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  • One year of Guild parkrun

    15th July 2025

    Twelve months ago, LSCft made history by setting up the first secure parkrun event at a mental health facility in the UK.

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  • Mental health support in schools is driving positive change for young people and their families across Lancashire and South Cumbria

    14th July 2025

    Our award-winning health education initiative, Change Talks, is making a significant impact on the mental health and wellbeing of young people, school staff, and families across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Change Talks programme has provided over 450 hours of targeted workshops in schools over the past academic year, with transformative results.

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  • Craig Porter: Celebrating Pride and becoming the advocate he needed

    27th June 2025

    As Pride Month draws to a close, we often reflect on how much society has changed but it is equally important to recognise the individuals who have walked difficult roads to make that progress possible. For Craig, Director of Commissioning and Integration, Pride is more than a celebration, it's a reminder of the journey he took to stand proud, both personally and professionally.

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  • We are celebrating after being shortlisted for three Nursing Times Awards

    26th June 2025

    Our services, teams and people are celebrating after being shortlisted for three prestigious Nursing Times Awards.

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  • Success at the Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards

    26th June 2025

    We are celebrating after being recognised for best practice at the Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards.

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  • Reservist Daniel launches Armed Forces Day celebrations

    25th June 2025

    Today is Reserves Day (Wednesday 25 June), and we want to introduce you to Assistant Psychologist Daniel Petho.

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  • We’ve been awarded highly commended in the Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards (PPiMH)

    25th June 2025

    A partnership we deliver that gets people with severe mental illness playing football has been recognised at the Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards (PPiMH).

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  • Cheryl’s breast cancer journey highlights the importance of checking your breasts when you’ve been diagnosed with a learning disability

    19th June 2025

    A former service user is reminding those with a learning disability the importance of regularly checking their breasts.

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  • Learning Disability Awareness Week 2025

    16th June 2025

    Learning Disability Awareness Week runs from 16 to 22 June and is dedicated to raising awareness of a range of conditions and the fantastic work our Learning Disability Service do every day in supporting over 5500 people in Lancashire and South Cumbria.

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  • Our Professional Development Conference: new diaspora networks

    13th June 2025

    More than 120 of our nursing colleagues gathered at our Professional Development Conference this week in a day filled with energy, purpose, and a shared passion for personal and professional growth.

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  • Carers Week: Lorna shares her story of recognising herself as a carer

    13th June 2025

    This Carers Week meet Lorna Connors from our Business Intelligence Team. A mother of two, she juggles her fulltime role with being a mum and carer to her five-year-old son Liam who has severe allergies.

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  • Get behind Katie on her mammoth charity challenge

    13th June 2025

    By day Katie Gilligan is a Strategy, Planning and Development Manager at the Trust. But outside of work, she’s clocking up the miles as an amateur runner on a gruelling mission to complete seven half marathons in seven months!

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