| 2BR |
Local
radio station giving news and views |
| Age
Concern |
Help
and advice for the elderly |
| BBC
Radio Lancashire |
Countywide news,
views and entertainment |
| Burnley
Labour Party |
Find
out what is happening in Burnley Labour Party |
| Charity
Commision |
Helps
people to access information and thus increase the transparency
and accountability of the sector. |
| Citizens
Advice Bureau |
Advice
on everything from health to legal issues |
| Community
Legal Advice |
Free
independent advice about debt, education, benefits and tax
credits, employment and housing problems. |
| Climate
Change North West |
Exploring the opportunities
and challenges that a changing climate presents to England's
Northwest. |
| Craven
Herald |
Local news for
Barnoldswick, Craven and Skipton |
| Customs
and Revenue |
Responsible
for the collection of most forms of tax |
| CWU |
The
Communication Workers Union |
| Department
for Business Inovation & Skills |
(former Trade &
Industry) Responsible for UK competitiveness, sustainable
growth, jobs and opportunities for all |
| Department for Education |
Responsible for education and children’s services |
| Department
for Employment & Learning |
Responsible for promoting
learning and skills,
to prepare people for work and to support the economy |
| Department
for Work & Pensions |
Responsible
for Employment, Pensions and Benefits |
| English
Heritage |
Created
in 1984 for the protection of England's historic environment |
| GMB |
A trade
union which has members in every part of the UK economy. |
| Government
Office North West |
Closed by the Conservative/Lib Dem Government |
| Heritage
Lottery Fund |
Grants
awarded to preserve our heritage local and national |
| Home
Office |
Responsible
for securing individuals' rights and providing security |
| HSE Publications |
Health & Safety Books - Leaflets - Newsletters - MDHS - Posters |
| Labour
Party |
What’s
new at the Labour Party |
| Lancashire
County Council |
Updates
on what’s happening at County level |
| Lancashire Economic Partnership |
Role to promote economic growth and prosperity |
| Lancashire
Telegraph |
A great
paper circulating daily in Pendle |
| Leader
Times Newspapers |
Publishers
of the Nelson Leader, the Colne Times and the Barnoldswick
and Earby Times |
| Legal
Aid |
Provides
financial assistance to people for legal advice and representation |
| Local
Government Group |
Representative
organisation for local authorities |
| Low
Pay Commission |
Independent
body determining issues relating to the minimum wage |
| National
Statistics |
All
the facts you need at your fingertips |
| National
Rail Enquiries |
Train
times and Fares, travel news |
| Natural England |
Various aspects of the countryside including rural funding |
| New
Opportunities Fund |
Provides
Lottery funding for education, health and environment projects. |
| North
West Development Agency |
Closed by the Conservative/Lib Dem Government |
| Office for Nation Statistics |
Economic
and social information |
| Official
Publications |
Info
on Green and White Papers etc |
| Parliament |
Commons
debates and questions and more |
| Parliament
Live |
Live
coverage of Parliament |
| PCS |
Public
and commercial services union |
| Pendle
Council |
See
what's going on in local government |
| Pendle
Community Credit Union |
A non-profit
making financial co-operative, run by experienced volunteers,
serving the whole community. |
| Pendle
Life |
Information
from local community groups and businesses |
| Pendle
Partnership |
Another
way of getting grants through SRBs |
| Pendle Radio |
Dedicated programming to the community that live in Pendle |
| People's History Museum |
Manchester's only National Museum which houses a unique Archive of Trade Union, Labour and Co-operative material. |
| The
Safer Travel Unit |
Lancashire
County Council Safer Travel Unit |
| School
Transport (including Benefits) |
School
Travel Pass Enquiries in Lancashire |
| SELRAP |
Skipton
East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership |
| Social
Exclusion Unit |
Tackling
poverty-related inequality across society |
| Sport
England |
Grants
for sports all over England |
| The
Child Support Agency |
Agency
responsible for assessing child maintenance from absent
parents |
| The
Economic and Social Research Council |
UK's
leading funding agency for research and training in economics
and social issues |
| TULO |
Trade
Union & Labour Party Liaison Organisation (TULO) |
| The
National Audit Office |
Checks
the books of all government departments |
| The
Post Office |
Communications
and Retail Services |
| Transport
Services in Lancashire |
Lancashire's
Transport Portal |
| Traveline
Public Transport Information |
Plan
travel by bus, train, coach, ferry or underground |
| TUC |
The
TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 58 affiliated
unions representing 6.2 million working people. |
| Turn2us |
A charitable service which helps people access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help. |
| Unison |
A trade
union representing one million public sector workers |
| Unite
the Union |
Britain's
biggest trade union - representing 1.5 million skilled and
professional workers in both public and private sector. |
| USDAW |
A trade
union for shopworkers, distribution, and general industries. |
| Wells Labour Party |
Find
out what is happening in Wells Labour Party |
| Working
Class Movement Library |
A unique
collection capturing the stories and struggles of ordinary
people's efforts to improve their world. |
