Published on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 5:48 pm
Lancashire’s new combined county authority (CCA) has officially come into being.
The Statutory Instrument which enabled the formation of the new body passed through the final legislative process in Parliament late last week and has now been formerly signed by Jim McMahon OBE MP, Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution.
Published on Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 5:06 pm
A free family fun cyber day is taking place on Saturday, February 8, at Blackburn College with lots of cyber and digital activities in collaboration with local community groups IMO and OneVoice.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn College | cyber fest
Published on Monday 13 January 2025 at 3:57 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Family Hubs are celebrating a funding boost after 18 months of transforming family support services since their opening in June 2023.
Filed under: Family Hub | Family Hubs
Published on Monday 13 January 2025 at 12:06 pm
Plans that could transform Blackburn’s already super successful Making Rooms into the leading makerspace in the whole of the UK have been revealed.
Published on Friday 6 December 2024 at 3:56 pm
How about this for a fabulous Christmas surprise… Blackburn is set to get its own pop-up festive tavern, and it opens next week!
Published on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 1:30 pm
We are launching a new campaign to let residents who rent their homes know how they can get support if they have damp or mould.
Filed under: Councillor | Damian Talbot | Damp and Mould | help | Housing | public health | support
Published on Wednesday 23 August 2023 at 4:52 pm
In this new blog, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Climate Change Projects Officer, Chloe Green, updates on the People’s Jury and their role in the recent National Festival of Making.
Published on Tuesday 24 January 2023 at 6:04 pm
There was electricity in the air at the Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis launch event last night, with almost 100 local residents, stakeholders and organisations connecting to discuss how the borough should respond to reduce its environmental impact.
Published on Monday 19 December 2022 at 2:11 pm
At the final two meetings the People’s Jury discussed and deliberated all they had learnt over the previous weeks, before translating their findings into a set of 15 climate change recommendations for Blackburn with Darwen.
Published on Friday 18 November 2022 at 11:38 am
This week was the penultimate education session before the People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis begin shaping their recommendations, with members hearing from a range of experts attached to the third chosen theme – buildings and housing.
Published on Tuesday 8 November 2022 at 5:25 pm
Moving on to the second key theme, this week the People’s Jury looked at Transport in Blackburn with Darwen, alongside other examples from across Europe, before creating their own aspirational transport maps.
Published on Tuesday 1 November 2022 at 1:48 pm
This week, the People’s Jury took an in-depth look at climate change communications and education, with discussions and case studies from experienced academics and local experts.
Published on Thursday 27 October 2022 at 2:39 pm
Jury members have selected communication and education, transport and buildings as the topics for future sessions, helping to shape their final recommendations of what can be done across Blackburn with Darwen to tackle the climate change crisis.
Published on Sunday 9 October 2022 at 12:00 pm
Members of the Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis met for their second session this week, hearing from a group of experts on the impacts of climate change at both a local and national level.
Published on Friday 7 October 2022 at 4:27 pm
32 residents from the Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury on Climate Change met in Blackburn last week, kicking off the first of eight sessions.
Published on Wednesday 21 September 2022 at 10:39 am
More than 30 residents from across Blackburn with Darwen have been chosen to form a brand new People’s Jury on climate change.
Published on Thursday 18 August 2022 at 10:29 am
A new People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis is set to be held in Blackburn with Darwen.
