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Health & social care
No Smoking Day is cause for smokefree celebration
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 11:43 am
If you smoke, why not be ‘proud to be a quitter’ as this year’s No Smoking Day takes place.
Filed under: Capita | no smoking day | smokefree | stop smokign service | Stop Smoking
Volunteering a perfect prescription for Marselle
Published on Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 10:55 am
There was a time when Marselle Davies was in a women’s refuge, struggling with drug addiction and mental health issues.
New Organ Donation Campaign Video in Urdu
Published on Monday 7 March 2016 at 2:59 pm
An award winning nurse and a community group have joined forces to launch an organ donation campaign that is directed towards the Asian community.
Local Stop Smoking Service’s family affair
Published on Monday 29 February 2016 at 3:39 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Stop Smoking Service offers a range of personalised support to help you quit smoking for good.
Rovers boundary signs are the perfect ‘match’
Published on Tuesday 23 February 2016 at 12:44 pm
Visitors to Blackburn with Darwen will receive a warm welcome from Blackburn Rovers after the Club took up advertising space on key boundary signs across the borough.
Official launch for local substance misuse service
Published on Monday 22 February 2016 at 9:52 am
People across Blackburn and Darwen who are affected by drug and alcohol misuse can seek support via a newly officially-launched community-based service.
Celebrate our community champs
Published on Friday 19 February 2016 at 6:00 pm
Chief executive of Community Integrated Care Neil Matthewman writes why the award winning national social care charity is backing the good neighbour awards
On behalf of Community Integrated Care, I’d like to say how delighted I am that our charity is supporting the Blackburn with Darwen Good Neighbours Awards.
Filed under: EachStep Blackburn | good neighbour awards | good neighbours
Health chief gets behind awards scheme
Published on Friday 19 February 2016 at 2:53 pm
Graham Burgess gives his support to Good Neighbours
I am delighted to be back in Blackburn with Darwen as Chair of Blackburn with Darwen CCG.
Filed under: #gn2016 | CCG | good neighbours | Graham Burgess
Smokefree open spaces consultation
Published on Tuesday 16 February 2016 at 4:19 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is currently consulting with residents on proposals to introduce smokefree signs in a number of Council-owned or operated outdoor spaces across the Borough.
‘Blood in pee’ warning from new cancer campaign
Published on Tuesday 16 February 2016 at 10:13 am
The national ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign returns to Blackburn with Darwen this week with the aim of raising awareness of a key symptom for both bladder and kidney cancers – blood in pee.
Filed under: be clear on cancer | Gifford Kerr | Mustafa Desai
Bingo group delighted with Unison donation
Published on Friday 12 February 2016 at 5:01 pm
Unison Blackburn with Darwen has donated £100 to a social group based at a sheltered accommodation.
Filed under: Ben Greenwood | Councillor | Maureen Bateson | Unison
Event raises awareness of domestic abuse campaign
Published on Thursday 11 February 2016 at 12:35 pm
Representatives from Blackburn with Darwen Council and the Police turned out to support a new anti-domestic abuse campaign taking place across parts of the North West.
Filed under: campaign | Mustafa Desai | Pat McFall | Yusuf Jan-Virmani
Help name households in new care facility
Published on Tuesday 9 February 2016 at 4:09 pm
The national social care charity Community Integrated Care is inviting the people of Blackburn with Darwen to name the households of its brand new state-of-the-art care home, EachStep Blackburn, after their local heroes, in an exciting new competition.
Filed under: competition | dementia care | EachStep Blackburn
‘Be a Lover, Not a Fighter’ urges new domestic violence campaign
Published on Monday 8 February 2016 at 8:58 am
A new campaign aims to highlight the long-lasting and devastating effects of domestic abuse on the children who witness it.
Filed under: domestic violence