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Not-for-profit organisation Active Lancashire, has been given the green light to launch an exciting new employment-focused project from January 2022. Inspired by the hugely successful More Positive Together (MPT) project, More Positive Together Steps (MPT Steps) is a partnership project which aims to engage with over 4,000 job seekers who may have recently been made […]

Lancashire Encounter is a festival to discover, experience and be immersed in a bold and imaginative spectacle of performance, music, street theatre and art. Join us at sites across Preston city centre from Friday 17 September up to the Mayor’s Covid Thank You torchlight parade finale on Saturday 2 October. Lancashire Encounter will be back this […]

They thought women’s football was all over in 1921 but a century on, the story of a pioneering team will be told through dance. The iconic Preston-based Dick, Kerr Ladies were a catalyst for a 50-year ban on women’s football. Now, the fancy footwork they displayed on the field in front of thousands will be […]

Chorley’s streets will come alive to the sound of music and entertainment in October as a new one-off event will be held to encourage people to support local businesses. Chorley’s Big Weekend – on Friday 1 October and Saturday 2 October – will replace the popular Chorley Live event as a one-off to allow modifications […]

Mayor of Preston, Councillor Javed Iqbal, has announced a Covid Thank You parade to take place in Preston this autumn. He is now looking for essential businesses, organisations and groups who have worked throughout the pandemic to support the people and communities in Preston to participate. The torchlight parade, designed as a tribute to keyworkers, will […]

A record 20 places from across the UK have put in a bid to become the UK City of Culture 2025 Bids received from every nation in the UK as regions and groups of towns were encouraged to apply The new winner will be announced next year and will be at the centre of the […]

After a rollercoaster 17 months, Ribby Hall Village have so much to celebrate. The more than 120-strong SPA Hotel team, all of whom returned from furlough earlier this year are celebrating 10 years since welcoming their first guests. In August 2011, Ribby Hall Village became home to one of Lancashire’s first SPA destinations with 42 […]

Physicists and engineers from UCLan team up with NASA to gather new insight into outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere Physicists and engineers from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have teamed up with NASA on a suborbital flight to gather new information on the workings of the Sun. The project saw researchers successfully launch […]

Stealth Mask has shipped more than 5 million professional facemasks since 2017. Exports masks and filters to 22 countries around the world. New transparent ‘Clarity’ FFP3 mask improves communication between workers and vulnerable people in settings where PPE remains essential. Lancashire-based family firm setting new standards in protection and certification. Gearing for growth with fresh […]

‘Leave nothing but your footprints’ is the inspiration behind a series of 10-metre-long footprints spectacularly created in Fylde. A total of 15 footprints were raked into the sand on the beach at St Annes as part of Fylde Council’s awareness campaign to encourage people to dispose of their litter responsibly. They are part of the […]

A Lancashire woman who set up a personal assistant business just as lockdown hit is now in the process of recruiting her own team after gaining more than 30 clients with the help of Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub. Quality Time PA Services, a virtual assistant service, is the brainchild of former project co-ordinator and […]

Lancaster’s Dukes theatre has paid an unusual tribute to a much-loved volunteer and supporter of their outdoor walkabout shows. Bernard Gladstone, who died in March, had seen every Dukes production in Williamson Park since 1987 and had volunteered at them for decades. He was also the theatre’s honorary archivist for more than 40 years. In […]