Carers

Beacon Fostering to attend Blackpool Jobs Fair to inspire new carers

Family hubs are helping prevent children from going into care

Blackpool no longer 'worst' when it comes to number of kids in care

Flu cases have risen at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Doctor who punched a dementia patient in the head is struck off

Blackpool Council foster carers Karen and David Johnson

Here's how to become a foster carer in Blackpool in 2025

Lancashire dad Ian Ball believes that more support should be available for male carers of children with SEND.

My SEND daughters were so let down I’ve set up a group for other dads

Ann and Ola

Christmas Video Showcases Joyful Bonds Between Carers and Residents

Joe Pepler/PinPep

Watch as cute shelter dogs get spoilt at Christmas dinner party

The film shows how fostering has transformed lives

New film urges people to make a difference through fostering

According to Carers UK, an estimated 12,000 people across the UK become carers every day, often without realising it

Are you a carer? Try this new tool to find out

Linsey with her husband Hilton and three children, Keeley, Harely and Esmee.

Tributes to selfless mum, 46, who collapsed and died at home

Geoff and Jo Smith.

Watch: Dad walks again after having part of skull removed after stroke

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Giant pill box reminder for meals

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low

Daniella Taylor at her graduation from the University of Central Lancashire

There were so many times I didn’t think I would make it after coma

Blackpool Carers Centre awarded the prestigious Excellence for Carers Quality Mark by Carers Trust

Blackpool Carers Centre awarded Carers Trust Excellence for Carers Quality Mark
Blackpool Carers are thrilled to announce they have been awarded the prestigious Excellence for Carers Quality Mark by Carers Trust. This recognition comes as a testament to the unwavering commitment to supporting unpaid carers and highlights the dedication and passion of the entire team.
Alison Brown

(Photos: Pexels)

Kids Club cinema - your guide to Kids Clubs and discounts this summer

Boy, 3, is rescued from railway track by man at Newark Northgate Station.

Watch: Boy, 3, rescued from railway track seconds before train passes

Ad Feature Foster carers share their special moments in appeal for more carers

I was so concerned about the level of care I removed my grandparents

I was so concerned about the level of care I removed my grandparents

School classroom.

Watch: How to appeal if you don’t get your first choice primary school

Ambulance explodes and bursts into flames in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.

Watch: Ambulance explodes into a fireball after dropping off patient

All the outstanding primary schools in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre

Outstanding primary schools across the Fylde as offers day looms

PNE stars Jack Whatmough, Liam Millar and Will Keen help raise awareness of Safer Sleep campaign 2024 with a video.

Watch PNE footballers deliver special message to Lancashire parents

Ad Feature Local fostering agency appeals to keep siblings together

Residents say a proposed children's home is too lose to a railway line

Concerns raised about 'unsafe' location of proposed children's home

Malcolm Wareing sobbed when he caught sight of wife of 69 years Edna (Credit: Kathy Crossley / SWNS(

Man breaks down after reuniting with wife of 69 years at nursing home
Staff said they had worked "very hard" to keep the news that she would be moving into the residence a secret.
Sean Gleaves

Brian, 69, and Jean, 62, have welcomed nine children into their home over the past 12 years (Credit: Barnardo's)

How fostering gave a retired Lancashire couple a new lease of life

John and Janet Armer

Retired nurse says helping children brings 'priceless' rewards

Anton Du Beke and Team Lottie.org at the launch of Nights On Lottie 2022. Photo: Jeff Gilbert / Lottie

Callout for Blackpool carers: £1000 plus gifts exclusively for UK Carers to cele...

Women in Blackpool earn less than men, new figures show

Women in Blackpool still earn less than men in 2023

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

The Covid and flu vaccination programmes are about to start

Lancs Covid and flu vaccination programmes start early over virus variant fears

Blackpool Magistrates Court.

Man angry his dementia suffering mum was in care home keyed staff cars

Fire engines attend flooding on Calder Avenue in Thornton

'We're trapped in our homes': Residents' flooding misery after heavy rainfall

Top things carers wish they'd known

The top 14 things unpaid carers wish they'd known at the start

Helen Flanagan opens the new Gruffalo & Friends Clubhouse on Blackpool Promenade

Merlin Entertainments is offering 500 tickets to local carers

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government

Dreamboys fulfil 92-year-old woman’s dream of seeing male striptease

92-year-old woman fulfils life-long dream of seeing male striptease

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Key workers and carers offered 25% rail travel discount

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

They are the kind of vivid blue sapphires whose lustre has been lusted over for centuries. Yet these wondrous stones have lain unseen for years and may even have ended up in the bin.

Jewellery hoard worth thousands found wrapped in carrier bags

Blackpool Council is urging more people to consider fostering

Here's why this Blackpool resident left a top job to foster children

Andrew and Natalie Cunliffe from Blackpool celebrating their National Lottery scatchcard win

Circus skills among delights in store for young carers in Blackpool Tower treat

Sam Wilkinson, from Blackpool, who is a Macmillan Cancer Carer Buddy service

Here's how you can become a new Macmillan Cancer Carer Buddy

New rates are being introduced for Lancashire County Council's foster carers

Lancashire fostering fees increased to attract and retain carers

Visiting has been suspended at Blackpool Victoria Hospital with immediate effect to protect patients and staff from a surge in Omicron cases

Visiting suspended at Blackpool Victoria Hospital due to surge in Omicron cases

NHS staff and care workers given free access to live events as Concerts for Care...

Picture by Dan Martino

National Carers Week shines a spotlight on thousands of Blackpool people looking...

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

Barnoldswick headteacher Sarah White

A Lancashire headteacher has gone viral after she penned a heartfelt letter tell...

The Belgravia Care Home on the Prom in North Shore (Picture: Google Street View)

Staff in 'impossible position' before resident's suicide at Blackpool care home ...

Annemarie Plas, founder of the Clap For Our Carers organisation

Clap for Carers founder distances herself from return of weekly ritual

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