Lancashire is a large and diverse county, with five Place-Based Partnerships each with its own unique characteristics and needs. The terminology of 'Place-Based Partnerships' mirrors the language used by the Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership. 

In Lancashire and South Cumbria, the five place-based partnerships are:

  • Fylde Coast - Fylde district, Wyre district
  • Morecambe Bay - Lancaster district
  • Central Lancashire - Chorley district, South Ribble district
  • Preston - Preston district
  • West Lancashire - West Lancashire district
  • Pennine Lancashire - Hyndburn District, Ribble Valley District, Rossendale District, Pendle District, Burnley District

Treating Lancashire as one area, when looking at ways we could support and nurture positive change for our young people and their families would not be beneficial for Lancashire. Therefore, it is important to look at each area's characteristics and needs by the professionals and people who understand the area. As such, there are 5 locality groups; one for each of the Place-Based Partnerships.

 ICS localities map

Locality group overviews

Chair

Andrea Sandiford
Education Partnership Officer (EPO)

Priorities

Autumn term

  • Mental Health of CYP, Staff and Parents
  • Exploring a Trauma-Informed Approach
  • Increasing EET

Chair

Craig Brown
Education Partnership Officer (EPO)

Priorities

Autumn term

  • Exclusion
  • NEET
  • Attendance

Chair

Alison Walsh
Education Partnership Officer (EPO)

Priorities

Autumn term

Work in partnership with VRN and virtual schools to develop trauma-informed practice across Chorley and South Ribble schools, including any work around mental health, vaping and supporting the roll out of Change Talks.

Chair

Alison Walsh

Education Partnership Officer

Priorities

Autumn Term

  • Develop a partnership approach to increase the number of young people accessing education, employment or training post-16
  • Explore the emotional health and wellbeing offers available to support schools and a particular focus on support for parents
  • Engage schools in the Vaping work lead by Public Health

Chair

Claire Fox
Education Partnership Officer (EPO)

Priorities

Autumn term

  • Priority 1: To explore the development of Trauma Informed Practice with schools and partners in West Lancashire (including Mental Health)
  • Priority 2: Support the development of school-to-school support networks in West Lancashire. 

Chair

Alan Garner
Education Partnership Officer (EPO)

Alicia Dixon
Education Partnership Officer (EPO)

Priorities

Autumn term

Living Safely in East Lancashire will be the overarching priority and working groups will focus on;-

  • Engage schools and build networks on a District level to embed the Public Health response regarding vaping
  • Continue to Pilot the Men at Work materials for years 5 and 6 and support use in Targeted Youth settings
  • Develop the Multi-Agency Support Panel process across East Lancashire
  • Suicide Prevention in Children and Young People. Cascade the work in Hyndburn across East Lancashire
  • Weapons and knife crime resources –Work with LCC PHSE lead to identify quality resources to support schools and settings
  • Increase education, employment and training opportunities for vulnerable groups

TASS locality group dates 2023 / 24

Fylde Coast

27 September 2023   
21 November 2023 
30 January 2024 
12 March 2024 
30 April 2024 
10 July 2024 

Morecambe Bay

26 September 2023   
28 November 2023 
30 January 2024 
19 March 2024 
21 May 2024 
9 July 2024 

Central

27 September 2023   
29 November 2023 
24 January 2024 
6 March 2024 
24 April 2024 
3 July 2024 

Preston

13 September 2023
15 November 2023
17 January 2024
13 March 2024
1 May 2024
26 June 2024

West Lancashire

19 September 2023   
21 November 2023 
30 January 2024 
12 March 2024 
30 April 2024 
10 July 2024 

Pennine

20 September 2023   
22 November 2023 
31 January 2024 
13 March 2024 
1 May 2024 
3 July 2024