CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2016

It's Armed Forces Week and as always the Fleetwood Community is there for veterans and serving personnel with support and events. Last weekend saw many flag-raising ceremonies across the Country and locally veterans joined a walk from the Lower Lighthouse to The Mount on Sunday morning. At the Fleetwood Town Community Trust veterans garden, their flag was raised on Tuesday - the garden is one of the many ways the Trust offer support. Regular activities include: Walk and Talk

The big community events are coming thick and fast over the next couple of months and this weekend is the 115th Fleetwood Carnival, originally called the Fleetwood Hospital Gala & Flag Day. Always eagerly awaited and great fun with the traditional parade making it's way through the town led by the Carnival Queen and her entourage, followed by community floats, bands and local residents, many in fancy dress! The weather forecast is looking good so please show your support on t

This week's GOOD NEWS is themed towards funding opportunities ... what's available, how to apply and useful contacts to keep you updated. Community organisations across Wyre could soon benefit from a £1 million funding programme designed to transform local spaces and create lasting impact for residents. The fund, opening for applications this summer, will support not-for-profit organisations to deliver improvement projects to community centres, sports hubs, village halls and

We start this week with congratulations to the Fleetwood Town Community Trust pan-ability team for winning at the 15th Annual Lytham Football Tournament. Taking on teams from Scotland, Yorkshire and the North East in their group, they made it through to the Final to defeat South Tyneside 2-1. Over 30 teams took part and their coach Phil said, "The team worked hard and had each others backs all the way through!" To find out more about the team and other accessible and SEND opp