Read more here 👉 bit.ly/3IxLIAB Our Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Digital and Customer Service Cllr Quesir Mahmood, Chief Executive Denise Park and Skills City founder Mo Isap visited The Making Rooms ahead of the open day on Saturday earlier today 📷

We're sending our congratulations to the team at Blackburn College on their latest Ofsted inspection result! This is excellent news for our borough's young people, and indeed any resident who wants to follow a programme of study.

We are so immensely proud of our Digital Service Design Team who are FINALISTS in the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards. Good look to all the finalists tonight! 👏🏆

Silver Winner for the Customer Focus Award is Blackburn with Darwen Council for their Service Design Team. 🎉👏 This award is for the organisation that delivers outstanding service to their customers. #iESEAwards2022 #customercentric #customerserviceslayers

JUST ANNOUNCED: Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery and Art Gallery is set to get a new roof thanks to £365K of GOV.UK funding! 🥳 The work will help safeguard the museum’s 148 year old extensive collection 🙌 Read the full story now 👉 bit.ly/3Jmz7kx

An extra £1.5m is set to be invested in Blackburn with Darwen in things that matter to you! 💚 … including cash for parks, paths and litter picking! Take a look at the highlights now 👉 theshuttle.org.uk/environment/

Coun Phil Riley has been confirmed as our new Council Leader. He’s looking forward to continuing the economic progress that's been made in recent years & providing opportunities for our young people to live & build their careers here. Get the full story: bit.ly/3yN7QFh

We have a winner! Janet Pearce from Keep Darwen Tidy 💚 will light the #Jubilee Beacon at Darwen Tower! 👑 Watch this new video now of the moment we surprised her with the news! And read the full story and the full list of nominees here 👉 bit.ly/3wXRWXv

We are extremely excited for the Festival of Making this weekend. 🎉 Blackburn artist and National Festival of Making Chair Jamie Holman is hosting the Art in Manufacturing programme, find out more about the artists taking part on the image below 👇🎨

Our latest campaign to make a difference, aiming to help with cost of living and boost recycling rates.

At 10am King Charles III will be proclaimed at the Accession Council - below is a link to watch it live. Tomorrow, we have two local events planned to mark the proclamation of our new King: ▪️Blackburn – 2.30pm outside the Town Hall ▪️Darwen – 3.30pm in the Market Square

We would like to express our gratitude to all the guests who attended today’s County Service of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Were you there? Pls share your photographs with us by DM. You can also watch it live-streamed here: youtube.com/watch?v=4zW0Ud…

Wishing everyone in BwD a Happy New Year! As we look ahead to 2023, here’s a New Year’s message from Council Leader Coun Phil Riley. 🎬 Despite the financial challenges ahead, Coun Riley feels there is cause for optimism in BwD.

We’re looking to buy this iconic mill in Blackburn! Imperial Mill is a stunning landmark in the town - a huge building which was once a spinning mill. The plans are part of our £1bn vision for the future of BwD. Read the full story now 👉 theshuttle.org.uk

JUST ANNOUNCED: Akbar’s could be on the menu for Blackburn’s new £50m Cultural Quarter! We’re in advanced discussions with Akbar’s which already has super popular Indian restaurants in major cities including Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. Full update: theshuttle.org.uk

We've been listed on VisitEngland's best events and outdoor experiences in England this July! visitengland.com/celebrate-summ… 🔗 View our Festival Programme: bit.ly/3MggzE0 Blackburn with Darwen Council Arts Council England

TODAY 👇 TODAY 👇 TODAY 👇 TODAY! … and TOMORROW too! 🙌 The Festival of Making in Blackburn town centre! 🥳 So much to see, do & enjoy with most being FREE! Check out: festivalofmaking.co.uk now for everything you need to know. See you there 👋

We LOVE Blackburn’s Festival of Making! There’s so much creativity, innovation& joy in this town…thanks Blackburn with Darwen Council for events like these that release the incredible potential in this place. More space for creativity & community please! The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) Bishop Philip

It’s just been announced that we’ve secured £20m of new funding for our borough! 🥳 It’s part of our successful Levelling Up Partnership with GOV.UK And it takes the total of Levelling Up investment to a whopping £125m! Full details here 👉 theshuttle.gov.uk

Saw this on FB and think we are all this Liverbird today.