Published on Tuesday 9 April 2024 at 3:14 pm
The Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, Coun Parwaiz Akhtar, has recorded a video message to share Eid greetings with everyone who’ll be celebrating this week.
Filed under: community | Councillor | Eid | mayor | Parwaiz Akhtar
Published on Thursday 8 February 2024 at 10:15 am
A woman who strives to change the lives of the young deaf community is this year’s recipient of the prestigious One Voice Leader’s Award.
Filed under: 1V Awards | community | Leader's Award | One Voice Blackburn
Published on Friday 3 November 2023 at 12:38 pm
Dozens of volunteers across our local communities were thanked for their contributions at last night’s Community Volunteer Awards.
Filed under: community | Community and Volunteering Services
Published on Friday 6 October 2023 at 11:56 am
As next month’s Community Volunteer Awards presentation evening draws closer, organisers are appealing for school and community groups to help create striking sustainable table centrepieces.
Filed under: community | Community Volunteer Awards | volunteering
Published on Thursday 5 October 2023 at 5:47 pm
A Bastwell and Daisyfield councillor has welcomed a newly-installed CCTV camera at a notorious littering hot-spot and warned offenders that they could face a fine of up to £150.
Filed under: anti-social behaviour | ASB | Ash | Bastwell | businesses | camera | cameras | cars | cctv | community | Councillor | enforcement< envirocrime | environment | environmental crime | fines | litter | prosecution | Shaukat Hussain | Street | Takeaway | vehicles | ward
Published on Thursday 30 March 2023 at 2:46 pm
With under six weeks to go until the Coronation of HRH King Charles III on Saturday 6 May, there will be lots of opportunities for local residents to mark the occasion.
Filed under: Big Help Out | Big Lunch | community | Coronation | King Charles | Street parties
Published on Monday 30 January 2023 at 8:22 pm
Individuals who helped to share important Covid advice and guidance with their networks have been celebrated at a special event in Blackburn library.
Filed under: community | Community Champions | COVID-19 | Director of Public Health
Published on Monday 6 June 2022 at 2:50 pm
Coun Zamir Khan has been named in the Queen’s birthday honours list for 2022.
The Labour ward councillor for Blackburn Central ward has received an MBE for his services to Blackburn Muslim Burial Society and to the wider community, particularly during the Covid pandemic.
Filed under: community | councillors | Honours
Published on Monday 25 April 2022 at 10:48 am
BwD Chief Executive joins council staff fasting today to support an annual community cohesion campaign.
Teams of staff from across Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council are set to observe a day of fasting, in a show of solidarity with their Muslim colleagues during Ramadan.
Published on Monday 27 September 2021 at 10:56 am
Local residents are invited to commemorate loved ones who have passed away during the pandemic, through One Voice Blackburn.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | One Voice Blackburn
Published on Monday 9 August 2021 at 10:41 am
A group of Covid Community Champions who have learning difficulties and disabilities have produced their own video to share Coronavirus safety messages with their families and friends.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | Covid Community Champions | COVID-19
Published on Friday 30 July 2021 at 8:48 am
The Council is once again working with One Voice Blackburn to find our local Covid heroes, as we announce the nomination process for the 1V Leader’s Award.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Mohammed Khan Leader's Award | One Voice Awards | One Voice Blackburn | social integration
Published on Friday 25 June 2021 at 2:50 pm
Students from McNally Music Tuition have joined forces with One Voice Blackburn to form ‘BANNED Cohesion’ – a diverse and inclusive ensemble.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Integration | Our Community Our Future | Picture This | social integration
Published on Thursday 13 May 2021 at 9:43 am
A scout leader of over three decades is lending his support to the borough’s pandemic recovery by becoming a Covid Community Champion.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | Covid Community Champions | COVID-19
Published on Monday 26 April 2021 at 5:27 pm
Got an idea for a project that will help to bring people in Blackburn with Darwen together?
Filed under: community | community cohesion | funding | grants | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 31 March 2021 at 1:35 pm
Organisations with projects to help Blackburn with Darwen thrive are being urged to submit their proposals to make use of a new funding initiative.
Filed under: business | community | funding | initiative | Martin Kelly
Published on Monday 8 February 2021 at 12:04 pm
More community venues offering residents access to rapid coronavirus tests are opening up this week.
The extension to Blackburn with Darwen Council’s SMART testing programme – aimed at people without coronavirus symptoms – sees new temporary community venues joining the list of other sites offering rapid lateral flow tests across the borough.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | lateral flow | Mohammed Khan | testing
Published on Friday 15 January 2021 at 9:12 am
Local secondary school pupils are set to take part in an online ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday 27 January.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Interfaith Forum | community | Holocaust Memorial Day | schools
Published on Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 11:53 am
People in Blackburn with Darwen have developed stronger relationships with others during the Coronavirus pandemic, a national research study has found.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | research | social integration | volunteering
Published on Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 3:17 pm
Blackburn with Darwen has always been bursting with community spirit.
And we’ve seen that shine through brighter than ever since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Filed under: community | environment | fly tipping | litter | Recycling | waste
Published on Monday 27 July 2020 at 7:44 pm
With Eid al Adha coming up later this week, Blackburn with Darwen’s Director of Public Health is sharing advice to our Muslim communities on how to celebrate safely.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Eid | Mosque
Published on Friday 3 July 2020 at 3:03 pm
Victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be remembered at a special commemoration event held online on Wednesday 8 July.
Filed under: community | memorial | Srebrenica genocide
Published on Thursday 2 July 2020 at 11:38 am
Places of worship are due to reopen from Saturday 4 July, as the government continues to ease lockdown measures.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | faith
Published on Wednesday 17 June 2020 at 2:39 pm
Refugee communities in Blackburn with Darwen are imagining a better future as they shine a light on refugee experiences this week.
Filed under: community | Refugee Week | social integration
Published on Monday 15 June 2020 at 2:46 pm
A new partnership that provides free meals to local people in need has received a vital funding boost from the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | support
Published on Tuesday 9 June 2020 at 10:38 am
Local resident Mehrun Jogee has worked tirelessly to provide nutritious hot meals for vulnerable residents across Blackburn with Darwen during the Coronavirus crisis.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Our Community Our Future | social integration | volunteering
Published on Friday 5 June 2020 at 10:07 am
A telephone befriender has made such a difference to an 84 year old Darwen man that he’s put pen to paper to write her a poem of thanks.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Lancashire Volunteer Partnership | National Volunteering week | volunteering
Published on Tuesday 26 May 2020 at 8:25 am
The Council’s Help Hub team is working closely with partners and local supermarkets to ensure no one goes hungry when its temporary food warehouse closes at the end of June.
Filed under: BwD Help Hub | community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Friday 22 May 2020 at 2:01 pm
A new partnership that provides free meals to local people in need is seeking support from local businesses to keep it running.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Friday 15 May 2020 at 8:46 am
A group of local voluntary and community organisations is working together to help people access food and keep their families fed during the Coronavirus crisis.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | partnership
Published on Monday 11 May 2020 at 9:44 am
While Muslim communities experience a Ramadan in lockdown, many local mosques are using technology to help their congregations stay connected online.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | faith | Ramadan
Published on Monday 4 May 2020 at 10:06 am
A wide range of partners have been working with the Council to support local residents through the Coronavirus pandemic – and the Council wants to say thank you.
Filed under: BwD Help Hub | community | community & faith sector | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 3:35 pm
With some Council facilities closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic and some services reduced, many staff are taking on new roles to contribute to the Bwd Help Hub.
Filed under: BwD Help Hub | community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Tuesday 28 April 2020 at 3:05 pm
A number of Blackburn with Darwen businesses have demonstrated their kindness and compassion to the local community through donations to the BwD Help Hub.
Filed under: business | BwD Help Hub | community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 23 April 2020 at 2:29 pm
A Blackburn resident who receives support from the new BwD Help Hub has thanked the Council team from the bottom of his heart.
Filed under: BwD Help Hub | community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Friday 17 April 2020 at 3:03 pm
Issued by the Lancashire Resilience Forum
With Ramadan just days away, Muslim residents are being asked not to visit mosques but to continue to stay at home and pray.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | Ramadan | religion
Published on Wednesday 15 April 2020 at 4:39 pm
The Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is offering his thanks to all the volunteers working hard to support others through the current Coronavirus pandemic.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | Volunteers
Published on Wednesday 8 April 2020 at 5:51 pm
A former soldier has given a special salute of thanks to Council staff and volunteers working on the new BwD Help Hub.
Filed under: BwD Help Hub | community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Friday 3 April 2020 at 2:37 pm
The first food parcels have been distributed today to people who contacted the Council’s new BwD Help Hub for support.
Filed under: community | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 26 March 2020 at 11:27 am
Community organisations in Blackburn with Darwen are supporting the Council to set up a central hub to support residents through the Coronavirus outbreak.
Filed under: adult services | community | coronavirus | COVID-19 | support
Published on Friday 28 February 2020 at 1:20 pm
Women across Blackburn with Darwen are invited to learn something new this International Women’s Day.
The Our Community, Our Future social integration team and the Bureau Centre for the Arts are joining forces to host a day of creativity, friendship, food and fun on Friday 6 March.
Filed under: community | International Women's Day | Our Community Our Future | women
Published on Tuesday 25 February 2020 at 10:32 am
Community workers and volunteers were among those honoured at the 1V Community Champion Awards.
The eighth One Voice Annual Dinner, which included the 1V Community Champion Awards and the Leader’s Award, took place last Saturday.
Filed under: awards | community | One Voice Blackburn | Our Community Our Future
Published on Thursday 13 February 2020 at 11:05 am
Litter, jobs and opportunities, and events that bring people together are just some of the issues local people have discussed at Community Voices events over the last eight months.
Filed under: community | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 10 February 2020 at 9:09 am
Community-spirited people from across Blackburn with Darwen came together to share ideas of how to make their neighbourhoods stronger.
Filed under: community | community group | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 9 December 2019 at 3:44 pm
There’s no need for anyone to be alone over Christmas thanks to kind-hearted community groups planning festive meals for isolated and vulnerable people, as well as local celebrations.
Filed under: Christmas | community | events | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 4:25 pm
Groups are being invited to take on the sport area and keep it running for the whole community.
Filed under: Blacksnape playing fields | community | Councillor | Damian Talbot
Published on Thursday 25 July 2019 at 10:43 am
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust is playing host to an exciting new course designed to help Blackburn with Darwen residents make a difference to where they live.
Filed under: community | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Friday 19 July 2019 at 11:39 am
A new team of community development workers is setting out to help make Blackburn with Darwen a stronger borough.
Filed under: community | Integration | Neighbourhoods | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 1 July 2019 at 11:25 am
Residents across Blackburn with Darwen are being invited to speak out on key issues for the borough.
Filed under: community | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Tuesday 25 June 2019 at 1:49 pm
Last weekend hundreds of people came together at neighbourhood events to celebrate everything they have in common as part of the Great Get Together.
Filed under: community | Our Community Our Future | social integration | The Great Get Together
