Mel Close

Thank you @DIsabilityNW for showing me around your new Community Hub this afternoon! Insightful discussions around supported banking and Direct Payments, and Access Cards. DENW do vital work here in #Preston and across the region. Give them a follow and show your support!

This mornings ‘Sandbag on Tour’ Veterans Cafe, in the Mobile Event Tent (MET) was just amazing-great to see so many veterans, and their families, enjoy breakfast together a quiz and live music ! @InCertainPlaces @prestoncouncil #Strongertogether #peersupport #ArmedForceschampion

Good to see you Connor, well put the kettle on next time ☕️

#Foraging Free food across the City continues- Cherries 🍒 have now finished 👎 but Blackberries are in season 👍 Jam, crumble, vinegar etc etc here we come !! #freefood #forager #naturesbounty

At today’s #LancashireFestival we took great comfort in dedicating a @StCatherinesPre #yellowribbon to Becca, who we recently, and very suddenly lost 💔 The ribbon is now in their memorial garden. A touching fundraiser for a worthy cause. #foreveryoung #family @Closie01

A lovely day #LancashireFestival Weather stayed mainly dry & it was great to see so many families enjoying the Festival, local entertainment (which was brilliant - great artists !), local businesses and even some #therapyponies ❤️

‘ABBA Mania’ at the MET (Mobile Event Tent) located in Larches for July. We had a great night, and everyone had a great night !! @prestoncouncil @InCertainPlaces @Closie01

This morning I attended the funeral of Royal Navy Veteran Leevi Francis-Walmsley (D255749F)after his sudden passing last week. Packed Crematorium, inside & out inc support of our Armed Forces community helped give Leevi the dignified farewell he deserved & showed how loved he was

Calling Women and Girls in Preston and Lancashire to fill in a ‘Safety of Women and Girls Survey’ commissioned by Lancashire Police & Crime Commissioner. @LancsPCC This is an opportunity for women and girls who live, work and travel in Lancashire to share your insights and…

Next Tuesday, all Veterans and families welcome - we’ve got food, brews, a WWII quiz and a singer. @Gillylancs love you to join us too !

An excellent @bmj_latest article confirming CWB policies in Preston saw a 4% increase in our employment rate compared to similar areas that didn't adopt it. It's common sense. You regenerate publicly and buy locally it creates more jobs. #PrestonModel jech.bmj.com/content/early/…

Good to see you Keith, as always, thanks for coming.

Lots of lovely messages about this series, including one today from a gentlemen with prostrate cancer who uses an accessible loo & gets fed up of people’s negative & judgemental comments. #invisibleimpairments

Thank you @BBCNWT & @annabelvtiffin for a great highlighting #hiddendisabilities - including my interview (well done the camera guy for trying to get my best side 🤣). I was really nervous but the whole team were great ❤️

Thank you !

This year marks 30 years since the genocide at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in which more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were systematically murdered in what was described by the United Nations as ‘the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War’. 2/2

Was great to pop along to the first #DisabilityPride event in Preston today with @DIsabilityNW and @CllrMelClose in attendance. Well done to all the organisers for putting together this unique and inclusive event.

Today was all about #Disabilitypride with @DIsabilityNW and it was fabulous. So many people, great atmosphere, lots of love & no hate 👍❤️ #DisabilityPrideMonth Great to see lots of colleagues inc @MatthewBrownLab @PrestonMayor @prestoncouncil staff.

Another brilliant #Disabilitypride

Racial Quality Diversity Council AGM excellent speech by Manager Mr Faruk Desal, inspirational talk on prevent/deter modern slavery.