Great to welcome @LGAComms and [email protected] to our care leaver hub last week!

It's very much designed and produced by local young people who have experience of living in care, and we're very proud of the space😊

Have you checked if you’re entitled to childcare funding?

To find out whether you are eligible and how to apply, visit childcarechoices.gov.uk

If you have any queries around childcare, you can email our team on [email protected]

Protect yourself and those you know from doorstep crime:
🚫 Stop
✅ Check
📞 Report
📣 Share

Click here to find out more: ow.ly/Jlfh50RqYh9

If you get into difficulty in the water, remember #FloatToLive …

· Tilt your head back with ears submerged.
· Relax, breathe normally.
· Move your hands to help you stay afloat.

Once your breathing is controlled, call for help or swim to safety.

#BeWaterAware #RespectTheWater

🗳️ Election day for council and GM mayoral elections is fast approaching
🆔Remember you will need photo ID to vote on Thursday
📽️For what to expect on the day, watch ow.ly/yYVf50RqKus
✍️ Full details on locations, times and candidates, here
ow.ly/LX7G50RqKyh

Fancy a career in sport? Earn a Level 2 Coaching Strength and Conditioning qualification with Wigan Warriors College's fully-funded course at Robin Park Arena. 🍒⚪

FREE to GM residents aged 19+ Email [email protected]. Applications close 7 May 2024.

Did you know if you foster a child 0-2 years old you may not need a spare room?

Did you know If you have commitments that a sleepover fostering may be an option for you?

Our fostering team can help you find a type of fostering that works for you: bit.ly/3KtXek6

It was lovely to have you in Wigan BBC Songs of Praise 🎶

Make sure you tune in today at 1.15pm 🫶🏼

🔵⚪️ From starting the season -8, 70 points later and a top half finish.
👏 Well done to Shaun Maloney, squad and everyone Wigan Athletic
⚽️ ⚽️ Impressive performance to sign-off on 2023/24, too.

#wafc

Are you thinking about a career in adult social care?

Join us in May at one of our reablement recruitment days at Wigan Town Hall.

To find out more about what roles are available and to meet our team, book on to one of our events 👉 bit.ly/RR-OpenDay

#CareToJoinUs

📣We want to hear from you! We are working to boost road safety and we’re consulting on powers to enforce against illegal driving at two further locations
▶ Bradshawgate, Leigh
▶ Windermere Rd, Leigh

👇 wigan.gov.uk/Council/Consul…

It’s a sad fact that children aged 3 years+, children with additional needs, siblings, and children from global majority backgrounds, wait the longest to be adopted.

The Growing Families Together campaign wants to help change that, could you?

Visit adoptionnorthwest.co.uk

Well done Happy Smiles Training CIC 😁👍 👏 we're so lucky to have such an amazing local group helping to raise awareness about disabilities and inclusion. Time to celebrate! 🥳

🗳️ One week today, polling stations will be open for Wigan Council and GM Mayoral elections.

📽️ For what to expect, watch our explainer video below...

💻The full elections info is here: ow.ly/czSz50RgVrA

Kick start your career in fitness with Be Well Wigan and Wigan Warriors College 🍒⚪ Earn a Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing with a FREE course at Robin Park Arena (ages 19+).

To find out more email [email protected]. Applications close 7 May.

This week marks national stalking awareness week.

To learn more about stalking and harassment, visit: ow.ly/XVwk50RjXXB

You can contact the National Stalking Helpline for more advice: 0808 802 0300

❓ Did you know that measles can lead to one in five children requiring a hospital visit and the infection can result in complications for one in 15?

If you are unsure if your and your family are protected, contact your GP about the MMR vaccine.

More 👉 nhs.uk/conditions/vac…

Looking for ideas to waste less food, save some money, and give a second life to ingredients that often go to waste?

Check out the #StopFoodWasteDay website for advice, tips and recipes

👉 stopfoodwasteday.com/en/recipes-and…

🗳️ Wigan Council and GM Mayoral elections are on Thursday, May 2.

👉 Photo ID is needed to vote...

📅 ... apply for free voter ID before 5pm, April 24.

🎧 Listen to the Borough Life Podcast election special: ow.ly/Es7X50R8vUT

💻For full info: ow.ly/U17b50R8vZ2

Many thanks to Wigan Council for supplying trees that are available for our staff to take home with them as part of #GreenWeek

Don't forget to pick one up - available to collect from each campus 12 - 1pm all week.

#GMColleges GreenWeek #GMColleges