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|CVS News |
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|Barclays Money Skills Money Management Programme |
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|Barclays Money Skills is a money management programme designed to strengthen financial skills, knowledge and confidence, reduce |
|financial stress and increase chances of achieving financial goals. We are working with in partnership with charities to develop |
|projects that build financial inclusion, financial capability and support enterprise. |
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|In partnership with CVS Central Lancashire we will be running a series of 1 hour workshops. These will be facilitated by Kat |
|Fitzgerald, Personal Banking Specialist at Barclays. All sessions will be held at the offices of CVS Central Lancashire. After each |
|workshop there will be the opportunity for attendees to discuss issues on a one to one basis. |
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|Tuesday 9 April 2013 10.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. |
|Friday 26 April 2013 2.30 p.m. |
|Friday 17 May 2013 10.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. |
|Friday 24 May 2013 10.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. |
|Friday 7 June 2013 10.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. |
|Friday 21 June 2013 10.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. |
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|This could suit you if: you have difficulty opening a regular current account; you want to keep tight control over your money with a |
|straight-forward, basic bank account; you don't need credit facilities; you'd like the convenience of accessing your account over the|
|telephone or online; you want a connect card to pay for goods or services at home and abroad. Barclays can also offer support with |
|the Universal Credit scheme. This isn't just to open a bank account. We provide the knowledge and understanding of how an account |
|works, budgeting and welcome people to financial independence. |
|Posters will be available shortly and circulated as soon as possible. We would very much appreciate your assistance in promoting |
|these events to your clients. In the meantime, if you are aware of anyone who would benefit from the sessions please download the |
|brochure, complete and return the booking form below: |
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|And now, the news … |
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|Funding Opportunities |
|Forgotten Spaces: Competition deadline date extended; workshop event on 13 April 2013 - deadline 25 April 2013 |
|The deadline for Forgotten Spaces has been extended, due to popular demand. The initiative seeks out redundant and neglected spaces |
|across Preston and Greater London, inviting design proposals from residents and professionals for re-use and adaptation in the |
|cities. The 2013 competition will give entrants the option to select their own forgotten space, or consider specific sites put |
|forward by London Borough planning departments and Preston Council that have been earmarked for redevelopment and improvement. The |
|Royal Institute of British Architects has extended the deadline for registration for Forgotten Spaces until April 25, giving eople |
|the chance to win top prizes of £5,000, £2,000 or £1,000, as well as the opportunity to exhibit their work in a public exhibition in |
|the autumn and be published in the Architect’s Journal. RIBA North West, UCLan and Preston Council have organised a workshop which |
|will help participants taking part in the competition put the brief in context and discuss possible solutions to the neglected spaces|
|they have identified. This free event will take place at UCLan on April 13. Full details can be found at |
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|The Edge Fund Re-Opens for Applications - deadline 22 April 2013 |
|The Edge Fund, which was initiated by a small group of philanthropists and activists in early 2012 has announced that that its second|
|funding round is now open for applications. The aim of the fund is to support communities, campaign groups and activists struggling |
|for social, economic and environmental justice. Groups facing discrimination and injustice because of their class, ability, gender, |
|race, religion, sexual orientation, or other factors can apply for grants of up to £5,000 to challenge injustices and create just and|
|healthy communities. To apply, the Edge Fund requires a one page application describing who you are, your group’s annual income, |
|what you do and how you fit the Fund’s guidelines. The deadline for applications is the 22nd April 2013, after which shortlisted |
|applicants will need to provide more details via written, audio or video applications. |
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|Lancashire Local Initiative Fund - deadline 26 April 2013 |
|Lancashire County Council has announced that its Local initiative Fund (LIF) is now open for applications. The Council has allocated|
|a budget of over £190,000 to the 2013/14 Local Initiative Fund Scheme. The LIF Scheme, now in its third year, is a more targeted way|
|of providing medium-sized grants to voluntary, community and faith groups that carry out important work to help communities across |
|Lancashire. Groups in Lancashire can apply for grants between £1,000 to £5,000 to support their work and help meet the County |
|Council's priorities. The LIF Scheme provides grants to fund new and innovative projects and activities which support three of the |
|County Council's priorities. The closing date for applications is the 26th April 2013. |
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|Macmillan “Supporting You to Help Others” Grants Programme - deadline 30 April 2013 |
|The Cancer Charity, Macmillan has announced the launch of a new grants programme to replace their Helping You Help Others and |
|Inclusion User Involvement grants. The “Supporting You to Help Others” grants programme aims to support groups and individuals who |
|support people affected by cancer or campaign to improve cancer care. The grant can be used towards start up costs for: A Self-help |
|and Support group; And / or for groups to expand and extend their reach for both Self Help and Support and User Involvement; |
|Applications will be accepted from: People affected by cancer in groups or individually; Other groups, such as voluntary |
|organisations, community interest companies, community groups, social enterprises; Health and social care staff, information and |
|support staff in partnership with people affected by cancer. |
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|British Mountaineering Council Grants - deadline 10 May 2013 |
|The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has announced that BMC affiliated clubs can apply for financial support to help develop |
|communications, buy equipment and provide instructor support to members. For the last four years the BMC has allocated almost £100k|
|of Sport England funding to BMC affiliated clubs. A total of £21,000 is available for clubs to develop club websites & newsletters, |
|to purchase equipment and for clubs to employ professional instructors to provide training to novice members. |
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|Landscape Partnerships Grant Programme - deadline 31 May 2013 |
|The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced that its Landscape Partnerships Programme is open for applications. The Landscape |
|Partnerships grant programme aims to support schemes of between £100,000 and £3million led by partnerships of local, regional and |
|national interests which aim to conserve areas of distinctive landscape character throughout the United Kingdom. The fund is open to|
|not-for profit organisations and partnerships led by not-for profit organisations. Prior to submitting an application the applicant |
|must identify an area of land that has a distinctive landscape character, recognised and valued by local people. Each scheme is based|
|round a portfolio of smaller projects, which together provide a varied package of benefits to an area, its communities and visitors. |
| There is a two stage application process and first stage applications need to be submitted by the 31st May 2013. |
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|Vacancies and Employment |
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|Nothing this week. |
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|Volunteering |
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|Moor Park, Preston: Add a touch of Spring to park - 6 April 2013 |
|Join the Moor Park rangers and help wildlife by planting native wildflowers on Saturday, April 6 between 11am and 1pm. Meet at |
|rangers pavillion. |
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|Cuerden Valley Park Trust: Conservation Volunteers – River Clean-up. (10am – 3pm) - 7 April 2013 |
|Come along to Cuerden Valley Park and help to clean-up the River Lostock flowing through the meadow. Meet at the Barn Visitor Centre|
|Berkeley Drive (off Shady Lane) Bamber Bridge, PR5 6BY at 10am. Task will go on ‘til 3pm. Please dress for the weather and bring |
|your lunch and wellies/waders. |
|Tel: 01772 324436 |
|Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. |
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|Twitter @CuerdenValleyPk |
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|Cuerden Valley Park Trust: Volunteer Taster Day (10am- 3pm) - 14 April 2013 |
|Come along and find out about all the ways you could get involved in Cuerden Valley Park, helping the Rangers and/or in the teashop..|
|Try your hand at the Ranger Challenges, take part in a health walk, see some woodland skills in action & join in. Drop in at the |
|Barn Visitor Centre, Berkeley Drive (off Shady Lane) Bamber Bridge, PR5 6BY to pick up information and a map to show the activities |
|on display. |
|Tel: 01772 324436 |
|Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. |
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|Twitter @CuerdenValleyPk |
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|Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust |
|People who can spare just four hours a fortnight are urged to volunteer for Lancashire’s mental health helpline. Lancashire Care NHS|
|Foundation Trust’s mental health helpline is open 365 days a year offering an out of hours advice service and a listening ear for |
|people worried about their mental health or that of someone they care about. The helpline is recruiting volunteers and is |
|encouraging people to get in touch. Lorraine Khalaf, helpline manager at Lancashire Care said: “The helpline is a valuable resource |
|for the people of Lancashire and we help hundreds of people every day. “We’re looking for people to join us as volunteers where they|
|will receive full training before becoming a fully qualified helpline operator.” |
|Call 01253 303699 |
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|Fundraising News |
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|Rosemere Cancer Foundation: Walk in the Dark - 20 April 2013 |
|A Lancashire charity has launched its fourth annual ‘Walk in the Dark’ to raise funds for cancer patients. Supporters of Rosemere |
|Cancer Foundation will set off on the 13 mile route from Chorley and South Ribble Hospital at 9.30pm on Saturday April 20, before |
|winding their way towards the finish line at Royal Preston Hospital. The entry fee is only £10. To sign up to take part in this |
|year’s Walk in the Dark visit |
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|South Ribble: Concert for church heating - 20 April 2013 |
|A concert will be held to raise money for a church’s heating system. The Bolton School Joint Jazz Band will perform at St Ambrose |
|Church Hall on Moss Lane, Leyland on April 20 from 7pm. Tickets are £7 and include a hot-pot supper. They are available from the |
|church office or by calling 01772 495684. |
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|Preston: Joy as £1m cash boost gives square big future |
|Rotting buildings around Winckley Square will be brought back to life as part of a £1m rebirth for the historic square. Council |
|bosses have revealed they have landed the cash from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to restore the Georgian buildings around the |
|square. |
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|Space Centre: Firm is backing threatened centre |
|Preston-based financial advisory group, Taylor Patterson, has announced that the closure threatened Space Centre will be its charity |
|of the year for 2013. Each year the Taylor Patterson Charity Committee meets to nominate a new charity that will benefit from their |
|collective fundraising activities, in the hope that they will raise enough funds to make a real difference to the charity’s work. |
| Last year they raised £6,300 for St Catherine’s Hospice, beating the existing record. |
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|Penwortham: Music festival funding put under spotlight by council |
|Funding for Penwortham Youth Music Festival 2013 has been questioned by Penwortham Town Council members. Last year the council’s |
|Strategy and Finance committee awarded £400 to the festival organisers , who have made the same request for this year. Broad Oak |
|Councillor David Howarth said it was an “excellent event”, but expressed concern about the lack of precise detail in the |
|documentation provided and felt that greater scrutiny of the application should be undertaken. He also queried the exact |
|relationship with St Leonard’s Church. |
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|£150 million Olympic legacy boost for primary school sport |
|New sports funding programme for schools in England. Primary school sport is set to be transformed thanks to a £150 million a year |
|boost that will improve coaching for the youngest pupils and inspire the Olympic and Paralympic stars of the future, the Prime |
|Minister has announced. It will provide a lump sum for each school of ‘ring-fenced' funding that's only to be spent on sport. The |
|proposals include a greater role for Britain's best sporting and voluntary organisations, including National Governing Bodies. It |
|will continue funding of the Young Ambassador programme with 2,500 new Ambassadors to be trained. |
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|Training |
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|Digienable Social Media Surgery - 8 April 2013 |
|This month's #prestonsms social media surgery will be on Monday 8th April 5.30-7.30pm, hosted at the lovely Disability Equality North|
|West (DENW), 103-104 Church Street, Preston. Join in the magic of free social media support for the third sector. A fantastic |
|opportunity to grab a brew, learn something new and network with other local NPOs, charities and community groups. This month we |
|will also have a guest speaker on a relevant, geeky but easy-to-understand topic. Oh, and did we mention free tea and cake too! No |
|strings attached, all free, just giving something back to the community, so don't be worried, just come join us :) Previous |
|attendees have included Preston Community Transport, DENW, St. Catherine's Hospice, HelpDirect, and many more. To book your place |
|sign up online here... |
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|We look forward to seeing you there! |
|Liz Hardwick |
|Liz@DigiEnable.co.uk |
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|Selnet: Consortia Development, Lytham Saint Annes - 11 April 2013 |
|Thursday 11th April 2013 10.00am—1.00pm |
|St. Thomas’ Church, St. Thomas' Rd, Lytham Saint Annes, FY8 1JL |
|While many social enterprises work in partnership, it is sometimes worth considering the benefits of forming a consortium of |
|organisations that complement each others work in order to bid for larger contracts. |
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|Events |
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|Preston: Harris Museum - Join curators for exhibition - 6 April 2013 |
|Take a guided tour around a printmaking exhibition. People can The art of printmaking exhibition at the Harris Museum and Art |
|Gallery. The event is free and will take place on Monday, April 6, from 1pm to 1.30pm. There is no need to book. |
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|Cuerden Valley Park Trust: Easter Holiday Fun (10am – 12noon) in Cuerden Valley Park - 8 April 2013 |
|Activities for children aged 4-11 years £2.50 per child. (Younger children may join in). Meet at the Barn Visitor Centre, Berkeley |
|Drive (off Shady Lane) Bamber Bridge, PR5 6BY at 10am. |
|Tel: 01772 324436 |
|Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. |
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|Twitter @CuerdenValleyPk |
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|Cuerden Valley Park Trust: Pond Dipping (10am – 12 noon) in Cuerden Valley Park - 11 April 2013 |
|For children aged 4-11 years £2.50 per child. (Younger children may join in). Meet at the Barn Visitor Centre, Berkeley Drive (off |
|Shady Lane) Bamber Bridge, PR5 6BY at 10am. |
|Tel: 01772 324436 |
|Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. |
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|Twitter @CuerdenValleyPk |
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|2013 Health Mela in Preston - 20 April 2013 - see Health below |
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|Hoghton Tower: Merchant day at the tower - 21 April 2013 |
|A Merchant of Hoghton Farmers Market comes to Hoghton Tower this month. The event in Hoghton on Sunday, April 21 will run from 10am |
|to 2pm. Admission is £1 per car. The house is open for guided tours from 11am to 5pm. |
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|Community Restart: Current Affairs Group - starting 30 April 2013 |
|Issues that are important to you; Come along and discuss the big news storys of the week; Bring along news & magazine articles to |
|share with the group; Anniversaries and Historical Events; What politics means to you and how it affects your life; Tea, Coffee and |
|Cake available from Cafe; Informal and friendly debates; only speak when you feel comfortable. |
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|Preston: Harris Museum and Art Gallery: Get a guide to museum dates |
|A new guide to events at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston has been published. The guide covers exhibitions and events |
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|Rotary Club of South Ribble’s 5km Walk in the Park around Avenham Park - 5 May 2013 |
|Charities being supported by the event are the Space Centre, Help for Heroes, St Catherine’s Hospice and Rosemere Cancer. Sign up for|
|the walk either though the website: |
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|or through our telephone helpline on 07974 309096. |
|All walkers will receive a T-shirt, map, bottle of water and a certificate. |
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|Dig In North West: Black Tie Dinner, Grimsargh - 10 May 2013 |
|This is a great excuse to get dressed up and come out with your friends to enjoy some home style cooking, along with a raffle and an |
|exciting auction. Tickets are £25 each, and include a 3 course meal. If you host a table of 10, you will receive a host's gift. |
|(all 10 tickets need to be ordered together). Thank you to those of you that have already ordered your tickets, they are being |
|printed as we speak, and will be sent out no later than 2 weeks before the event, along with a brochure detailing the items in the |
|auction and raffle. Prizes at the moment include: A Team Honda T shirt signed by Matt Neal; A bottle of whiskey from the House of |
|Commons; SAS beret and book signed by Colonel Tim Collins OBE; A photograph taken by an acclaimed army photographer; A pop art |
|picture of you and your family; A piece of willow art; A wood sculpture; A back, neck and shoulder massage at a local salon; Cinema |
|tickets; A Starbucks gift set |
|Thank you to those of you that have already donated so generously, it will really help to make the evening special. |
|We are still busy collecting lots and prizes, so if you have any contacts that you are either happy to approach or suggest we |
|contact, we would really appreciate your support. I hope to send the brochures to print w/c 22nd April, so if possible donations |
|should be advised before then please. Thank you. Tickets are available from myself on 07810128019, or via this email address: |
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|Public Notices |
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|Preston: First team signs up for city games |
|Football kits are at the ready for Preston based Metro Travels, who is the first business to register to compete in the Preston City |
|Games on Saturday June 8. The one day event is aimed at businesses in Preston and surrounding areas, and will see individuals and |
|teams competing in nine different sports. Jimmy Khan, head of sport and leisure at Preston Council, said: “This is a fantastic |
|legacy of the Guild and will build on the enormous success of last year’s Corporate Games. The deadline for registration is Friday 17|
|May so get your team together, join Metro Travels and don’t miss out! Visit |
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|Preston: Fears over ‘bedroom tax’ |
|he head of Preston’s biggest housing association has hit out at the ‘bedroom tax’ she fears will mean people are thrown out of their |
|homes. Diane Bellinger, chief executive of the Community Gateway Association, has said 926 of its 6,000 homes will be classed as |
|‘under-occupied’ when the changes come in next week. She has warned hundreds could be unable to make up the shortfall which Gateway |
|is being forced to collect and, if people fall behind on rent, evict people. The changes mean those under-occupying one bedroom |
|would lose around £12 per week with those under-occupying two rooms losing £22 per week. |
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|Preston’s ‘at risk’ young register is improving |
|Preston has the highest number of children at risk of abuse or harm in the Lancashire County Council area, according to new figures. |
| But child protection officers insist cases in the borough have been falling steadily over the last three years, proof that measures |
|to tackle the problem are making a difference. The report shows the number of youngsters in Preston on Child Protection Plans - the |
|old “At Risk Register” - which peaked at 143 in 2008/9, dropped to 111 last year. |
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|South Ribble: Locals still cross about landmark ‘improvements’ |
|Twelve months may have passed but the controversial work at Leyland’s historic Cross is still viewed as a huge mistake by some. Last|
|April Lancashire County Council (LCC) replaced the cobbles in the town’s conservation area with asphalt, in a bid to minimise the |
|amount of roadworks needed on the busy junction of Fox Lane, Church Road, and Worden Lane. Today, highways bosses have now confirmed|
|no repair work has been needed since the controversial move, but the chairman of the Fox Lane Community Group says there is still |
|upset over the decision. |
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|Lancashire children get fitter thanks to military |
|A father who was fed up of children sitting infront of TV has launched his own fitness classes for them - military style. Karl |
|Fleming, 36, from Buckshaw Village, has been running the classes for five to 16-year-olds for a couple of weeks. The classes are |
|already proving to be a hit with youngsters embracing the great outdoors. Karl, who has three children, is running two sessions at |
|Cuerden Valley Park in Bamber Bridge each weekend. |
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|Lancashire Constabulary: Keep up to date and in the know |
|More than 6,000 Lancashire residents have signed up to a new scheme aimed at keeping people ‘In the Know.’ The free service, run by |
|Lancashire Constabulary, allows residents to receive information from the police about a range of matters from suspicious behaviour, |
|local crime issues and missing people along with information about the Constabulary’s various ‘Watch’ schemes including Neighbourhood|
|Watch and Farmwatch. For further information about the scheme or to sign up, people can visit the website at |
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|Anger as blue badge letters cut to save cash |
|Blue badge holders will no longer be reminded to renew their badges in a bid to save costs. Lancashire County Council, which |
|administers the scheme, has opted out the choice to send reminder letters to people to save money. A spokesperson for Lancashire |
|County Council said: “As part of our efforts to reduce the costs of running the council while protecting frontline services, we no |
|longer send letters reminding people when their blue badge is up for renewal. “The expiry date of each badge continues to be clearly|
|marked on the badge itself and we would ask holders to be aware of the relevant date and ensure they get a new one in good time |
|before it’s due to expire.” |
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|Bird species still in decline |
|Some of the UK’s most threatened bird species are continuing to decline across Lancashire, according to results from the RSPB’s |
|annual Big Garden Birdwatch survey. Starlings, a UK ‘red-listed’ species, meaning it is of the highest conservation concern, hit an |
|all-time low in the Birdwatch last year and their numbers dropped a further 28 per cent in Lancashire gardens this year. |
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|Benefits reform trial scaled back |
|The government is to scale back some of its plans to test a radical new reform to the welfare system. Ministers planned to allow |
|people to claim the new Universal Credit in four areas of north-west England from April. But it has emerged that three of the pilots |
|will not start until July. The government said this would allow "safe and controlled" testing but Labour said the Universal Credit |
|was "on the edge of disaster" because IT systems needed for it were not ready. |
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|Universal Credit: MPs raise fraud concerns |
|The government must give a "swift assurance" that the introduction of Universal Credit will not cause a rise in benefit fraud, MPs |
|have said. The Communities and Local Government Committee called it "extremely concerning" that detection systems were "still at an |
|early stage". It also said councils could be left out of pocket by changes. |
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|Welfare cuts unjust, say four churches |
|Four churches have joined forces to accuse the government of welfare payment cuts they say are unjust and target society's most |
|vulnerable. The Easter criticism has come from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and |
|the Church of Scotland. They also want to see a change to "a false picture" of the poor as "lazy". |
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|New Safeguarding Children statutory guidance |
|The Department for Education has published the revised Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory safeguarding guidance. It |
|brings together into a single source document key elements of the 3 documents consulted on last summer:Working Together; The |
|Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families, and Statutory Guidance on Learning and Improvement for SCRs and |
|other processes led by LSCBs. It focuses on the core legal requirements, making clear what individuals and organisations should do to|
|keep children safe and emphasises that safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. The new guidance will come into effect from 15 |
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|Appeals |
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|Cancer Research UK: Ladies wanted to race for life |
|Registrtation is still open for ladies wishing to take part in this year’s Race for Life event at Preston’s Moor Park. Mums, grans, |
|sisters and friends cam take part in the event on June 16 to meet fitness and fundraisings targets. Visit |
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|Age Concern Central Lancashire: ’Older & Out’ nominated for the UK’s Largest Diversity Awards - votes needed |
|‘Older & Out’ the Big Lottery Funded project supporting the older LGBT community and provided by ‘Age Concern Central Lancashire’, |
|has been nominated for this Year’s ‘2013 National Diversity Awards’, which takes part in Leeds on September 20th. The ceremony |
|celebrates the excellent and inspiring achievements of positive role models and community organisations from across the UK and the |
|awards aims to recognise nominees in their respective fields of diversity including age, disability, gender, race, faith, religion |
|and sexual orientation and ‘Older & Out’ has been nominated for two awards - ‘Community Organisation for Age’ and ‘Community |
|Organisation for LGBT’. ‘Older and Out’ is provided by Age Concern Central Lancashire for older LGBT people and provides a range of |
|services including health promotion, anti-stigma activities, befriending and service user participation and older LGBT awareness |
|training to service providers. 'Older & Out’ coordinator Drew said, “To be nominated for not just one but two awards at this Year’s |
|‘National Diversity Awards’ is amazing but it’s now up to the public to support our nominations - so we’re calling upon all our |
|services users, volunteers, work colleagues, partnership organisations, indeed anyone who has accessed our services or have been |
|behind us in supporting the work that we do - to go on-line and vote. “I’d really love to see the team and our volunteers here at |
|‘Older & Out’ and ‘Age Concern Central Lancashire’ recognised for all their hard work with this prestigious National Award in |
|September. We already receive such wonderful praise and recognition from many wonderful people who access the service but this would|
|be the ‘icing on the cake’. The National Diversity Awards 2013 in will be held at The Queens Hotel, Leeds on September 20th and will|
|see Britain’s most inspirational people gathering together to honour the rich tapestry of our nation, recognising individuals and |
|groups from grass roots communities who have contributed to creating a more diverse and inclusive society. Theresa McHenry, of main |
|sponsor Microsoft UK, said ‘The National Diversity Awards are a wonderful way to recognise the extraordinary contribution of real |
|people to our communities. It’s a delight to be able to support this fantastic celebration of local heroes and I know another |
|fantastic spectacle of role models will be delivered and recognised this year’. Nominations are now open and close July 19th 2013 - |
|so don’t miss out on your chance to get involved! Shortlisted nominees will then be announced shortly after this date. To vote for |
|‘Older & Out’ please visit: |
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|click NOMINATE HERE then choose either AGE or LGBT or both! |
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|Consultations |
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|Health |
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|2013 Health Mela in Preston - 20 April 2013 |
|The National Forum for Health & Wellbeing is pleased to announce that a date and venue have now been agreed for the 2013 Preston |
|Health Mela. It will take place on Saturday 20th April and the venue will once again be the Guild Hall. The chief guest will be Mr |
|Paul Buckley, Director of Education, General Medical Council, London. |
|More / Poster. Please download, print and display: |
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|'Recovery package' plan for cancer survivors |
|All cancer patients should receive a 'recovery package' at the end of their treatment offering ongoing support, the government has |
|announced. Currently as many as three in four patients do not receive any information on coping with the long-term effects of their |
|illness, figures suggest. The care plans will identify patients' financial, mental and physical needs. Macmillan Cancer Support, who|
|helped develop the proposals with the Department of Health, said at the moment many patients felt isolated once treatment had ended. |
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|Concerns over cancer fund future |
|Cancer charities are warning of uncertainty over future access to life-extending drugs when a dedicated fund ends next year. The |
|government's £650m Cancer Drugs Fund has paid for treatment for some 28,000 patients in England since 2010. But it will end in 2014,|
|and cancer charities are calling for clarity about what will replace it. |
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|Male bowel cancer on the increase, says Cancer Research UK |
|Bowel cancer rates among men have increased by more than a quarter in the last 35 years, a report has suggested. The Cancer Research|
|UK study said this contrasted with a rise of just 6% in the rate for women over the same time. |
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|Ministers urged to improve diabetes checks |
|One in five people with diabetes are meeting targets to keep their condition under control, a charity has warned. Just 20% of people|
|in England and Wales hit the recommended levels for blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, figures from Diabetes UK suggest. |
| It wants more people to get the recommended annual checks and action taken against parts of the NHS with the worst record. The |
|Department of Health said it wants to improve diabetes services. |
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|Obama proposes brain mapping project |
|Speaking at the White House, he announced an initial $100m investment to shed light on how the brain works and provide insight into |
|diseases such as Alzheimer's and epilepsy. President Obama said initiatives like the Human Genome Project had transformed genetics; |
|now he wants to do the same with the brain. The project will be carried out by both public and private-sector scientists. The |
|funding announcement comes after recent news of another push in neuroscience in Europe. About 80 European research institutions and |
|some from outside the EU will take part in the Human Brain Project, which is estimated to cost more than 1bn euros. The project will|
|use supercomputer-based models and simulations to reconstruct a virtual human brain to develop new treatments for neurological |
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