Category: North West Charity and Third Sector

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World Social Work Day held in Liverpool

World Social Work Day Liverpool

SENIOR managers met with social workers in Liverpool to mark World Social Work day to celebrate the invaluable contribution they make to local communities. Liverpool City Council has social workers in both adults’ and children’s services and also in its contact centre, Careline. Bernie Brown, Assistant Director in Children’s Services, said: “We welcome the opportunity …

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Lancashire schools drama contest highlights road safety

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Drama students from six Lancashire schools have battled it out in the finals of a competition aimed at delivering vital road safety messages. Secondary schools from Preston, South Ribble and Longridge created their own hard-hitting productions to bring to life issues relevant to young drivers and passengers. The Beats is a multi-agency drama-based education programme, …

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Cumbrian man launches charity for orphaned boys in Kenya

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A new UK charity to help young people in Africa will be officially launched by a Cumbrian aid worker in April.      The Noah Initiative (UK), which is the brainchild of 25-year-old Elliot Berry from Troutbeck Bridge, will work with fatherless children and young men in the slum of Kambi Teso in Eldoret in western Kenya. …

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