News
Tuesday 24th January, 2023
Pendle YES Hub receives visit from Director General of the DWP
Pendle YES Hub (PYH) welcomed senior visitors from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Wednesday, who visited Nelson to see how the service is helping tackling unemployment amongst local people aged 16 to 24.
News
Saturday 21st January, 2023
Deputy PM: Sport has a vital role to play in 'turning young lives around.'
Active Lancashire have been awarded £19,894 funding from the Government’s £5million Youth Justice Sport Fund to run targeted local sports schemes
News
Tuesday 3rd January, 2023
Employment partnership supports 2,000 people in its first year
An employment partnership that aims to improve the skills and employability of job seekers in Lancashire to reduce the impact of the pandemic supported 2,000 people across the county during 2023.
Case Studies
Tuesday 3rd January, 2023
11 jobseekers find work in Pendle following free training programme
A free training programme focussing on customer service has led to 11 people finding work in Pendle.
Case Studies
Tuesday 3rd January, 2023
Free training course leads to 10 jobseekers finding work in Hyndburn
10 job-seekers have found work in Hyndburn following a free two-week Customer Service course delivered as part of the MPT Steps partnership.
Case Studies
Thursday 8th December, 2022
Hamza gets his dream job in science and technology
Congratulations to Hamza for landing his dream job. As a Healthcare Science graduate, Hamza really wanted to work in a very specific science and technology role that is difficult to enter without experience, and achieved this with support from MPT Steps.
Monday 21st November, 2022
Winners celebrated at Active Lancashire Awards 2022
Community groups, schools, businesses and individuals from across the county were all celebrated at this year’s Active Lancashire Awards, which took part at Ewood Park in Blackburn on 18th November.
This year marked the 20th event run by the charity Active Lancashire, but the first with a brand new name.
Formerly known as the Lancashire Sports Awards, the relaunched Active Lancashire Awards aim …
News
Monday 21st November, 2022
Winners celebrated at Active Lancashire Awards 2022
Community groups, schools, businesses and individuals from across the county were all celebrated at the Active Lancashire Awards 2022.
News
Wednesday 9th November, 2022
Overcoming Lancashire’s ageing labour crisis
The Centre for Ageing Better has identified that over 330,000 more workers aged 50-64 are now ‘economically inactive’ than before the first outbreak of COVID-19.
Whilst some employment levels for younger employees have recovered and overall unemployment rates recently fell to the lowest level since 1974, the Office for National Statistics has shared data that shows a concerning 2.2% increase i…
