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We are delighted to be working with the Lancashire Constabulary again, this time with the Preston Police’s Community Cohesion Team. You may have recently seen on our social media about our campaign across Preston and lots of our volunteers getting involved. It was great to see so many local businesses supporting our Safe Space for…
Congratulations to Denise Wilkinson, the 2021 winner of the Lesley Finley award, presented to her by Sandra Prince, Lesley’s mum. Previous award winners include Becky Rich and David Hinchliffe, pictured below.
This year DENW turns 25, so we’ve tried to make the most of the celebrations, in a number of different ways, so it was great to unveil this fabulous creation by local artist David Robinson of DaveRob Design. And what better way to celebrate, than with a creation of our iconic building in #Preston another…
A “crackin’” time has been had all round so far over the past couple of weeks as the new Wallace and Gromit bench is unveiled outside the Markets in Preston city centre. Preston is home to Wallace and Gromit’s creator Nick Park, where he was born in 1958 and our CEO Mel Close, was among…
DENW’s HoH and D/deaf projects have a variety of online sessions – to get involved.
Disability Equality’s Hate Crime Survey.
We are one of a host of amazing organisations that have signed the following open statement…
We opened our doors at our current location at Church Street, Preston in 2000 – 21 years ago this month! Wow, how time flies! Church Street Opening Day Here’s a photo of our opening day VIPs – The older gentlemen in the wheelchair is John Coxhead (sadly deceased) our Chairperson at the time. The other…
Here’s our latest update around direct payments and Covid Vaccinations. Please note this is subject to change and we advise you check the latest update via the Government website Personal Assistants – staff who are employed by people who receive a Direct Payment – are eligible for the vaccine programme and have been identified by…
