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Keep up to date with the latest news and progress within the Bay Anchor Network, as well as the thoughts from our staff and senior leaders in our latest blogs.
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Anchor Collaborative Stands Together for Race Equality Week 2025
3rd February 2025
Race Equality Week is an annual UK-wide movement uniting hundreds of thousands of organisations and individuals to address the barriers...
WorkWell launches in Barrow
22nd January 2025
A support service designed to help people with low-level health conditions to start, stay or succeed in work has been...
Stay Healthy and Help the NHS This Winter!
15th January 2025
Dr Andy Knox, a GP in the NHS and an associate medical director is here to share four essential tips...
Skills For Life
6th January 2025
Apprenticeships are a brilliant option for people of all ages to launch their careers in a huge range of exciting...
Utility suppliers’ Priority Service Register
2nd January 2025
We are supporting Lancashire and South Cumbria's ICB Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response team by actively encouraging our elderly and...
South Lakes Poverty Truth Commission
18th December 2024
The 13th of December 2024 was the final day of the first South Lakes Poverty Truth Commission. Moving forward, the different...
Sustainable Supplier Webinars
13th December 2024
The Sustainable Supplier Accelerator is a schedule of free webinar events, activities and supporting resources which aims to support suppliers...
Decarbonising health and social care
13th December 2024
The £25m funding call to decarbonise the health and social care system from the National Institute for Health and Care Research...
Lancaster Climate Emergency Plan
13th December 2024
On 2nd December 2024, the City Council received a report on the Examination of the Climate Emergency Review of the...
‘When Life Gives You Lemons’ Podcast
29th November 2024
Should I write a will? What is 'power of attorney'? Who will help me if I become ill? If you've...
Lancashire Food Alliance Workshops
27th November 2024
As part of a LancsCAN collaboration grant, three workshops are being hosted to explore the idea of forming a Lancashire...
Mental health and suicide first aid
27th November 2024
Lancashire Mind has released new open-access course dates for mental health first aid and suicide first aid (Orange Button approved...
‘NatureMind’ Green Social Prescribing Conference
25th November 2024
A report has been published further to the third annual ‘NatureMind’ conference on Green Social Prescribing, held in Preston on 7th...
Barrow-in-Furness WorkWell Launch
22nd November 2024
The Bay Anchor Network has identified ‘Working Well’ as a key priority within it’s Widening Access to Quality Work domain....
Dr Cath Munro’s menopause cafe
7th October 2024
Update from Cumbria Police To celebrate the upcoming World Menopause Day, Cumbria Police will be hosting another of our well...
Substance misuse survey
6th October 2024
Westmorland and Furness Council are seeking feedback on their substance misuse services, they are running two surveys which are open...
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Keep up to date with the latest news and progress within the Bay Anchor Network, as well as the thoughts from our staff and senior leaders in our latest blogs.