As mentioned in the notes for the July Health & Wellbeing Partnership meeting, Tony successfully requested to be allowed to join the SPAG and attended his first meeting at County Hall. There were some very interesting and constructive discussions, and Claire Niebieski, who is Head... Continue reading

At the request of Trustees, PCN are engaged in a project to set up a series of round table discussion groups on various issues with the aim of identifying concerns and issues and looking at ways to address them. We agreed to set up a... Continue reading

Tony attended this online meeting of the Lancashire Association of CVSs of which PCN is an associate member. Chair Garth Hodgkinson confirmed that LACVS would be submitting an application for funding under the ‘You Decide’ programme in September and if successful, there would be grants... Continue reading

This meeting was held at West View Leisure Centre and was very well attended. There was much general discussion but the most relevant issue for the VCFSE sector was in trying to focus on the main health issues for the population of these wards. Jonathan... Continue reading

This meeting was held at Preston Town Hall and was as usual well attended. Social Prescribing was once more a major topic. Claire Niebieski, who is Head of Population Health (Lancashire North) for the NHS Lancs & South Cumbria ICB presented an update on her... Continue reading

Tony joined CVS heads from other towns across the county for the latest Lancashire Association of CVSs meeting which took place online. The issue of the devolution of local government was discussed and Tony advised of the recent ‘Future of Lancashire’ event he attended and... Continue reading

This took place at Preston Town Hall and was as usual well attended and we hope much appreciated by those present.. Speakers were: Prof Silas Nicholls, new chief executive of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who gave an overview of the current situation... Continue reading

Tony represented the VCFSE sector at the ‘Future of Lancashire’ conference event at The Samlesbury Hotel. The event was organised by the North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce and was extremely well attended by business leaders and representatives from across the region. Councillors from... Continue reading

Due to a previous commitment – ie his Silver Wedding celebration!! – Tony was unable to attend the above but our thanks to Marc Dunne from Preston City Council’s Community Engagement Team for providing this update. Marc thanked all partners who came to the meeting... Continue reading