Published on Thursday 31 March 2022 at 4:17 pm
| To celebrate the amazing work of individuals and groups across Blackburn with Darwen, the Sports Council is calling all volunteer led sports clubs and organisations who promote health and wellbeing to send in their nominations for our 2022 annual Sports Awards. |
Published on Thursday 31 March 2022 at 10:37 am
Blackburn BID is inviting you to meet Alice and her friends for an amazing Easter Wonderland Adventure!
Published on Thursday 31 March 2022 at 9:52 am
In his final coronavirus column as he retires today, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison reflects on Blackburn with Darwen’s pandemic experience.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Wednesday 30 March 2022 at 4:24 pm
Free holiday club places are being offered to children who qualify for free school meals during the Easter holidays
The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) scheme will be running again over 2 weeks during the school holidays.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | Easter | free school meals | HAF | Holiday Activities and Food | Holiday clubs
Published on Wednesday 30 March 2022 at 1:40 pm
As we approach the school holidays, Ramadan and Easter, many people are keen to ‘get back to normal’.
Published on Wednesday 30 March 2022 at 10:19 am
Blackburn with Darwen businesses who have taken part in the borough’s social integration programme have celebrated their ongoing work to make their workplaces more diverse and inclusive.
Filed under: Blackburn College | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 28 March 2022 at 4:08 pm
An autism friendly walk-through film about Blackburn train station, commissioned by Community Rail Lancashire, is being celebrated during World Autism Acceptance Week.
Published on Monday 28 March 2022 at 7:56 am
The Director of Public Health who has been at the helm of Blackburn with Darwen’s course through the Covid pandemic is retiring this week.
Filed under: Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | Professor Dominic Harrison | public health | retirement
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 7:26 pm
The first four patrons of a new Youth Zone project in Darwen have been revealed.
Between them, the businesses have pledged £50,000 to support the Youth Zone Darwen scheme.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 7:25 pm
The ribbon has been officially cut on a new housing development in Blackburn – part of a £19m housing regeneration scheme in the town.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 7:24 pm
A Blackburn schoolboy is on a mission to tackle climate change – knocking on one car window at a time!
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 5:32 pm
Our community centre volunteers have been recognised for all their incredible work at the Community Volunteer awards in the Lindsay Dunn category.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 4:31 pm
In December 2021, Blackburn officially submitted its bid to become a city through the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Filed under: city bid | Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 2:50 pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary School in Blackburn have worked with the Council to install a dog-poo bag dispenser near their school.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 1:42 pm
Voters are set to go to the polls to elect their local councillors in May.
The timetable for the local elections has been announced and on Thursday May 5th, residents will elect Councillors to Blackburn with Darwen Council in 17 wards.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen | local election | May 5th | postal vote | proxy vote | Register to vote
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 1:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s annual apprenticeship recruitment drive is back – and this year we’re set to recruit up to 26 new apprentices.
Filed under: Apprentice | Apprentices | Apprenticeships | Careers and jobs | jobs
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 12:38 pm
With Department for Transport’s capability funding, Blackburn with Darwen Council are encouraging and enabling local businesses within the borough to support more walking and cycling.
Filed under: Business grants | cycling | Engine idling campaign | fitness | health and fitness | health and wellbeing | Safer roads strategy | walking
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 12:14 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is calling for volunteers to help with two final tree planting sessions next week.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 12:04 pm
The Council have successfully brought another empty and neglected property back into use as residential accommodation.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 11:27 am
In his penultimate column ahead of his retirement, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison gives an update on the rise in Covid cases and hospitalisations, and reflects on the additional risks to people with preventable conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 9:47 am
The unveiling of Barbara Castle’s bronze statue in Blackburn has inspired the next generation to find out more about the formidable character.
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 9:26 am
The promoter is: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council with the organisers behind Restricted Rocks Festival. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating their agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Published on Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 12:29 pm
The proud family of an English footballing hero from Blackburn have officially unveiled a new street named after him.
Published on Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 10:04 am
Work is underway on transforming an important part of Blackburn’s ‘cultural quarter’ – Blakey Moor Terrace.
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 4:15 pm
The roll out of new blue bins in Blackburn with Darwen has sparked a £900,000 turnaround.
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 3:27 pm
After months of meeting ‘virtually’ via Teams, Blackburn with Darwen’s Long Covid group are starting back their face- to- face sessions this week!
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 9:42 am
Spring booster vaccines will begin in Blackburn with Darwen and across Lancashire and South Cumbria this week as the vaccination programme moves to the next phase.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | eligible | Jane Scattergood | public health | Spring booster jabs | vaccination
Published on Monday 21 March 2022 at 4:31 pm
As the second anniversary of the first Covid lockdown approaches, Blackburn with Darwen leaders are looking to the future.
Filed under: Blackburn Bid | Councillor | covid | Day of Reflection | Denise Park | lockdown | Mohammed Khan | The Mall
Published on Monday 21 March 2022 at 3:49 pm
Here is the full list of places you can pick up a 2022 Shuttle magazine next time you are in town:
Published on Monday 21 March 2022 at 11:29 am
Blackburn has pledged to become Lancashire’s first Sugar Smart town by campaigning to cut the amount of sugar residents consume.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Rovers Community Trust | Councillor | Food Resilience Alliance | Gary Robinson | jackie floyd | Sugar Smart
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 3:54 pm
The Boundary Commission for England is undertaking an independent and impartial review of all constituencies in England.
Filed under: constituency | constituency boundary proposals
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 11:00 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council accelerated its improvement plans after partnership working and leaving care arrangements were judged to have declined.
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 8:53 am
Blackburn with Darwen residents are being reminded of the free Covid testing that’s available to them until 31 March.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus testing | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 17 March 2022 at 1:47 pm
Dominic Harrison: Director of Public health and Wellbeing Blackburn with Darwen
This week we are starting to see a sharp upturn in reported Covid case rates across the UK.
Published on Thursday 17 March 2022 at 1:24 pm
There is now a one stop shop online for all your health and wellbeing needs – whatever stage of life you are at.
Filed under: Be Well | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | health and wellbeing | new website | public health
Published on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at 4:25 pm
An extra £1.5m is set to be invested in Blackburn with Darwen in things that matter to you – including cash for parks, paths and litter picking.
Published on Wednesday 16 March 2022 at 4:19 pm
The promoter is: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Blackburn Hawks. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating their agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Published on Tuesday 15 March 2022 at 11:25 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council social workers have joined forces to celebrate their profession this World Social Work Day.
Filed under: Adults' Services | Children’s Services | social work
Published on Monday 14 March 2022 at 4:09 pm
Borough residents will benefit from longer library opening hours in response to public feedback and the Council’s renewed commitment to boosting community health and wellbeing and providing free access to WiFi, computers and digital resources.
Published on Monday 14 March 2022 at 9:20 am
All Council leaders of Lancashire local authorities have issued this joint statement on the situation in Ukraine.
Filed under: Ukraine | Ukraine Russia conflict
Published on Saturday 12 March 2022 at 7:58 am
Two Blackburn men have been sentenced after more than £170,000 of counterfeit cigarettes were uncovered in raids in the town.
Published on Saturday 12 March 2022 at 7:41 am
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is set to benefit from £365K of Government funding to help replace its aging roof and safeguard the museum’s 148 year old extensive collection.
Published on Friday 11 March 2022 at 5:33 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s bid to plant 7,000 new trees in the borough has hit the halfway point.
Published on Thursday 10 March 2022 at 11:29 am
In his weekly Coronavirus column, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison considers why Covid hospitalisations are increasing across England, despite falling case rates.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 10 March 2022 at 9:56 am
The Public Health Team at Blackburn with Darwen Council are offering fully funded places on their suicide prevention and intervention training courses.
Filed under: intervention | public health | suicide prevention | training
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 2:24 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has secured £397,500 in a Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Investment Programme from Defra to better protect homes and non-residential properties from flood risk and coastal erosion.
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 2:19 pm
6,000 young people across Blackburn with Darwen voted in the 2022 Youth Forum elections to select three Youth MPs to represent their views during 2022-2024.
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 1:32 pm
Two years on from the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, Blackburn with Darwen Council is planning a permanent memorial to this defining period in our social history.
Filed under: Consultation | coronavirus | Covid memorial | COVID-19 | Public Consultation
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 11:56 am
The Government has announced support to help with rising costs of energy for certain households in the borough.
Filed under: Council Tax rebate | Councillor | Government | Vicky McGurk
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 11:07 am
The Blackburn with Darwen Safer Roads Strategy has been developed to create a local action plan to improve safety on our roads.
Filed under: active travel | environment | safer roads
