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 The August edition of the Rossendale community bulletin is now available at Aug 2025 - Communities Bulletin
Today’s children are growing up in a connected world – but that doesn’t mean they always know how to stay safe in it. As a parent, grandparent or guardian, your guidance can make a huge difference. Our new leaflet, attached, provides some practical ways to help your child explore the internet with confidence and care this summer holiday.   If you’re going through fertility difficulties, you’re not alone.
If you want to find out more about the causes of infertility, treatments and how to support your wellbeing, join the Wellbeing of Women for a free webinar: 💬Navigating the Fertility Journey 📅Wednesday 13 August 2025, 12:00 – 13:00 💻 Book your place here  Your latest news for carers in East Lancashire...
 We have three films coming up for the Summer!
We are operating a pay-what-you-can-afford basis - reserve seats now for free, then put what you can afford in our collection bucket.  Calling all local organisations in Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, and Crawshawbooth!
Rossendale Borough Council and Rossendale Leisure Trust invite: ✔️ Sports organisations ✔️ Community groups ✔️ Health & wellbeing project providers To come and discuss potential projects with a focus on leisure activities and healthy walking routes funded via the Plan for Neighbourhoods funding, covering areas of Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, and Crawshawbooth. 📍 Where: Rossendale Sports Club, Clubhouse 🗓 When: Thursday 4th September 2025 🕒 Time: Drop in any time between 3pm – 7pm 💡 Find out how your ideas can be supported to benefit local residents. 🔗 For more information, visit: www.rossendale.gov.uk/regeneration-3/plan-neighbourhoods  The Stronger Together Awards - Nominations OPEN! This event will spotlight the individuals, groups, and organisations that make a real difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities in Lancashire. We are looking for individuals, groups, and organisations that have shown dedication to collaboration, advocacy, and inclusive practice. The Stronger Together Awards are in collaboration with People First, which launched the awards ceremony as part of its Lancashire Learning Disability Partnership Board flagship event. You can nominate for the Impact Award, highlighting someone who has made a positive impact on the lives of people with a learning disability in Lancashire Or, the Inclusive Employer Award, highlighting an employer who offers paid work opportunities with reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability in Lancashire. Nominations close on August 1st 2025. 📍 Barton Manor Hotel, 746-768 Garstang Rd, Barton PR3 5AA 📆 September 24th 🕛 12pm - 6pm More about the event here. Kirsty Morgan, head of Inclusion at People First, said of the awards:
"The Stronger Together Awards is a celebration of unity and impact in Lancashire and to honour those making a real difference. This event showcases the power of collaboration, advocacy, and inclusion.I'm thrilled to see our community come together to recognise these champions of change. Let's continue to value every voice and partnership, making our community stronger together. Join us and be part of what comes next!"  Over 1,800 women and girls across the county have filled in Commissioner Clive Grunshaw's Safety of Women and Girls Survey. We want to hear directly from those who live or work in Lancashire.
Survey results will inform the work of the police and other community safety partners such as local councils and victim support services, to make Lancashire a safer place for everyone. The survey can be completed online here. The link is also available via the Commissioner's website - lancashire-pcc.gov.uk - and can be found across the Commissioner's social media channels. Search for @lancspcc on Facebook, X and Instagram or Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner on Nextdoor.  Connect with the community, showcase your work, host a fun activity, or set up a stall.
We invite you to come along to this event to engage with the community of Bradley in Nelson. If you're interested, or would like more information, please contact [email protected]  Connect with the community, showcase your work, host a fun activity, or set up a stall.
We invite you to come along to this event to engage with the community of Bradley in Nelson. If you're interested, or would like more information, please contact [email protected]  The latest large bondholder event was held on 11th July 7:30-9:30am at Burnley College.
Every bondholder came away with a special gift. New bondholders received their certificates. Move Forward Who we can help Move Forward is our new service supporting Pendle residents who are out of work, and held back by multiple barriers to employment – including:
  DCMS have published the findings of a 12 month research project, carried out in 2024 on Local Civil Society Infrastructure [LCSI]. The purpose of the research was to develop the evidence base on LCSI in England by identifying the positive impacts of effective LCSI, the negative impacts of its absence and the conditions and approaches for building effective LCSI in areas where it is weak or non-existent. The synthesis report is extensive and presents an incredibly complex and nuanced picture of LCSI. This first briefing for NAVCA members offers an overview of the main findings. Further briefings and resources will be produced as the findings are unpacked further.
This newsletter provides you with the headlines and implications. A full briefing can be read here. A public blog is available here. Ahead of the school holidays, we have been in contact with Burnley FC in the Community to arrange for them to come down to Burnleywood Park to put on a football session for the kids.
For those of you who were there and remember, we did this last year and it was a huge success, with multiple requests to do it again! All are welcome, the more the merrier, so please pass this on to your friends, relatives, kids, schools, your auntie's sister-in-laws guinea pig, anyone who may be interested! Welcome to the Summer 2025 Think CO e-newsletter from the Gas Safe Charity. Summer has well and truly arrived in most parts of the UK over the last couple of weeks.
The season of Barbeques, Wimbledon, Women’s Euros, festivals, camping and holidays is well and truly with us. Though we have the boilers off and fires unused, CO is still a potential risk at this time of year. In your role as a CO aware worker or volunteer, you will be able to spot signs and take steps with your clients to ensure CO is risk is minimised.  This study of voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, cooperatives, societies and amateur sport clubs (sometimes called the 'third sector'. 'voluntary sector, or 'civil society sector') started in 2010 and it takes place every three years.
We've been building a picture of how organisations and groups work, what they achieve and how they feel about their future. This helps policy makers, funding bodies and CVSs to make good decisions on how to support the voluntary sector. Whether your organisation is large or small, thriving, struggling or just going along as normal - we need to hear from you. It's interesting and only takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. All data are securely stored completely anonymously. We don't collect or retain any personal data (to see our ethics and data privacy policy click here. If you're worried about anything, feel free to contact me: [email protected].  This month has been as busy as ever at Healthwatch Lancashire as we have announced our Phase 2 Disability, Transport and Accessibility project and travelled through the lakes to Carlisle for Summer Operations Day🔅
Scroll to see more of what we've been up to👀 Burnley Canal Festival returns on Sunday 24 August. The award-winning, free, family event will take place again at the beautifully refurbished Finsley Gate Wharf and along the canal towpath. The 2025 edition of Burnley Canal Festival is now confirmed for its regular date at August Bank Holiday weekend. Organisers announce that after an extensive fundraising campaign, Sunday 24 August will see the return of this free, family friendly, multiple award-winning event.   This month, we’re pleased to announce the appointment of Saskia Konynenburg as NCVO’s Interim Chief Executive. Congratulations to Saskia as she leads us through this next chapter.
We’re also taking a moment to celebrate the impact of Small Charity Week, reflect on the vibrant stories shared during Pride Month, and highlight some fantastic opportunities and events coming up for our members. Read on to find out more.
 Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Clive Grunshaw, has invested £130,253 into preventing crime and anti-social behaviour this summer through his Community Fund—using money seized from criminals to support ‘Safer Streets Summer’.
Schemes across different areas of Lancashire will deliver targeted interventions during the summer holiday period, utilising money seized from criminals being put back into the communities they have impacted. A total of 46 local schemes across Lancashire have been awarded funding up to £3,000 to deliver targeted interventions during the summer holidays. These short-term projects aim to engage young people and reduce the risk of offending during a time when anti-social behaviour typically increases. Yesterday, the government published its 10 Year Health Plan. We've summarised the paper for NAVCA members, and we encourage you to share this with your networks.
The document is 168 pages long, 148 of which contain mainly densely written content. This is a nuts-and-bolts summary of the paper, with a focus on the key themes relevant to the local VCSE sector and the role of Local Infrastructure and ICS-VCSE Alliances. Hello Neighbours, The latest edition of our monthly newsletter is here. July is a busy month for crime prevention and community news. Kicking off with antisocial behaviour awareness week, there's an update on the summer safety crackdown on ASB which was launched last week by the Home Secretary, and details on the ninja knife amnesty happening this month. As always, this issue also has a host local news and special offers too.  |
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