A Wild Wellbeing Day in the North with The Bay

by admin | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized

Written from the perspective of Kevin, a student placement; When I first put my hand up for a team building day, I wondered what I had let myself in for!  I was worried that I would be building rafts, or trekking up a mountain, something that I find physically very...

An Update from Red Rose Recovery’s Therapy through Music

by admin | Apr 4, 2023 | Uncategorized

Red Rose Recovery started the music therapy group called “Therapy through Music” in October, and received funding in November to purchase new equipment for our group sessions and ensemble workshops. Therapy through Music is a charity based in Lancashire...

Lack of funding and focus means only 2% on probation are being referred for drug treatment – Red Rose recovery featured on channel 4 news

by admin | Aug 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

Channel 4 News invited us to do a piece with them, live on 18/08/21, around offenders on probation not receiving the help they need to tackle substance misuse. “Around half of the people being supervised by the Probation Service in England and Wales have drug...

OKFC Charity Football Team Raising Money to Help Kids with Disabilities

by admin | Oct 1, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

OKFC are a local Charity Football Team who successfully applied for our Stepping Stones funding. They used the money get get the team off the ground and enable them to buy their kits. As a charity team, they raise money for kids like Ben in the video below who...

LUF Lounge Competition Winner Donates their Prize

by admin | Aug 18, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

A big shout out to the individual who donated their £20 prize from one of the previous weeks LUF Live Lounge weekly competition draws. Here’s a thank you from the guys who received...

The LUF Lounge Live

by admin | Apr 16, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

The Live LUF Lounge is a virtual space organised by the Lancashire User Forum leadership. We occupy this space in order to stimulate discussion and focus on various current issues and topics that impact and affect the lives of a diverse group of people. Live at 5,...