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 Do you live in Lancashire or South Cumbria and think you may have ADHD?
The NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board wants to hear about your experiences to help shape future services. You can get involved by:
 Local Charity Launches ‘IMPACT CLUB’ with GB Integrated Systems as Founding Diamond Ambassador
COLNE, LANCASHIRE – Positive Action in the Community (PAC) is proud to announce the official launch of the IMPACT CLUB, a strategic new partnership initiative designed to unite the local business community in the fight against homelessness, domestic abuse, and mental health challenges. Leading the charge as the first ever Founding Diamond Ambassador is Colne based technology specialist, GB Integrated Systems (GBIS). Launched on the 15th of February 2026, the IMPACT CLUB offers a tiered patronage scheme that allows businesses of all sizes, from sole traders to large corporations, to provide sustainable, predictable support for PAC’s frontline services. A Landmark Partnership GB Integrated Systems, a trusted provider of fire, security, communications, AV and automation solutions, has stepped up to the highest level of membership. As a Diamond Ambassador, GBIS is committing not only significant financial resources but also a dedicated year of close collaboration to represent PAC within the wider business community.  You may remember that last year we conducted a research project into the lives of disabled people across Lancashire and their experiences accessing health and social care services.
In our initial project analysis, we found that transport and accessibility were the top concerns and barriers. This prompted us to investigate further the state of transport and accessibility to health and social care for disabled people living in Lancashire. We are pleased to announce that our Disability Voices Phase 2 Report is now live on our website, and we would love to encourage you to have a read. Community Futures invites you to the: Launch of Village Halls Week 2026 in West Lancashire24/2/2026
 One month to go…
As our upcoming event is fast approaching, we wanted to remind you that free tickets are available, and we’d be delighted to see you there. Throughout our communications, we will use the term hall to include village halls and community halls  From Thursday 26th February, the programme will be rebranding as Active Recovery. This change will bring the project’s name and visual identity more closely in line with our parent organisation, Active Lancashire, while continuing to deliver the same core support for individuals affected by substance misuse.
 For me this newsletter should be titled “reasons to be cheerful”. It has been a funny old start to the year – with international politics, UK politics, local politics all bringing their own brand of disbelief at various points; and the rain, which has just not stopped; and the dark evenings, which don’t feel like they are getting less dark yet.
But, amidst all that there is hope. We had an energising network session yesterday with members focusing on guidance on community cohesion which has been published to support local authorities Common Ground: building cohesive communities. There is plenty in there about how to engage, and potentially a tool to get an “in” with your own authority. I’m really proud of the allyship programme bringing people together to develop their practice, and the new EEDI framework has a clear focus for LIOs, identifying strengths and areas to develop to be stronger in our actions. And the Million Acts of Hope campaign lifts me just thinking about it and its potential, to really amplify the good that there is. So I hope like me you read this newsletter and feel inspired to take action, no matter how big or small, and to engage in conversations with others about what you are doing. We can’t control the big politics, but we can definitely make a difference to those around us and our communities. Who knows, maybe even tomorrow it will stop raining.  Welcome to your NAVCA events update - where you can find out more about what's happening for NAVCA members over the next few weeks. You can book your space at all NAVCA events via the NAVCA website.
 Welcome to the Get Grants February 2026 Newsletter!
We’re excited to share this month's lineup of Fundraising Training Courses and FREE Events! Join Core Costs Applications MASTERCLASS, led by Get Grants Director John Ellery, exploring the popular topic of securing core cost funding! We’re also running Donor Journey Mastery MASTERCLASS, designed to help you optimise every stage of your donor engagement. If you missed our Launching Legacy Fundraising MASTERCLASS with David Page, you can now catch it on demand via our website. This month's free events include an Introduction to Legacy Fundraising Workshop, Bid Writing Workshop and our Virtual Fundraisers Networking Event, where you can learn, connect and grow alongside fellow fundraisers. Keep reading to explore all the opportunities waiting for you this February!  You're invited to our Members' Conference
Tuesday 28 April 2026, 9.30am–4pm Join us at Woburn House, or from home via Zoom Events  DWP Business Updates
LA Welfare Direct bulletins: F(link is external)ebruary 2026(link is external) Guidance: These LA Welfare Direct bulletins provide information that affects Housing Benefit and other areas of DWP, to local authority staff. Update include:
Universal Credit for the self-employed(link is external) Guidance: How Universal Credit works if you are self-employed and how to report your self-employed income and expenses to Universal Credit every month. Update: Clarified what is counted as a room in your property. |
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