this week in the town centre does just that. Kicking off three weeks of concentrated activity, Rock Paper Scissors opens on Thursday 19 June at OneTwoThree, the new high street creative space at 123 St James’s Street.
Even if you’re feeling great, you could still be at risk of serious conditions like: ❤️ Heart disease 🧠 Stroke 🧬 Type 2 diabetes 🩸 High blood pressure 🧠 Dementia 🧂 High cholesterol 🚱 Kidney disease  Help us know who’s connecting with who across Pennine Lancashire by responding to a survey from Innovisor   Please see the information below on a workshop Crowdfund Lancashire is hosting next week. This will be useful for anyone who is interested in applying to Crowdfund Lancashire.
Did you know the Autumn 2025 funding round of Crowdfund Lancashire is currently open? If you have a project or idea that increases access to culture and sport for Lancashire residents, you could get up to £15,000 towards your community project. |
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