Published on Monday 13 September 2021 at 11:50 am
Gatherings of people braved the rain to pay their respects to those who have lost their lives to suicide.
Filed under: Blackburn | Brian Taylor | Darwen | Mohammed Khan | suicide | world suicide prevention day
Published on Monday 23 August 2021 at 2:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Director of Public Health is urging pregnant women to come forward for vaccination as soon as possible after a rise in pregnant women admitted with severe Covid-19 infections to Royal Blackburn Hospital in recent weeks.
Published on Thursday 12 August 2021 at 3:19 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council leaders have cautiously welcomed changes to Coronavirus self-isolation rules now confirmed by Government.
Filed under: Dominic Harrison | Government | Mohammed Khan | Sayyed Osman | self-isolation
Published on Thursday 12 August 2021 at 9:29 am
A Council campaign is explaining the harms of smoking and promoting the benefits of giving up, signposting people to local areas of support.
Filed under: campaign | Stop Smoking
Published on Wednesday 28 July 2021 at 1:54 pm
A new community help hub in Blackburn town centre was formally opened today (Wednesday, July 28th) as Blackburn with Darwen Council continues its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Published on Friday 16 July 2021 at 11:21 am
Although the government is lifting the majority of legal Covid restrictions from Monday 19 July, Blackburn with Darwen Council will keep some infection control measures in place in its public buildings.
Published on Monday 12 July 2021 at 6:32 pm
Following the government’s decision to proceed with Step 4 on Monday 19 July, Council leaders have released the following statement.
Published on Tuesday 6 July 2021 at 10:39 am
GP practices in Lancashire and South Cumbria are open and continue to provide services as they have done throughout the pandemic.
Published on Friday 25 June 2021 at 11:45 am
The 5 Ways to Wellbeing was put front and centre of a successful campaign recently highlighting health and wellbeing opportunities in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: 5 ways to wellbeing | Brian Taylor | campaign | covid | health
Published on Friday 25 June 2021 at 11:44 am
As part of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s recent 5 Ways to Wellbeing campaign, five animations were produced to explain each of the 5 Ways and how people can get involved.
Published on Friday 18 June 2021 at 11:17 am
It’s Men’s Health Week and our Wellbeing team have shared a variety of information this week.
Published on Thursday 17 June 2021 at 1:21 pm
It’s Men’s Health Week and our Wellbeing team are sharing information on a variety of topics.
Published on Friday 4 June 2021 at 3:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is strongly recommending a rapid Covid-19 test is taken by all secondary school-aged children – and those attending college – this weekend ahead of their return to education next week after half-term.
Filed under: covid | Dominic Harrison | schools | testing
Published on Wednesday 26 May 2021 at 1:24 pm
Following the Government’s clarification yesterday that it is not imposing local restrictions on Blackburn with Darwen – and this statement in response – Council leaders have today provided a further update with the latest advice and guidance on Covid-19.
Filed under: covid | Denise Park | Dominic Harrison | local lockdowns | Mohammed Khan | Roadmap
Published on Saturday 22 May 2021 at 12:37 pm
The NHS and Council have announced that from Monday, May 24 a Covid-19 vaccination bus will be visiting various locations across the borough providing first dose Pfizer vaccines to people in the area.
Published on Thursday 20 May 2021 at 9:41 am
As Blackburn with Darwen Council continues its response to the coronavirus pandemic, no stone is being left unturned in attempts to bring the virus under control – including an ongoing rapid testing programme for local businesses.
Filed under: businesses | covid | rapid testing
Published on Monday 17 May 2021 at 3:03 pm
The NHS and the Council have are urging eligible people who have not yet had their Covid-19 jab to come forward without delay.
Filed under: Blackburn | Chief Executive | Darwen | Denise Park | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | NHS | Vaccinations
Published on Thursday 13 May 2021 at 5:04 pm
Additional clinics offering the covid-19 vaccination to eligible people in Blackburn with Darwen will open up from next week, it has been announced.
Published on Monday 10 May 2021 at 3:44 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place all this week.
As part of the week, the Council is highlighting its upcoming 5 Ways to Wellbeing campaign.
Filed under: 5 ways to wellbeing | mental health | mental health awareness week
Published on Thursday 6 May 2021 at 9:09 am
As the country gears up for the next step of lockdown easing scheduled for Monday, May 17, Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses are urging people locally to keep on course and not get complacent.
Filed under: cases | covid | Denise Park | Dominic Harrison | rise | Roadmap
Published on Wednesday 5 May 2021 at 9:45 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council and its partners will put the 5 Ways to Wellbeing front and centre of a new five-week campaign launching on Monday, May 17.
Filed under: 5 ways to wellbeing | campaign | Dominic Harrison | health | wellbeing
Published on Tuesday 20 April 2021 at 4:21 pm
A business employing over 250 staff says signing up to workplace Covid-19 testing is “a win-win”.
Filed under: covid testing | workplace
Published on Tuesday 13 April 2021 at 5:49 pm
Everyone in Blackburn with Darwen can now access free, regular, rapid coronavirus testing.
The offer has been made as part of a new Government scheme.
Filed under: #TestAndGo | coronavirus | Government | rapid testing
Published on Thursday 8 April 2021 at 12:35 pm
A Blackburn with Darwen mosque is being turned into a pop-up vaccination clinic to target ‘at-risk’ groups who have been hesitant to come forward.
Filed under: CCG | Mosque | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 6 April 2021 at 4:56 pm
Everyone in Blackburn with Darwen will be able to access free, regular, rapid coronavirus testing from this Friday, April 9th.
Filed under: coronavirus | rapid testing | Roadmap | Test and Go | testing
Published on Thursday 1 April 2021 at 12:51 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has updated on the availability of the borough’s coronavirus testing sites over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
Published on Wednesday 17 March 2021 at 4:26 pm
A new innovative sexual health service is due to be launched in Blackburn with Darwen on April 1st.
Filed under: brook | Damian Talbot | innovative | sexual health | SH:24
Published on Wednesday 10 March 2021 at 9:23 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing national No Smoking Day, taking place today (Wednesday, March 10.)
Filed under: Brian Taylor | no smoking | no smoking day
Published on Thursday 25 February 2021 at 10:08 am
The Chair of Blackburn with Darwen’s Hive Business Leaders’ Network is backing a new coronavirus testing drive aimed at businesses.
Filed under: Hive | lateral flow | Mohammed Khan | SMART testing
Published on Wednesday 24 February 2021 at 10:03 am
A second Darwen venue offering residents access to rapid coronavirus tests has opened up from this week.
Filed under: coronavirus | lateral flow | Mohammed Khan | rapid testing | SMART testing
Published on Monday 22 February 2021 at 7:11 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Leader has responded to today’s Government’s announcement on the roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions.
Published on Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 2:22 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing a new Government coronavirus testing drive aimed at businesses.
The Government is aiming to increase workplace testing in sectors still permitted to open during lockdown, to detect Covid-19 in staff who are not currently showing symptoms
The Council has already launched a successful SMART programme for rapid testing aimed at residents without symptoms who have to leave home to work or live near the various testing hubs that have been set up.
Filed under: lateral flow | Mohammed Khan | rapid | SMART | testing
Published on Thursday 11 February 2021 at 2:56 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing a national campaign to encourage residents to apply for both short-term and long-term opportunities working in adult social care.
Filed under: adults social care | cllr desai | Councillor | Mustafa Desai | Sayyed Osman
Published on Wednesday 3 February 2021 at 2:31 pm
A Shared Lives carer shares their home and family life with a young person or adult who needs support to live everyday life.
Filed under: Shared Lives
Published on Tuesday 26 January 2021 at 2:37 pm
The BBC Asian Network has published five new coronavirus videos in different South Asian languages, including Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Sylheti and Tamil.
Filed under: Asian | coronavirus | covid | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 21 January 2021 at 1:45 pm
2325 people have so far accessed rapid coronavirus tests at the borough’s two SMART testing hubs since they launched, Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced.
Published on Friday 15 January 2021 at 5:35 pm
Residents driving into Blackburn or Darwen to get their coronavirus vaccination will be able to park for free in various sites across the borough, the Council has announced.
Filed under: cathedral | parking | vaccination
Published on Monday 11 January 2021 at 3:07 pm
Community urged: “If you have to leave your home to work during lockdown: get tested.”
Residents in the borough can now get tested for coronavirus even if they don’t have symptoms, with the opening of two walk-in venues offering ‘rapid SMART testing’ from today (Monday, January 11) – no appointments are needed.
Filed under: coronavirus | lateral flow | SMART testing | testing
Published on Friday 8 January 2021 at 1:48 pm
Directors of Public Health from across Lancashire, including Dominic Harrison from Blackburn with Darwen, have written an open letter about communal prayer and worship during lockdown.
Filed under: communal worship | coronavirus | Dominic Harrison | public health
Published on Wednesday 16 December 2020 at 11:31 am
An appeal to donate Christmas gift boxes to care leavers has been inundated with kind donations.
Published on Monday 30 November 2020 at 2:25 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing a national drive aimed at stopping online loan sharks.
Stop Loan Sharks Week 2020 runs from Monday, November 30 to Sunday, December 6 and will be used by the England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) to raise awareness of illegal money lending on the internet and warn of the dangers of online loan sharks.
Filed under: illegal money lending team | IMLT | loan sharks | stop loan sharks
Published on Friday 27 November 2020 at 1:17 pm
The leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council has praised a local NHS partner following its good inspection rating.
Filed under: CCG | Councillor | East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Groups | good rating | Mohammed Khan | NHS
Published on Friday 27 November 2020 at 9:43 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is joining forces with local and national organisations to support Fuel Poverty Awareness Day taking place today, Friday November 27.
Filed under: coronavirus | Damian Talbot | fuel poverty
Published on Thursday 26 November 2020 at 12:45 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council leaders have released a joint statement as the Government confirmed today that it will be imposing tier three restrictions on Blackburn with Darwen – as well as the whole of Lancashire – after the national lockdown ends.
Published on Thursday 19 November 2020 at 10:21 am
The Council has issued a latest update on coronavirus testing in Blackburn with Darwen, as the Christmas opening times of our testing sites are announced.
Filed under: coronavirus | testing
Published on Monday 16 November 2020 at 10:02 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing an annual awareness event that promotes the benefit of self-care, taking place from today, Monday November 16.
Filed under: CCG | Damian Talbot | self-care week
Published on Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 9:45 am
“We’re here to help” is the message from the council and its partners as part of a campaign to support the financial wellbeing of the borough’s residents during the current coronavirus lockdown.
Filed under: campaign | Damian Talbot | finances | financial wellbeing | lockdown | money
Published on Thursday 22 October 2020 at 10:38 am
The Council has issued a latest update on coronavirus testing in Blackburn with Darwen.
We are again reiterating that if you have any symptoms of coronavirus you should get tested as soon as possible.
Filed under: coronavirus | testing | walk-in | walk-up
Published on Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 10:46 am
People receiving care and staff in the care sector are being urged to get their free flu jab and avoid being struck down with flu this winter.
Filed under: care sector | coronavirus | flu
Published on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 10:05 am
Health leaders across Pennine Lancashire are urging parents to act when they receive an invitation from school or their GP about their child’s free flu vaccination.
Filed under: CCG | Councillor Damian Talbot | flu | flu vaccine | NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
