From 1 October 2013, the Lancashire County Council will be reopening their Preferred Provider List for Short Breaks arrangements, for Children with Disabilities with an Assessed Need, to include service provision for group activities for Children with Disabilities with a

Young Lancashire members Marsh Community Centre are supporting their young people to undertake a cycling tour from Lancaster to Edinburgh during May half term.  The young people are raising funds for a local charity, Unique Kids & Co.

Young Lancashire members Inter Madrassah has organised a programme of Netball Coaching sessions for young people. The Sessions will be starting from Wednesday 8 May at St Mary’s College, Blackburn.  The coaching session have been supported by Sports Development Team (BwD) and Lancashire Sports Partnership.

The Lancashire LSCB (Local Safeguarding Children Board) Neglect Strategy has now been finalised and approved and is available a new Neglect webpage. Visit: www.lancashire.gov.uk

To apply for membership of a new consortium; Greater Together, established to bid for larger scale contracts and enable collaborative working, please complete a Membership Application Form, which must be completed in conjunction with the Membership Prospectus, which are available to download below...

This 5 day residential course is held at Tower Wood Outdoor Education on Windermere. The course is excellent for beginners or more experienced sailors with RYA courses to match your skill level. It is open to all young people aged 8-18 who might be interested in giving sailing a go or developing their existing skills. It may also be of particular interest to those looking for a DofE Residential opportunity. For details visit: Summer Week 2013

The VCFS CYP County Reference Group is an open meeting for the voluntary sector children and young people's workforce. It provides an opportunity to find out more about the Children and Young People's Trust arrangements across Lancashire and for attendees to share information with VCFS representatives involved in the Working Groups and Boards convened to support the delivery of Lancashire's Children and Young People's Plan.

ONE Lancashire is an organisation set up to transform and improve the infrastructure of charities and third sector organisations in Lancashire, this new organisation is holding a launch event on 16 April entitled '
Working Better Together'. Young Lancashire, together with other local infrastructure groups, is involved in the delivery of the TLI project and in the formation of this new body. Come along to the event and find out where ONE Lancashire is one year on and see what opportunities there are to get involved by working better together.

Howard Williamson writes in the recent edition of Children & Young People Now: Are the days of open youth work numbered? "In very different times, Dolores Ibárruri, the leader of the Communist Party in the Spanish Civil War, observed that it was perhaps “better to die on our feet than live on our knees”. Open youth work in England is certainly already on its knees.." Would you agree?