Category: North West Charity and Third Sector

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Historic pictures to brighten up empty Blackpool shops

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A Blackpool street is battling the blight caused by empty shops by turning to photography. Empty shops have, for some time, been a problem on Blackpool’s Central Drive with business owners and residents complaining they can be unsightly. But visitors to the area will soon start to notice those shops looking much better with windows filling up with …

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Children invited to join the ‘Traffic Club’

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ROAD safety, healthy lifestyles and sustainable travel are high on the agenda for Lancashire County Council’s new children’s traffic clubs, which were officially launched in Preston and Lancaster earlier this week. The new children’s travel clubs will run in children’s centres, nurseries and primary schools. The idea behind the clubs is to provide parents and …

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2M to continue support for north west NEETs

LANCASHIRE County Council has successfully won a two-year contract to support young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The bid for the European Social Fund (ESF) funding was led by Lancashire County Council and covers the adjoining local authority areas of Blackburn, Blackpool and Cumbria. Nearly £2m will be spent to …

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