Published on Wednesday 15 November 2023 at 3:16 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Food Alliance CIO and BwD Council have won a prestigious Sustainable Food Places Bronze award for the work going on across the borough to promote healthy, sustainable and local food.
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 Thursday 3 March 2022 at 1:31 pm
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust has teamed-up with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and public health organisations Healthy Stadia and Food Active to help children cut back on sugary drinks in 2022.
Filed under: Blackburn Rovers Community Trust | Blackburn with Darwen Council | Councillor | Gulp | jackie floyd | sugary drinks
Published on Wednesday 29 September 2021 at 1:39 pm
Parent champions are being trained in Blackburn with Darwen to help local families give their little ones a healthy smile
The Kind to Teeth campaign has been launched this week by Food Active and Blackburn with Darwen Council aimed at training parents and carers with children under 5 to support local parents with advice on suitable drink choices to help protect their little one’s teeth.
Filed under: babies | Blackburn with Darwen Council | children's centres | Councillor | dental health | Food Active | infants | jackie floyd | Julie Gunn | Kind to Teeth | parent champions | support
Published on Wednesday 24 February 2021 at 2:50 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council, in partnership with the Thomas Franks Foundation and Westholme School, and supported by Community Business Partners, have delivered over 250 ‘Winter Food Boxes’ during February half term.
Published on Tuesday 8 December 2020 at 5:25 pm
A local partnership is bringing people together from all over the borough to tackle the issue of food sustainability this winter – and beyond.
Filed under: Councillor | Covid Winter Grant | food poverty | Food Resilience Alliance | Help Hub | jackie floyd | Mohammed Khan | The Mall
Published on Monday 13 January 2020 at 1:44 pm
One Voice Blackburn is pleased to link up with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to announce the nomination process for the Leader’s Award.
Filed under: Councillor | jackie floyd | Mohammed Khan | Mohammed Khan Leader's Award | nominations | One Voice
Published on Thursday 20 June 2019 at 9:28 am
Residents across Blackburn with Darwen are being encouraged to tackle air pollution in their communities as part of the national Clean Air Day initiative, which takes places today (June 20).
Filed under: clean air day | jackie floyd | lammack school | Mohammed Khan | tasleem fazal
Published on Thursday 7 March 2019 at 2:02 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is continuing its backing for cervical cancer prevention by getting behind a new Public Health England campaign.
Filed under: cervical cancer | jackie floyd | PHE | screening
Published on Monday 21 January 2019 at 1:42 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council is backing Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which takes place from Monday 21 January to Sunday.
Filed under: cervical cancer | jackie floyd | Pat McFall
Published on Friday 7 December 2018 at 2:39 pm
Parents dropping off children at Lammack Primary School now have a brand new car park close by.
Filed under: car park | Councillor | jackie floyd | Lammack Community Primary School | Shaukat Hussain
Published on Monday 12 November 2018 at 10:45 am
Blackburn with Darwen has today become officially ‘breastfeeding friendly’, meaning mums who want to breastfeed out and about in the borough can do so with full confidence.
Filed under: breastfeeding | breastfeeding friendly borough | jackie floyd | Maureen Bateson
