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We’re excited to share some important news — we’ve officially launched Neuro-Sparks Support CIC, a new community interest company dedicated to supporting people in Burnley, East Lancashire and nationally who are currently under supported and underrepresented when it comes to neurodiversity awareness and support.
Our vision is to make high-quality neurodiversity training and individual support accessible to those who need it most — particularly community groups, non-profit organisations, economically inactive individuals, and those who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access our services without funded support. To bring this vision to life, we are:
In the meantime, we continue to provide fully funded support through the Access to Work scheme via the DWP. This includes:
 You are invited to the first in-person forum meeting of the Lancashire Anti-Poverty Network!
Established in partnership with LACVS and Locally Organised Communities Across Lancashire, the network seeks to create a space for good practice sharing and collaboration between the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector (VCFSE) and the public sector around poverty, and to identify strategic, policy and practical gaps in anti-poverty responses. The forum will explore poverty in our communities, current anti-poverty activities and initiatives taking place, and look forward to the future of the network to tackle poverty across Lancashire. When🕙 Wed 11 Jun 2025 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where📍 St John's Parish Hall, Bracewell St, Burnley, BB10 1TB Applications are now open for the Burnley Summer Fun, Food and Friends programme. This initiative is part of Burnley’s Holiday Activities with Food (HAF) programme, supporting the delivery of holiday camps during the summer holidays.  📍 Colne | The Muni Theatre | Monday 12th May | 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Frontline practitioners in Pendle are invited to attend Building Stronger Communities in Pendle, a vital conference responding to the threat of divisive ideologies. Hosted by Building Bridges Pendle, the event will explore key questions around community cohesion, resilience, and what lessons have been learned.  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.  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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