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Talking health at Lancashire Health Expo

Published on Friday 19 September 2014 at 1:49 pm

Blackburn Cathedral was the setting for the Lancashire Health Expo.

The event, held on Thursday September 18, was dubbed the biggest conversation of the year between the third sector and professionals working in the NHS and local government.

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Have a Coffee, a Cake and a Chat and Help Beat Cancer.

Published on Thursday 18 September 2014 at 3:30 pm

The world’s largest coffee morning is coming to Blackburn.

Launched in 1990 the Macmillan coffee morning has raised millions of pounds for the Charity and has allowed Macmillan Cancer Support to provide often life-saving and invaluable care to thousands of families and patients to overcome and understand life threatening and terminal diseases.

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Working week of a family-finder social worker

Published on Thursday 4 September 2014 at 2:17 pm

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s adoption service launched Let’s Adopt in January 2014, in a bid to find loving and stable homes for cared-for children. The campaign has helped to educate potential parents in the borough and surrounding areas that a wide range of people including single people, non-homeowners, those who are in fulltime employment or not working, same-sex couples and over 21-year-olds are eligible to apply to adopt.

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New housing with care development for older people in Darwen

Published on Tuesday 26 August 2014 at 9:50 am

Older people in Darwen are to benefit from a major new housing with care development.

Plans for an extra care scheme with adjacent bungalows are being developed which will improve housing choices for older people who want to continue living independently, together with care and support services to help them to do so.

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