Thursday, 19 November 2015
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Church Urban Fund Money Matters conference
On Thursday 5th November Church Urban Fund held the Money Matters conference in Manchester, exploring how churches can respond to issues of financial exclusion in their communities.
If you couldn't be there you can still hear / view all the main presentations via this web link
Blackpool Council Information and Advice Review
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Philip Bentley
Care Act Implementation and Better Care Fund Project Officer
Adult Services | 4th Floor | 1 Bickerstaffe Square | Talbot Road | Blackpool | FY1 3AH
Postal address: PO Box 4|Blackpool|FY1 1NA
Good Afternoon,
We are currently undertaking a review of the Information and Advice offer provided by the Council. We would very much appreciate it, if you could take the time to complete the following survey. It won't take very long to complete and the feedback you provide will be invaluable.
To access the survey please click on the link below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/blackpooladvice
Many thanks
Phil
Monday, 9 November 2015
ATD Fourth World's The Roles We Play project
JRF has worked in partnership with ATD Fourth World and photographer Eva Sajovic to bring you six personal accounts of daily life and aspiration. The films challenge stereotypes about people living in poverty and social exclusion, and arose out of ATD Fourth World's The Roles We Play project
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Launch of the Blackpool Faith Audit this Friday
Just in case you haven't received an invitation to the launch of the Blackpool Faith audit this Friday..If you haven't already booked please could you e-mail this to Andy Divall at andy.divall@blackpool.gov.uk together with any dietary or access requirements.
Blackpool Council, working in partnership with Blackpool Churches, Faith groups and Together Lancashire would like to invite you to the launch of a new initiative to forge deeper links in our mutual roles of serving resilient communities.
The event will introduce new research and a database which has mapped 60+ social and community projects within
Blackpool's faith communities. Collectively serving thousands of our most vulnerable residents with an aggregate
economic impact of more that £1.5 million.
We will also be sharing the work of the Blackpool Food partnership. Established for two years now, the Partnership
coordinates a large volume of food bank / Food kitchen outlets which cover the towns most deprived neighbourhoods.
The conference will hear some personal stories from the service users and the partnership's plans to move beyond serving basic needs, to provide pathways to transformed lives.
Finally , a draft " Faith Covenant for Blackpool" , will be tabled for consultation . This will be a joint declaration of
our intent to work in closer collaboration. Our aim is to agree a framework, to help us serve the needs of the most
vulnerable and build more resilient communities in the years ahead.
The event will be held on the morning of Friday 6th November,
at St Marks Church , Westcliffe Drive, Layton FY3 7HJ.
The programme will be :
10.00am Arrival and refreshments
10.30am Welcome to St Mark's – Rev Peter Lillicrap
10.40am The search for a common language -the journey so far – Canon Dick Cartmell and Andy Divall
The Research and mapping exercise – what does it show & mean? Greg Smith
The work of the Food Partnership & voices from our communities – Nikki Hart
11.20am Open Discussion
11.50am Where do we go from here? – introducing the draft Blackpool Faith Covenant
12.00pm Network Lunch – St Mark's Community Hall
1.00pm Finish
If you are able to attend/stay for lunch, and haven't yet indicated – please could you e-mail this to Andy Divall at
andy.divall@blackpool.gov.uk together with any dietary or access requirements.
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