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Age UK Lancashire provides information, advice and support to help older people remain independent and in their own homes. This includes: Hospital Aftercare, Home Helps, Digital Inclusion, Footcare, Dementia Support,...

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Macmillan West Lancs provides information and support to those living with and beyond cancer to get practical, emotional and social support to ensure that no one faces cancer alone. Support...

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Our team of volunteer motorcyclists provide a totally free, professional service, for the transportation of urgent and emergency health care items, (e.g. blood, platelets, samples, donor breast milk, patient notes,...

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Queenscourt Hospice offers end of life palliative care via an inpatient unit, outpatients department and Queenscourt at Home

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Since 1981 Regenerage has been devoted to helping people live well and age well in Lancashire. From helping people to keep doing the things they want, to providing extra support...

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Renaissance UK is a North West based charity delivering substance use and sexual health services across Lancashire. We provide sexual health screens, education, and safer sex packs. Volunteers are able...

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Providing end of life and palliative care to patients and supporting their relatives, carers and friends

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Providing direct support and programmes for a range of children, individuals and families with and without additional needs. Sensory and hydrotherapy pool to hire. Services available to book include: •...

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We run a Reloved Books and Media charity shop in Ormskirk, to raise funds for Willowbrook Hospice, a Specialist Palliative Care Unit. More information can be found on our Facebook...

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What’s the Buzz?

It's the sound of thousands of people across West Lancs making a difference every day.

It’s people helping their neighbours, volunteers running a community group, faith groups serving their local communities, social enterprises showing ethical ways of doing business.

The voluntary sector in West Lancs has an impressive history of delivering activities and services that have become vital to the well-being of many.

Our Directory showcases this local support and activity, and the CVS is proud to be the key local body supporting and developing this amazing work over the past 50 years.

This is just the start for the Directory– we need you to get involved to make sure all the fantastic groups that make West Lancs such a buzzing place are in it!

  • Send us your info for the Buzz directory - here
  • Amend details already on the Directory - here

About West Lancs CVS

West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Services is a charity, set up in 1973, and is the key infrastructure organisation for voluntary and community groups in West Lancashire.

  • We help local people set up and develop voluntary and community groups, and network with other organisations.
  • We recruit volunteers for local organisations and support people to volunteer through our accredited Volunteer Centre. Find out more here.
  • We represent voluntary and community groups to statutory and other organisations, and partnerships

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