Working for the West End
West End Million has come to the rescue of people who need flu vaccines but can’t afford them. The community-led organisation, which has National Lottery funding to invest in improvements for residents of the West End of Morecambe, has granted £500 to an immunisation programme at Stanley’s Youth and Community
Continue reading
Press Release: 09/11/18 A new plan to improve the lives of people in the West End of Morecambe has been officially launched. West End Million (WEM) have developed the plan for future work which was launched at The Alhambra when West End organisations and groups were invited to find out
Continue readingIt was back in 2012 – the year of the London Olympics – that Morecambe’s West End struck gold. The area was one of 150 nationally awarded £1 million to spend over ten years as part of the Big Local programme supported by the Big Lottery Fund. Big Local aims
Continue reading
An invitation to groups and organisations that are based in or who deliver work in the West End. The West End Million is holding a conversation drop-in to introduce and look at its new Action Plan. The drop-in will take place between 11am and 2pm on November 1st at the
Continue reading
As part of West End Million’s new programme, we are introducing two ways to try and make some small positive changes happen in the area. We know that there are lots of local people who have their own great ideas for making life better for residents in the West End
Continue reading“A fantastic area, loads of really committed people and a strong new plan” That was the feedback from Matt Leach, CEO of Local Trust, who we were pleased to welcome on 31st August with a visit to talk about West End Million, and a tour around the area. Local Trust
Continue reading
In a recent blog post from Local Trust, Fernanda Balata, Senior Programme Lead for Coastal Economies at the NEF, explains how the new partnership with Local Trust will put coastal communities in control of their future. Coastal communities face complex and urgent challenges. They see higher levels of deprivation, underemployment
Continue reading
We will be organising a special ‘partner event’ for groups and organisations in the area who consider they may share the goals laid out in our Action Plan or who are well placed for potential commissions. This will be to collectively share what initiatives we are all looking at as
Continue reading
West End sparkles This Christmas a sprinkle of sparkle was seen dotted around the West End. Simple, warm white festoon lighting was draped along Yorkshire Street, and trees on Albert Rd were wrapped in warm white string lights, all lit up for December and the darkest hours of wintertime. Did
Continue reading