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We have changed our name to Wigan and Leigh Community Charity and have a new Twitter page, if people would like to follow

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Looking forward to this event and proud to be supporting it. A few of our Community Businesses will be on show who have come out of our Made in Wigan initiative. twitter.com/ThisIsWigan_/s…

🚨 JUST OVER A WEEK UNTIL #OURTOWNLIVE STARTS 🚨 Join us on Sat 31 July in Atherton & Abram for some family-friendly summer fun. Think music, live entertainment, activities, fairground amusements & more. We'll even be in Ince on Sun 1 August. What a busy weekend we have ahead!

Last week @PennyMordaunt shared @cabinetofficeuk call for evidence for the #NationalResilienceStrategy Whilst we agree community responses were vital during COVID we prefer to talk about unleashing potential rather than harnessing strengths of communities bit.ly/3eFpDDE

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Well done to Y9 @BedfordHighSch Enterprise Team - the candy floss business idea went down well with all those completing the Race for Life. Supported by @P_Trust_North

Well done Y10s @BedfordHighSch Raising funds in their Race for Life and the Enterprise Team for completing the Enterprise Challenge supported by @PrincesTrust . The shakes went down a storm in this hot weather!

From today community groups can bid for funding from our £150 million Community Ownership Fund. Groups looking to preserve their local pubs, theatres, shops and sports grounds at risk of closure will now be able to take them over. Read more here: #the-community-ownership-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">gov.uk/government/col…

Today we launch our #communitypower project. Remote bureaucracies in the public and private sectors have dominated for too long. A more local, more human and more plural paradigm is possible. thecommunitypowerproject.co.uk

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Looking forward to supporting more communities in Wigan Borough, with more local people setting up their own Social Enterprise or Community Business to address local needs @WiganCouncil @peoplesbiz @daneanderton @SFBHCommUnity @_magicalogical @yellowjigsaw wigantoday.net/news/people/ch…

And a huge thanks to @Anamariacida from MyCake for your continued support in making this growth happen for us

We have changed our name to Wigan and Leigh Community Charity and have a new Twitter page, if people would like to follow

Thanks to @peoplesbiz and our friends at @The_Annexe @realideasorg @MadeInManingham @Centre4ltd @BInspiredLeics who have inspired us as we start the next phase of our journey

We want to create new health and well-being solutions with local people. Want to join us? New post available for our new #coproduction project in #Salford. @gmcvo @VSNWnews @WeActTogether @BuryVCFA @pbcommzone @BoltonCVS @McrCommCentral @ThriveTrafford unlimitedpotential.org.uk/team/recruitme…

REPORT 🧐 | Private developers and property owners must act now to save the UK’s failing high streets. Our new @LSEnews report explores how the private sector should support greater community involvement and power in the development of town centres ⬇️   #TakeBackTheHighStreet