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Thursday 19th May, 2022
CSI hosts first "Breaking Down Barriers" Tournament
A new football tournament in Blackburn has helped to connect vulnerable people who are participating in a behavioural change programme with public sector workers and others in their community.
David Bayliff, support mentor for the Challenge Through Sport Initiative (CSI), organised the "Breaking Down Barriers" tournament. He said that the goal was to “build some relationships, smash some stigma…
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Thursday 28th April, 2022
SPAR Lancashire School Games baton relay roars into Burnley
The SPAR Lancashire School Games baton has reached Burnley this week and had a roaring start as schoolchildren from St Stephen’s CE Primary School were joined by a tiger mascot.In its 15th year of sponsorship by SPAR, the Lancashire School Games 2022 is the first edition where there has been a baton relay as it visits all 14 of Lancashire’s districts.Children across the borough of Burnley are …
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Friday 8th April, 2022
Lancashire receives another £208k funding to help communities stay active
An additional £208k funding has been sourced by Active Lancashire to support community organisations, sports and activity clubs that work with under-represented groups of people who have been affected by the pandemic.
Active Lancashire will be allocating the funds to projects and groups who work with people with disabilities, disadvantaged children, ethnically diverse communities, those with lo…
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Friday 18th March, 2022
Lancashire schools compete at the Indoor Sportshall Athletics events
On the 8th March and 16th March, Blackpool Sports Centre hosted the Primary School and Secondary School Indoor Sportshall athletics competitions. Both events were a fusion of fantastic athletics, fun, team work and a whole lot of anticipation and excitement. 56 Lancashire schools took part across all the events: 26 Primary and 25 Secondary, bringing over 300 pupils to test themselves at various in…
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Thursday 17th March, 2022
Active Partnerships: our collective response to the war in Ukraine
Last week, Active Partnerships from across the country came together to discuss how we can play our part in responding to the horrific crisis unfolding in Ukraine.
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Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
Rossendale partnership leads young people into employment
Four young people who have struggled to get into work have been given a life changing opportunity that has resulted in them being offered full time employment for a major manufacturer in Haslingden.
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Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
Baton relay begins and inspiring stories are shared as countdown to SPAR Lancashire School Games finals starts in Tarleton
Beginning in West Lancashire on Monday at Brereton Endowed CE Primary School, the baton was first handed over to children at an opening ceremony at Holy Trinity CE Primary School in Tarleton, before going on to participants at Tarleton Academy.
The 2022 Games are the first to have an Olympic or Commonwealth Games style baton relay, and it will visit a total of 57 schools in the West Lancashire ar…
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Tuesday 14th December, 2021
More Positive Together Set To Continue
Not-for-profit organisation Active Lancashire has successfully secured additional funding from the European Social Fund, to extend the thriving More Positive Together programme until December 2023.
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Tuesday 23rd November, 2021
Winter Wheelers is coming...
Let’s wrap up and ride!
Running from the 1-25 December, Winter Wheelers is a cold-conquering competition from the folks at Love to Ride aimed at getting more people riding bikes through winter. The cold, wind and rain can deter people from riding a bike, but this cold-busting campaign aims to show that, with a little preparation, every day is a biking day.
Last year over 30,000 people took part,…
