With effect from Monday 31st March, the Age UK Advice and Information service has moved out of Darwen Town Hall on a temporary basis whilst building works take place. The service is still operating, and they are asking colleagues to please encourage older people to call on 01254 266620 Monday Read more…
We would just like to say that we hope all of our Muslim friends and colleagues enjoyed a blessed and happy Eid al-Fitr. (Image: Sarath Maroli via iStock).
We’re offering high quality training for volunteer managers through our Quality Mark workshops – which also give you the chance to get our exclusive Valuing Volunteers Quality Mark. The remaining dates for 2025 are as follows: – Workshop 1 Tuesday 8th AprilPreston Town Hall Monday 16th JuneBoulevard Centre Tuesday 17th Read more…
The Bureau Centre for the Arts CIC was set up on Tuesday 10th March 2015 as an independent, grassroots, artist led, community Arts Centre to be a creative home and hub for the people of Blackburn and have, for a decade, provided a space for arts activities, exhibitions, performances, music, cultural events and Read more…
Primary Care services have organised a Learning Disability Health Day on Saturday 26th April between 10am and 3pm at Barbara Castle Way Health Centre – and volunteers will be crucial to the success of the event. Volunteers are sought to carry out a number of roles (details below) at the Read more…
We are delighted to announce our programme of Community Volunteer Training and Step into Volunteering sessions in Blackburn and Preston during the remainder of 2025. Community Volunteer Training (Blackburn) Our Community Volunteer Training equips volunteers with a wide range of skills and knowledge to enable them – and the organisations Read more…
The High Sheriff of Lancashire Helen Bingley OBE JP DL paid a special visit to Blackburn, meeting with key community organisations and local leaders to learn more about the town’s ongoing projects and initiatives. The High Sheriff also met with representatives from key local organisations such as the Community CVS, Read more…
The Flying Start Business Network event on Tuesday 18th March, as ever, featured some great speakers and provided a lot of knowledge as well as networking opportunities. Unfortunately, this will be the last Business Network for a little while. Please “watch this space” as we will be resuming in the Read more…
Yesterday, we held a training session for a fantastic group of people who are volunteering to work as Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) Champions. We were delighted by the number and quality of individuals who attended and we look forward to working with them at a series of events across Read more…
It’s still not too late to book onto tomorrow’s Flying Start Business Network meeting – we’d love to see you there! The Business Network is a fantastic monthly in-person peer network for Boost Flying Start business support clients and businesses keen to learn more about what Flying Start can offer. Read more…