Newsreader Jon Snow and cricketer Andrew Flintoff are among the names lending their support to the first annual Trustees’ Week, designed to increase awareness of the role. Other celebrities on board include journalists Eve Pollard and Martyn Lewis, model Natalia Vodianova and actresses Brooke Kinsella and Jenny Seagrove.

The draft Lancashire wide CAMHS service specification is now out for consultation.  The final version once agreed, will serve the basis of the new service specifications across Lancashire.  The transition document into adult mental health services is also available for consultation.  The CAMHS PIG (Project Implementation Group) was assigned the task of redesigning the CAMHS specification in response to the Joint Area Review.

The Ribble Valley mental wellbeing action group (RVMWAG) which is a multi agency partnership have recognised the needs to engage with all partners and organisations that influence and contribute to the positive mental health of Ribble Valley residents of all ages.

They have organised a one off meeting to explore the potential for future partnership working around issues of mental health and wellbeing in the Ribble Valley.

The Equality Act brings together nine separate pieces of legislation into one single Act simplifying the law and strengthening it in important ways to help tackle discrimination and inequality.