Published on Thursday 18 May 2023 at 10:53 am
An International Food Hub launched in Blackburn this week supporting integration and culture across the borough.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre | Our Community Our Future | Phil Riley | social integration
Published on Tuesday 20 December 2022 at 11:08 am
When the war in Ukraine broke out in February this year millions of people fled to find shelter.
Filed under: Blackburn with Darwen Council | Damian Talbot | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 30 March 2022 at 10:19 am
Blackburn with Darwen businesses who have taken part in the borough’s social integration programme have celebrated their ongoing work to make their workplaces more diverse and inclusive.
Filed under: Blackburn College | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 23 February 2022 at 4:25 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s social integration team is looking for people to become ESOL Buddies, supporting people who are learning English as a second language.
Filed under: ESOL | Lancashire Volunteer Partnership | Learning English Together | Our Community Our Future | social integration | volunteer
Published on Tuesday 16 November 2021 at 10:11 pm
This week is Interfaith Week, which focuses on fostering a better understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs, and recognising the contributions of everyone to our communities.
Filed under: ESOL | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Monday 19 July 2021 at 10:07 am
A total of 22 local groups will receive funding from Blackburn with Darwen’s social integration programme to take forward projects designed to help make a stronger borough.
Filed under: grant | Integration | Our Community Our Future | 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 Friday 11 June 2021 at 9:32 am
A Community Ambassador is supporting Blackburn with Darwen’s surge testing with videos in her native Polish.
Filed under: Community Ambassadors | coronavirus | coronavirus testing | covid testing | COVID-19 | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Friday 7 May 2021 at 9:27 am
Next month local young people will have the chance to take part in a programme that aims to empower them to make a difference through social integration and social action projects.
Filed under: community cohesion | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration | Strategic Youth Alliance
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 Tuesday 23 March 2021 at 3:52 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s social integration work has been included in a national policy paper on community cohesion, as a good example of bringing people from different backgrounds together.
Filed under: community cohesion | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 2:48 pm
People in Blackburn with Darwen are 90% more likely to volunteer when compared with people from other areas of England, and this is helping them to stay positive about the future.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Our Community Our Future | social integration | volunteering
Published on Wednesday 30 December 2020 at 9:46 am
The first learners to complete an innovative English language programme are feeling more confident about speaking English in public.
Filed under: ESOL | Learning English Together | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Friday 12 June 2020 at 5:37 pm
A national research study is looking into the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on community cohesion – and over 18s in Blackburn with Darwen are invited to take part.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | research | social integration
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 6 March 2020 at 11:44 am
One of the borough’s largest social housing providers is reviewing its recruitment practices after taking part in a programme to help local workforces become more diverse.
Filed under: Blackburn College | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration | Together Housing
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 Wednesday 5 February 2020 at 10:40 am
A young Blackburn student who wrote a speech that attracted international acclaim has won a major local award.
Published on Friday 31 January 2020 at 9:40 am
A new youth group is giving young people in Blackburn with Darwen a voice to discuss their big issues.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration | young people
Published on Tuesday 10 December 2019 at 8:38 am
An Audley woman is planning a new football league to help refugees and asylum seekers integrate into local life having taken part in the Community Ambassador programme.
Filed under: 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 Wednesday 27 November 2019 at 9:07 am
Pupils from two local primary schools got some inspiration to write spooky stories during a day spent together at Turton Tower.
Filed under: children | Integration | Our Community Our Future | Schools and Education | Schools Linking | social integration
Published on Tuesday 5 November 2019 at 10:00 am
Got things you’d like to raise about living in your neighbourhood? Want to share opinions about how people in the area get along?
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 16 October 2019 at 5:12 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Community Ambassadors programme took off in week four with a residential trip to Belfast.
Published on Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 2:44 pm
Local people are being asked for their views on getting around in Blackburn with Darwen in a borough-wide transport survey – and have the chance to win one of five £50 The Mall shopping vouchers for taking part.
Filed under: Consultation | Integration | Our Community Our Future | Public Consultation | social integration | transport
Published on Thursday 10 October 2019 at 4:06 pm
The new Faith & Communities Minister was given an overview of the borough’s social integration programme on a visit to Blackburn with Darwen earlier today.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 9 October 2019 at 12:33 pm
Blackburn College has delivered a new programme designed to give Lancashire’s employers access to skills, training and resources that will enable them to develop harmonious and diverse workforces.
Filed under: Blackburn College | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Tuesday 24 September 2019 at 2:46 pm
A total of 26 local groups will receive funding from Blackburn with Darwen’s social integration programme to take forward projects designed to help make a stronger borough.
Filed under: grants | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 11 September 2019 at 2:31 pm
People from all walks of life and different neighbourhoods are sharing their opinions on life in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Community Voices | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Thursday 22 August 2019 at 9:01 am
There’s just over two weeks left for local groups to apply for funding for projects that will help to break down barriers between people from different backgrounds.
Filed under: community group | grants | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Wednesday 21 August 2019 at 4:30 pm
A group of young people who are taking part in the Youth Ambassador programme have begun to plan their next steps – planning two community events that will support young people at risk of getting involved in crime.
Filed under: Blackburn Youth Zone | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration | young people
Published on Monday 5 August 2019 at 12:31 pm
Community Voices events are giving local people opportunities to share their views on living in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
Published on Friday 2 August 2019 at 3:40 pm
Got an idea for a project that will bring people in Blackburn with Darwen together?
A new grants fund is available for local groups and organisations that want to deliver projects to help make a stronger borough.
Filed under: grants | Integration | Neighbourhoods | Our Community Our Future | social integration
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 Thursday 18 July 2019 at 4:12 pm
Pupils from a number of Blackburn with Darwen schools have been celebrating taking part in a project that has brought them together to think about their identity and learn about one another’s culture.
Filed under: children | Integration | Our Community Our Future | Schools and Education | Schools Linking
Published on Friday 5 July 2019 at 9:40 am
A programme to empower under 16s to work with others on projects to improve their neighbourhoods has launched in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Blackburn Youth Zone | Our Community Our Future | social integration | young people
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
Published on Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 1:21 pm
A Great Get Together event organised by a team of young people from across the borough will bring families together through a love of music and food.
Filed under: children | Our Community Our Future | social integration | The Great Get Together | young people | Young Peoples Service | Youth MP
Published on Thursday 13 June 2019 at 8:43 am
Visitors to a unique interactive exhibition in Blackburn Cathedral will get an emotive insight into the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing their homes.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | Refugee Week | social integration
Published on Friday 24 May 2019 at 1:49 pm
Teams of staff from across Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have observed a day of fasting, in a show of solidarity with their Muslim colleagues during Ramadan.
Filed under: Our Community Our Future | Ramadan | social integration
Published on Friday 10 May 2019 at 1:33 pm
Children who attend a Polish Saturday school celebrated their country’s heritage with a colourful display in Blackburn Market last Saturday.
Filed under: Blackburn Market | children | Our Community Our Future | Polish Heritage Day | social integration
Published on Monday 1 April 2019 at 5:18 pm
Young people from different parts of the borough spent the weekend together on a residential aimed at exploring what they have in common and making plans to work together.
Filed under: Our Community Our Future | social integration | Young Peoples Service
Published on Tuesday 8 January 2019 at 9:03 am
A Blackburn secondary school has hosted a national conference to offer insight into breaking down barriers to integration within school and college communities.
Filed under: Integration | Our Community Our Future | Schools and Education | social integration
Published on Thursday 6 December 2018 at 5:02 pm
Exciting plans to boost the borough’s economic prosperity and build stronger, more integrated communities have been launched.
Filed under: Integrated Communities | Integration | Our Community Our Future | social integration
