For the past five years, we’ve been proud to work with brilliant local partners to bring families holiday clubs they can count on. As the lead organisation managing Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council HAF programme, we help get teams ready before the holidays with training in trauma-informed practice, safeguarding, and inclusive delivery. It means children arrive at sessions run by staff who are confident, prepared, and focused on making sure they have a great time. Summer bookings are now open! www.getstuckin.org.uk #GetStuckIn2025 #HAF2025 #StrongerWithSpringNorth (fb)

Not every health crisis begins in A&E. Sometimes it starts at home with damp walls, no heating, or no one checking in. Spring North was appointed by the LSC VCFSE Alliance to project manage a pilot funded through the UEC Winter Pressures programme by the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board. This initiative aimed to test how community-led support can help reduce avoidable hospital admissions. We worked alongside Citizens Advice Blackpool and Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside. to support people in Blackpool living with long-term respiratory conditions. Citizens Advice link workers provided support at the Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) Hub at Whitegate Drive, as well as in community spaces across Blackpool, offering practical help with housing disrepair, fuel poverty, and loneliness. By embedding support in familiar, trusted places, such as At the grange Blackpool the project made it easier for people to access help before issues escalated to crisis point. This work was not about doing more of the same. It was about understanding the full picture, intervening earlier, and preventing the avoidable hospital admissions that take people away from their independence. Community matters. Relationships are vital. And when voluntary organisations are allowed to lead, the impact is real. Blackpool Council (fb)