A great start to the year
We’re really pleased to share an update on our Charity Support events programme for 2026.
We’ve already hosted two webinars so far this year - one for charity founders and one for fundraisers. These online sessions have helped charities build new skills in a way that’s easy to attend and fits around busy schedules, making expert insight accessible wherever you are.
Our in‑person Fundraising and Founders Forums continue to offer something really special. These sessions are designed to help attendees:

• Connect with peers who truly understand the charity journey
• Share experiences, challenges and ideas in a supportive space
• Build confidence and develop new skills to take back to their organisations
• Hear directly from industry experts

If you value honest conversations, peer learning and practical insight, these forums are for you.

​We want to understand what matters most to carers who have or who are supporting someone with a learning disability. Your answers will help us share carers’ views. We want to understand what matters most to carers who have, or who support someone with, a learning disability.


By taking part in this short survey (around 3 minutes), you can help us make sure carers’ voices are heard. Your answers will help us share carers’ views with the Lancashire Learning Disability Partnership Board.


👉 Survey link: Short survey for carers – Fill in form

Upcoming FREE Virtual Events!

We’re heading into May with a few FREE events coming up to keep you inspired, connected and energised throughout the month.


Join our Meet the Funder session with The Eveson Trust and The Portal Trust to hear their latest insights, explore useful resources and discover current funding opportunities.


We’re also closing the month with our Virtual Fundraisers Networking Event on Thursday 30th April, 11am - 12pm, a space to share fundraising challenges, exchange ideas, and connect with others in the sector, or simply drop in and listen.


Our Introduction to Trusts and Foundations Workshop will also be running, giving you practical guidance and a chance to win a FREE place on our full course.

Holiday Activity & Food programme aims to provide a range of enjoyable activities and nutritious meals for primary and secondary school aged children who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals.

The England-wide Holiday Activities and Food Programme is funded by the Department for Education and distributed through Lancashire County Council. Rossendale Leisure Trust were asked by Rossendale Borough Council to become the lead body, responsible for HAF in the borough.

 All activity providers were Rossendale or Lancashire based, ensuring the scheme supported local businesses as well as local families.  
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From Grip & Go at Adrenaline, Tubing at The Hill, Multiskills at local schools, Emma’s Crazy Creature, Hula hooping with Laura from The Valley Hoopers are just a couple of fun activities the children took part in over Summer and Winter as part of HAF.

A day of talks and workshops about Nature, Health and Wellbeing work delivered by professionals across Lancashire and the North West
The conference will showcase projects using the NatureWell approach to Nature and Heath in different settings including men’s groups, families and young people. We will share evidence-based models of practice rooted in eco-psychology and nature connectedness working in partnership across communities and within NHS Trusts.
Our theme will include reciprocity (between people and nature), recovery (personal and community), and regeneration (ecological and systemic) using an ‘Eco-Bio-Psycho-Social’ Model.

The role of the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is to join up health and care services, improve people's health and wellbeing, and make sure everyone has the same access to services and gets the same outcomes from treatment.
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We also oversee how money is spent and make sure health services are working well and are of high quality. 

Information about NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Talking Therapies. 

​The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) are currently exploring the care journey for people who self-fund to understand how to better support individuals and families when looking for care.
Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock, has expressed interest in improving this experience, we are therefore running a survey to hear from people with lived experience of looking for care (either for themselves or someone else) - the survey can be found by following the link below. 

Are you planning a heritage based project and looking for funding?
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Join us for this information session at Burnley Mechanics Theatre to find out more about The National Lottery Heritage Fund and its work supporting heritage projects.

• Find out how to apply for funding.
• Meet members of the Engagement team from the Heritage Fund and find out how to develop your project ideas and a potential application form.
• Connect with other local organisations to build your networks and develop potential partnerships.

This event is for groups and organisations based and/or working within and around Burnley.

Information for parents to protect their children through  vaccination.
We know your child’s health is your top priority and so protecting them from serious 
disease is incredibly important. That is why the NHS offers a free childhood vaccine 
programme, safeguarding your child from certain illnesses.
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Vaccines work by causing the body’s immune system to remember the specific 
infection targeted in each vaccine. If your child comes into contact with an infection 
and they have had their vaccines, your child’s body will recognise that infection and 
quickly respond to fight off diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough 
and more.