CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2016

There's a strong volunteering theme to this week's GOOD NEWS ... opportunities to get more involved in your community and support your friends and neighbours. The Welcome Table is a new initiative for low-income families and people of no fixed abode, with a hot meal, activities and access to services. Led by local partners including the Positive Futures Team from the Volunteer Centre Wyre and Fleetwood Area Police, it's due to launch ahead of the Winter months. If you have so

With the changing of the clocks this Sunday it feels like Winter is truly on the way. In future bulletins we'll be sharing news about a number of community initiatives to support local residents to stay safe and warm during the colder, darker months ... starting with an event on Wednesday 3rd December from 2pm at Emmanuel Mount Church, Fleetwood. WARM Matters , aims to address Wellness, Advice, Resource and Money Matters for residents in Fleetwood and across the County, highl

We start this week with some important tech news and where to find help. The ending of support for Windows 10 software means many people are buying new equipment running on Windows 11 but how do you dispose of the old machines, and the information they contain, safely. Just ‘deleting’ the files doesn’t actually get rid of them, it merely hides them so your important information: banking details; passwords; addresses; accounts and correspondence can still be ‘read’ by those wh

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a volunteer-led group from Fleetwood is sharing life-saving messages across the community. This week Behind Closed Doors hosted a workshop with staff from Mount View Practice sharing information on Domestic Abuse and it’s long term impact. Discussions included types of abuse; signs to look for; coercive control; trauma bond and Clare’s Law. On Friday 10th October, from 10am in the Heart of the Hub cafe, the team invite all me

There was some fabulous news announced last week ... Pharos and Mount wards in Fleetwood have been awarded £20 million over the next decade as part of the Government’s Pride in Place Programme. The town will receive £2 million every year for the next 10 years, thanks to the efforts of Blackpool North & Fleetwood MP, Lorraine Beavers and her team. Lorraine says, "Since I was elected, I have been fighting hard to ensure we have the investment we need and deserve in Blackpool No