Published on Tuesday 5 March 2024 at 11:41 am
The borough’s Bureau Centre for the Arts is making the move to a permanent new home in the heart of Blackburn.
Filed under: Blackburn Town Centre | Blackburn with Darwen Council | Bureau Centre for the Arts | Councillor | Culture | funding | heritage | new home | Phil Riley
Published on Friday 17 November 2023 at 4:09 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council Leader, Cllr Phil Riley, has shown his support for a Local Government Association campaign calling on government to ‘save local services’.
Filed under: council | funding | LGA | Phil Riley
Published on Friday 20 October 2023 at 11:11 am
A survey has been launched by Blackburn with Darwen Council to ask residents, businesses and partners their views on what they feel spending priorities should be in the next financial year.
Filed under: Consultation | finance settlement | finances | funding | government funding | Public Consultation | survey
Published on Thursday 6 July 2023 at 11:22 am
Changing Futures Lancashire has been awarded a further £2.027m in funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities and The National Lottery Community Fund to continue its work supporting people with complex needs and multiple disadvantage.
Filed under: Changing Futures | Councillor | Damian Talbot | DLUHC | funding
Published on Friday 5 August 2022 at 11:43 am
The Council will receive £946,000 of Government funding to give new ways to help tenants in supported housing along with new enforcement measures – and crack down on unscrupulous landlords.
Published on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 11:22 am
The Government has announced the Household Support Scheme will be extended to help with the rising cost of living.
Filed under: cost of living | Councillor | extension | funding | Household Support Scheme | Vicky McGurk
Published on Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 10:45 am
The More Positive Together project has received a funding boost from the European Social Fund to help local unemployed people into work.
Filed under: employment | ESL | European Social Fund | funding | More Positive Together | MPT | unemployment
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 Friday 20 November 2020 at 3:55 pm
The leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council says he is pleased with government funding to help families struggling with food and bills this winter but warned government needed to do more to tackle poverty.
Filed under: Councillor | families in need | family support | funding | Help Hub | Julie Gunn | Mohammed Khan
Published on Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 11:42 am
Blackburn with Darwen is building on its work to tackle homelessness and housing for vulnerable people with new funding from the Government.
Filed under: funding | Government | pilot | Supported Housing
Published on Monday 12 October 2020 at 3:27 pm
King George’s Hall and Darwen Library Theatre have been awarded £364,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.
Filed under: Councillor | Damian Talbot | Darwen Library Theatre | funding | grant | King George's Hall
Published on Wednesday 8 July 2020 at 1:23 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council will receive £385,000 from the Department for Transport’s ‘Emergency Active Travel Fund’, an initiative to help local authorities make roads safer for cyclists and walkers to use.
Filed under: cycling | funding | walking | zainab rawat
Published on Thursday 2 July 2020 at 1:59 pm
A report detailing the Council’s finances is set to be discussed at the Executive Board meeting on Thursday, July 9th.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Council | budget | Chief Executive | funding | Government
Published on Friday 5 June 2020 at 11:47 am
Many people have discovered the joy of cycling and walking during lockdown, for some it’s been a form of exercise, for others it’s been a safe, socially distanced way of travelling.
Filed under: active travel | cycling | Damian Talbot | funding | Phil Riley | walking
Published on Thursday 12 March 2020 at 3:55 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has received Government funding to help restore some bus links across the Borough.
Filed under: bus service | Councillor | Department of Transport | funding | Jane Oates | Phil Riley
