A ‘Kick-Ass Campaigning’ Day for feminists of all genders will be held by Team No More Page 3 at Lancaster University’s Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies next Thursday 26 […]
Free work clubs to help jobseekers throughout Lancashire
Jobseekers can now attend free, weekly ‘work clubs’ with Lancashire Adult Learning, at Lancaster Library, Morecambe Library, and / or White Cross Education Centre (see details). The work clubs offer advice […]
Approx 2,300 children in Lancaster & Fleetwood affected by energy debt
New figures showing that an estimated 2,300 children in the Lancaster & Fleetwood parliamentary constituency live in a household in energy debt have sparked calls for the Government to do […]
Appeal for sightings after missing man’s body found in Caton
Neil Connelly Lancaster Police officers are appealing for information about the last movements of a Morecambe man who had been reported missing and his body subsequently found in Caton last […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 11th to 19th February 2015 by Peter Clarke
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings of what’s showing on local screens every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and […]
£311,000pa in unclaimed benefits found for local over-75s by Welfare Rights campaign
Nearly 260 people aged 75 and over in Lancaster are better off by a total of £311,000 a year following a benefit take-up campaign. The campaign was organised by Lancashire […]
Adoption and Fostering Information Event in Lancaster
Anyone thinking about adopting a child or becoming a foster carer with Lancashire County Council is invited to attend an event at Lancaster Priory on Thursday 26th February. The awareness […]
“Landed”, a study of Freeman’s Wood, is new Storey G2 project
A renewed Lancaster arts organisation has just launched a new project focusing on a much-loved woodland that has caused plenty of discussion here on virtual-lancaster in the past – Freeman’s […]
Kendal’s Comics Festival gets new funding, local creators to be involved
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival mascot outside Kendal’s historic Clock Tower The Lakes International Comic Art Festival – a popular event with Lancaster-based comic creators such as artists Sean Phillips, Jack […]
It’s National Voter Registration Day – Are You Registered to Vote?
A quick reminder that today, Thursday 5th February 2015 marks the United Kingdom’s second annual National Voter Registration Day. Bite the Ballot – in partnership with a host of NVRD […]