Tag Archives: Community Support & Centres

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The Sewing Rooms

Centaur House
Units 1 – 6
Gardiners Place
Skelmersdale, Lancashire
WN8 9SP


Contact: Paula Gamester

Tel: 01695 550 772

 

Web: www.the-sewing-rooms.co.uk

    

 

About Us

The Sewing Rooms social enterprise is a business that trades to tackle social problems. Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we work with, as well as improve peoples’ life chances. We do this through bespoke training workshops and a manufacturing department that makes soft furnishings, accessories and bespoke upholstery for private and corporate clients.

 

Paula Gamester of The Sewing Rooms won our Social Enterprise Champion Award in 2019.

 

 

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Chapter3 Enterprise CIC

178 Holmfield Road
Blackpool
FY2 9PU

Contact: Dianne Tew

Tel: 07799 711337

 

Email: dianne@chapter3.org.uk

Web: www.chapter3.org.uk

 

About Us

A not for profit organisation with a strong commitment to communities and society focused on helping create economic and social value through enterprise. We are a small but perfectly formed community interest company with many years of leadership and enterprise experience and great passion for what we do.

Our experiences, skills and wisdom being built-up through running businesses and working with hundreds of start-ups, in particular micro-businesses and the third sector.

We deliver practical workshops providing guidance and creative solutions that help business, non profits, communities and individuals, get unstuck and move forwards.

 

 

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Preston Domestic Violence Services

10-12 Oakham Court
Preston
PR1 3XP


Contact: Valerie Wise

Tel: 01772 201601


Email: enquiries@pdvs.org.uk

Web: www.pdvs.org.uk

 

ABOUT US

Preston Domestic Violence Services is the first organisation in Preston which exists solely to support adults and children experiencing (or having experienced) Domestic Violence.

 

 

 

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Newground CIC

193 Bolton Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 3GE


Contact: Kasira Ahmed 

Tel: 01254 265163


Web: www.newground.co.uk

Email: kasira.ahmed@newground.co.uk 

 

ABOUT US

Newground CIC is an exciting social enterprise delivering professional services in a competitive marketplace. We deliver services in community support and training, employment, environment and health & safety compliance, flood resilience, landscape architecture and grounds maintenance.

Instead of our profits going to shareholders, they are donated to the charity Newground Together and distributed in the form of grants to environmental and community projects, so by choosing Newground, our customers are helping to drive positive social and environmental change.

Newground is accredited to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 ensuring we deliver quality services in a safe and sustainable way. Newground CIC is the wholly owned subsidiary of the charity Newground Together, a member of the Together Housing Group, a leading provider of quality affordable and modern homes for rent across the North of England.

 

 

 

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Lancashire Women

21-23 Blackburn Road
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 1HF


Contact: Amber Wells

Tel: 0300 330 1354


Email: TalkToUs@lancashirewomen.org

Web: lancashirewomen.org 

      

 

ABOUT US

Lancashire Women is a leading charity for women and girls in Lancashire with over 8500 women accessing their services over the past year and 31 active volunteers supporting delivery of their services. Their vision is where all women and girls in Lancashire are valued and treated as equals. Lancashire Women empower women and girls to be able to transform their lives by bringing them together to: find their voice, share experiences and understanding, develop their knowledge and skills and challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about them… so that they can have choices in becoming the individuals they want to be.

Through their network of female only centres, located across the county, they can help Lancashire Women:

  • Improve mental health and emotional wellbeing
  • Get advice on managing money, benefits and debt
  • Improve skills, knowledge and gain employment
  • Meet others and build friendships
  • Life safer, happier and more positive lives

“My life has turned around because of the support I’ve received. I feel that a light bulb has been turned on.”

To contact Lancashire Women call 0300 330 1354, email TalkToUs@lancashirewomen.org or visit www.lancashirewomen.org to find your nearest centre.

 

Selnet’s Enterprise in Society Awards:

In 2018, Lancashire Women were named Lancashire’s Social Enterprise of the Year, and Sarah Harrison was also awarded the title of Volunteer of the Year. Lancashire Women then won the Large Social Enterprise category in 2019!

 

 

 

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Citizens Advice Rossendale & Hyndburn

New Era Centre
Paradise Street
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 1PB


Contact: Rachel Whippy

Tel: 0808 278 7975


Web: www.carh.org.uk

   

 

ABOUT US

Citizens Advice Rossendale & Hyndburn provides free, impartial and confidential advice to people about the problems they face. We campaing for change to improve the poilicies and practices that affect people’s lives and we value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.

We are an independent charity, providing specialist advice services to local people and are part of the Citizens Advice network in England and Wales.

 

 

 

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DanceSyndrome

c/o Pathways Associates
Suite 2, Waterside
St James Court West
Accrington
BB5 1NA


Contact: Julie Nicholson 

 

Email: info@dancesyndrome.co.uk

Web: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk

 

ABOUT US

DanceSyndrome is an inclusive award-winning North-West dance charity led by dancers with learning disabilities. 

DanceSyndrome believes that everybody belongs and that people with learning disabilities have skills and assets which can contribute to and inspire an equitable civil society.

DanceSyndrome was created in response to the determination of Jen Blackwell, a dancer with Down’s Syndrome who wanted to share her passion for dance and get the world dancing.

She wanted to engage with other dancers, to lead workshops, to choreograph and deliver performances and inspire others to believe in themselves. Supported by her parents Jen spent 10 lonely years searching for opportunities to train to become the community dance worker she sought to be.

Established in 2009 as a limited company, DanceSyndrome became a charity in 2013. Under the current Managing Director, the charity has experienced an exponential increase in demand both regionally and nationally. Using dance as a vehicle for positive change, our vision is to empower learning-disabled individuals through inclusive dance.

All activity is led by a Dance Leader with learning disabilities supported by a professionally trained Dance Artist. Using a co-production model, DanceSyndrome delivers weekly community workshops and training for the core company. On demand the dancers regularly engage in performances, training, university seminars, conferences and we are developing and piloting a social replication model.

 

 

 

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SHAPE Lancashire Community Interest Company

14 Church Road
Bamber Bridge
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 3BQ

 

Contact: Kate Eastwood and Mandy Foster

Tel: 07510 269636 or 07947 715123

 

Web: www.shapelancashire.co.uk

Email: kate.eastwood@shapelancashire.co.uk

    


About Us

Shape Lancashire Community Interest Company is now in its 4th year of delivering Projects in disadvantaged communities and giving people opportunities to engage, develop and grow. Our Projects are very varied and originally SHAPE was an acronym for Sports, Health & Well Being, Arts, People/Projects, Environmental and Employment – all were projects we had much experience in delivering in previous roles working in the Social Housing sector in the Community Development Team. Mandy worked in Housing for over 30 years and Kate for 10 years.

We have completed all those types of projects, and more, over the past four years working all over Lancashire and parts of Greater Manchester; Preston, South Ribble, Pendle, Colne, Blackburn, Bury, Bolton, Chorley, Lancaster, Morecambe, Blackpool.

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Chorley VCFS Network

35-39 Fazakerly StreetChorley VCFS Network
Chorley
PR7 2SW

 

Contact: Donna Hussain

Tel: 01257 226516

 

Email: donnalhussain@gmail.com

 

ABOUT US

We are an infrastructure support service offering infrastructure to third sector organisations in order to build capacity within the sector for economic and social improvement.

We work with all sectors to enhance services and support them to become more effective and efficient.

 

 

 

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Divine Days Community CIC

Contact: Katie Whitehead

Tel: 07782 551004

 

Email: info@divinedays.co.uk

Web: www.divinedays.co.uk

          

 

ABOUT US

Divine Days Community CIC

Divine Days Community CIC delivers a programme of services and provision for adults with additional needs; children with additional needs and complex needs; the elderly; the isolated; and those managing long-term mental and physical health conditions. Our provision is centred around bringing people together through a variety of programmes and creative activity programmes focused on connectivity, inclusivity, and rehabilitation.

 

Gateway Support

Gateway Support is partnership between Divine Days Community CIC and An Inclusive Future CIC (AIF CIC) providing an urgent and essential service for individuals and families across the West Lancashire area with a child/children with an additional need or disability, as well as those who are managing long term health conditions or poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gateway Support provides an information, advice, guidance, and befriending service to ensure people with disabilities can access pastoral and professional services and support in an accessible, person-centred, and meaningful manner during and after the COVID – 19 pandemic.

Legacy Project

The Legacy Project is our Supported Internship initiative funded by Well Skelmersdale and West Lancashire CCG. Divine Days CIC works with local businesses, schools, and colleges to deliver a supported internship programme for young adults with additional needs, learning disabilities and/ or physical disabilities who live and learn in West Lancashire and the surrounding area.

Man-archy

Man-Archy is our men’s mental health provision, using talking therapies, support groups, one-to-one sessions, and a befriending service for men living in West Lancashire. This project is funded via Well Skelmersdale and West Lancashire CCG delivering a person centred, local offer of crisis intervention and prevention for men.

Community Connections

Our Community Connections sessions offer specialised activities for the elderly, people with poor mental health or dementia, people that have been isolated and those managing long term health conditions. Community Connections provides a safe environment run by qualified practitioners to support members of our community to reconnect and find purpose and meaning on their road to recovery.

Dance for All

Divine Days inclusive dance activities and classes for people of all ages with additional needs. Our teachers and practitioners have years of experience, as well as being qualified and trained in working with children and adults with additional needs, learning disabilities and complex needs. Our award-winning Dancers have performed all over the country raising awareness of inclusion and acceptance.

Our Dance classes include:

  • Diddi Tots – Tap, ballet, and disco classes for babies and toddlers with additional needs.
  • Diddi Divine – Therapeutic and contemporary dance classes for infants and juniors with additional needs.
  • Diddi Divas – Tap, ballet, musical theatre, and street dance classes for children with additional needs.
  • Divine Dance – Contemporary, inclusive dance classes for adults with additional needs.

We work with mainstream organisations to help them develop and improve their inclusive practice and how to become disability confident.

We deliver a variety of training programmes for schools and businesses including antibullying and disability awareness.

 

Divine Days Creative Arts won our Small Social Enterprise of the Year Award in 2021.

 

 

 

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