​Welcome To Your February Community Bulletin

 We produce a monthly bulletin with our health and community partners to keep you updated on the community support and activities happening across Rossendale. This includes information from our community groups, events, health information, grants and community training opportunities. We hope you will find the bulletin useful.

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Pendleside Hospice are holding an Iftar celebration 

Tuesday 3rd March 2026: 5.30pm
Nelson and Colne College

Naloxone Works on Nitazenes and Fentanyl

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• Don’t use alone, as there is nobody to help if you overdose.
  
• Watch out for signs of an overdose in friends.
  
• Make sure you have a supply of naloxone.
  
• You may have to use more than one dose of naloxone.
  
• Ring for an ambulance if somebody overdoses. Naloxone is a temporary antidote, you still need to ring for an ambulance after you have used naloxone.
  
• Using diazepam or pregabalin at the same time as heroin, methadone or other opioids increases the risk of overdose.
  
• Injecting heroin is a higher risk than smoking it. If you do use heroin always take a small test dose with every new bag.
  
• If you have test strips, use them. Don’t risk it if your drugs test positive.
  
• Naloxone will not work on Xylazine or Medetomidine, but should be used in case they have taken another opioid.
  

As the End of Life Bill is debated in the House of Lords, the voices of community care providers are largely absent.

That’s why we’re inviting you to take part in The Silent Stakeholders Survey.
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It has been created to specifically to hear from community care teams about the Bill.

Your responses will help produce an independent report that brings the thoughts of frontline care teams to the public domain.

The survey takes less than 5 minutes to complete.
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Thank you for the work you do and for taking the time to complete this survey.

You may be aware of the new Lancashire Service Finder — a comprehensive online directory being developed by Lancashire County Council to help residents of all ages easily find and access local support services.

When the directory goes live in the coming months, it will become the primary platform used to signpost individuals, families and professionals to services across the county. To ensure your organisation is included, please take a moment to complete this registration form if you haven’t already done so.
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If you are an LCC‑commissioned service, please indicate clearly within your service description whether you operate as a public‑facing service or a professional‑only service. This distinction is essential so that residents and practitioners can easily identify which services are accessible to them.