Exclusive look at new £135k play zone for Blackburn park
Published on Friday 31 January 2020 at 1:51 pm
This winning design has been selected to create a £135k new play area, set within Blackburn’s beautiful Victorian Corporation Park.
Monthly Archives: January 2020
New youth forum to be shaped by 11 to 19 year olds
Published on Friday 31 January 2020 at 9:40 am
A new youth group is giving young people in Blackburn with Darwen a voice to discuss their big issues.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration | young people
Seasonal advice whatever the weather
Published on Wednesday 29 January 2020 at 12:00 pm
The Met Office has advice for keeping your home safe and secure no matter what the weather brings.
Filed under: met office | Winter | winter weather
Successful funding boost to help homeless people in Blackburn with Darwen
Published on Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 1:09 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has been successfully allocated a share of funding of more than £184,000 to support people who are homeless, living on the streets or begging.
Funding Insight Newsletter 29.01.20
Published on Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 11:19 am
This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc.
Transport for the North – update on recent meeting
Published on Friday 24 January 2020 at 12:43 pm
A meeting was held recently with leaders from authorities across the North of England at Transport for the North in Leeds – and there was a lot of discussion around the problems with the rail network.
Filed under: Councillor | investment | Phil Riley | rail network | TfN | Transport for the North
The search for unsung heroes in Blackburn and Darwen has begun
Published on Friday 24 January 2020 at 10:07 am
Today is the launch of the Community Volunteer Awards 2020 to celebrate the remarkable people and groups who make a difference in Blackburn and Darwen
Nominations are now open for all the local heroes who dedicate themselves to people and places in the borough and help to make it a better place.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Council | Community CVA | Community Volunteer Awards | Councillor | Garth Hodgkinson | Mohammed Khan | nominations | sponsors
Charter launched to step up campaign against loan sharks
Published on Thursday 23 January 2020 at 10:41 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has pledged support to raising awareness of illegal money lending by signing a charter aimed at stopping loan sharks.
Filed under: credit union | illegal money lending team | loan shark charter
Community to stand together at Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony
Published on Wednesday 22 January 2020 at 3:30 pm
A ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day is being planned to bring the community together to remember and pay respects to victims of genocide, oppression and torture.
Filed under: Holocaust Memorial Day | Integration | social integration
Funding Insight Newsletter 21.01.20
Published on Tuesday 21 January 2020 at 12:40 pm
This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc.
Top marks for Turncroft with sixth outstanding inspection!
Published on Friday 17 January 2020 at 3:51 pm
A highly regarded Darwen nursery is celebrating a double hat trick – having received its sixth consecutive outstanding report from Ofsted.
Clearing work starting at fire-hit church
Published on Wednesday 15 January 2020 at 11:35 am
Works are taking place at St John’s Church in Victoria Street to start to repair fire damage.
Filed under: crane | fire | repairs | road diversion | St John's Church
Funding Insight Newsletter 15.01.20
Published on Tuesday 14 January 2020 at 6:48 pm
This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc.
Keep warm to keep well this winter
Published on Tuesday 14 January 2020 at 2:23 pm
During winter we are all more likely to get ill but it’s not just illnesses like coughs, colds and flu we need to protect ourselves from.
Filed under: keep warm to keep well | preparing for winter
Update: Continued industrial action at swimming pools in Blackburn and Darwen
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 4:33 pm
The Council has been notified that further strike action is planned at both sites on five further dates.
Who is the best in your community?
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 1:44 pm
One Voice Blackburn is pleased to link up with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to announce the nomination process for the Leader’s Award.
Filed under: Councillor | jackie floyd | Mohammed Khan | Mohammed Khan Leader's Award | nominations | One Voice
Award winning local crime author to visit Blackburn Library
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 1:34 pm
Award winning local crime author Stephen Booth will be visiting Blackburn Library to give a reading of his latest book, talk about his writing and answer any questions.
George’s silver cup returns to Blackburn
Published on Friday 10 January 2020 at 4:43 pm
A silver cup awarded to a Blackburn campaigner in the 1800s has been returned to the town after his family crowd funded more than £1,000 to buy it.
Please don’t feed the pigeons!
Published on Friday 10 January 2020 at 12:38 pm
A new campaign is asking people to stop feeding pigeons to help keep our town centre clean and tidy.
Filed under: Blackburn Bid | Blackburn Bus Station | Pigeons | poster campaign
Industrial Action: Blackburn Sports and Leisure Centre and Darwen Leisure Centre
Published on Thursday 9 January 2020 at 11:59 am
The Council has received formal notice that a small number of lifeguards are to go on strike.
One step closer on the road to big improvements in Blackburn
Published on Thursday 9 January 2020 at 9:17 am
Plans to widen one of Blackburn’s busiest roads to ease traffic and boost jobs and business are progressing before works starts in April 2020.
Filed under: Blackamoor Road | Councillor | Growth Deal 3 | Haslingden Road | Phil Riley | traffic
£250k to be invested in books for young people
Published on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 4:04 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has re-signed a deal that will see £250k invested in providing books for the children of Blackburn with Darwen over the next three years.
Filed under: bookstart | Dominic Harrison | library
New board for Darwen is the ‘real deal’
Published on Tuesday 7 January 2020 at 2:22 pm
A new board is set to be created to help shape plans for how up to £25m of funding could be spent transforming Darwen.
Funding Insight Newsletter 08.01.20
Published on Monday 6 January 2020 at 5:09 pm
This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc.
Protect your pipes this winter
Published on Monday 6 January 2020 at 3:08 pm
Whilst the UK enjoyed an unseasonably mild end to 2019, the winter is set to take a grip with weather forecasters warning a cold snap could be on its way during the first few weeks of the new year.
No more fines for late returns at Blackburn with Darwen libraries
Published on Thursday 2 January 2020 at 9:03 am
Libraries across the borough are removing all fines for the late return of books and audio visual items.
Filed under: Blackburn | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Darwen | Library fines