Annie Heslop Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager This is a new role for Blackpool Council. Annie will introduce herself and explain what she will do to support the VCFSE sector. Her aim is to improve partnership working within the VCFSE sector and with the council itself. She will promote and investigate opportunities in the council… Read more »
Aimi O’Donnell is Social Value Co-ordinator & Business Liaison for DFN Project Search Blackpool Aimi previously managed Blackpool Council’s award winning voluntary work-placement programme called ‘Chance2Shine’ – enabling disadvantaged and long term unemployed to gain more confidence and valuable work skills. Aimi presented at the Fylde Coast Resilience meeting held on 14 January 2026.
Lynn Saggerson, Co-Director of Blackpool CAN and CEO of Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde Announced New Small Grants and Funding Opportunities. Blackpool CAN is a partnership of three VCFSE organisations; Social Enterprise Solutions, Citizens Advice Blackpool and Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde Volunteer Centre. As part of the support, there is funding to provide small… Read more »
Adult Learning with B&FC It’s never too late to achieve your career dream – especially when you study a career-focused course at B&FC. They offer help with funding, lots of ongoing support and timetabling that fits around your life. So what’s stopping you? Whether your career ambitions are big or small, B&FC believe it’s never… Read more »
Fundraising Secrets Daniel Mountford is an experienced Fundraiser with a history of working in and with civic and social organisations, currently for a leading social housing provider. He is highly skilled in corporate social responsibility, business planning, communication, bid preparation and writing. With a strong community ethos, he is professionally qualified through Bath, Cambridge and… Read more »
R&D NHS Clinical Research Centre Professor Francis Martin has played a key role in pioneering research and serves as the Lead Manager at Patient Recruitment Centre (PRC) Blackpool, part of the NIHR-funded Biomedical Research Centre. He leads Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE), an essential component of research that ensures studies are carried out… Read more »
Hope for the socially excluded Mike Crowther MBE is the Chief Executive Officer of Empowerment, a leading local charity based in Blackpool dedicated to supporting people to transform their lives. Born and raised in Blackpool, Mike has spent over 30 years volunteering and working in the charity sector, driven by an unwavering belief that change… Read more »
‘Business in the Community’ Gives Blackpool a Boost Andy Charles is Director of the Blackpool Pride of Place Partnership, a public private, voluntary sector partnership that has set out a blueprint to deliver long term transformational change in Blackpool, by addressing the social challenges and developing its opportunities. It is part of Business in The… Read more »
Lynn Saggerson is a Co-Director of Blackpool CAN and Launched Some New Small Grants at This Meeting Blackpool Council, through the Shared Prosperity Fund has provided resources to establish a new VCFSE infrastructure organisation to support the VCFSE in Blackpool. Blackpool CAN is a partnership of three VCFSE organisations; Social Enterprise Solutions, Citizens Advice Blackpool and… Read more »
Helen Bingley OBE DL JP: The High Sheriff of Lancashire The High Sheriff is the King’s representative in the County for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order. In current times the office of High Sheriff is held for one year. Her main role is to protect, and assist… Read more »
