Category: lancashire

News, posts and releases on Lancashire in the North West of England.

10 tips for a warmer winter in Lancashire

WINTER is on its way and even though it is still relatively warm, a snap of bad weather could be just around the corner. In Lancashire, over 500 people died because of winter-related illnesses last year. There were also more than 45,500 emergency hospital admissions. These figures are much higher than the national average but …

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Nominations open: Lancashire Celebrate Youth Award

LANCASHIRE residents are paying tribute to young people by nominating them for the Celebrate Youth award. And the good news is that, if you haven’t sent in your nomination yet, there are still six weeks to go before the closing date. At the Celebrate Youth awards ceremony, young people’s achievements in areas such as volunteering, …

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One hundred acts of Blackpool kindness

A quest to create 100 acts of kindness during November has been set up by Blackpool Fairness Commission, with anybody welcome to lend a hand. Chair of the Commission, Dr Arif Rajpura, will get the campaign going with the first act of kindness – giving up his time to go digging with Groundwork’s community food growing scheme, ‘Grow Blackpool’. Arif …

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