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Leicestershire Recovery College – Loughborough

1st May 2020

Journaling for Better Mental Health

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VASL – Carers Card

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LAMP services during the Covid-19 Outbreak

21st April 2020

Lamp, as a Mental Health charity, is committed to supporting you during this time.  In addition to our advocacy service in the city, supporting people to access Community Mental Health services, we are able to offer signposting to Covid19 specific information, including help to access the local councils Help Hubs and low level reassurance and…

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Corona Virus Update

20th April 2020

At First Contact Plus we recognise, during this time, that getting the right information for what support is out there locally can be very difficult. Please be assured that we are currently operating as normal which means we are keeping up to date with all local offers.

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Leicestershire Live – There With You Fund

17th April 2020

Launched by the Leicester Mercury and LeicestershireLive on 14th April 2020, the There With You Fund is a charitable fund which issues emergency grants of up to £300 in goods to Leicestershire residents in a position of exceptional hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The fund will be administered by Charity Link.

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Time4Leicestershire

29th November 2019

Time4Leicestershire is a community timebank aimed to enable individuals to swap skills in their local community.

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LCFC Inclusive Multi-Sport Club

19th November 2019

Sports include table tennis, boccia, target and team games.

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Jobs Fair At Coalville Library

7th November 2019

The WiLL Project is hosting a Jobs Fair at Coalville Library….

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Age UK Moving On – Wigston Library

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Connect Blaby Together

30th April 2019

We are a group of local volunteers who offer short term assistance to ONLY residents of Blaby Village, who are in need of a helping hand from time to time.

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