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​On Tuesday the 25th our CEO Amanda Walton, Operations Manager Bob Elliott, Community Capacity Builder Brian Hawke and Phill Speddy attended  the Forces Wellbeing Collective held The Showcase to launch Thrive Together.
Over 120 people attended at The Edge in Wigan. Speakers from Step Together Volunteering, Burnley FC in the Community and Tom Harrison House. Ian Millen came up from Veterans Outreach Support based in Portsmouth to tell us about the work being done in his region. 

​On Sunday 23rd Feb VIC held a special "painting in the style of Bob class" This was in Memory of David Christian, a Bob Ross regular who sadly passed away. David's Daughter brought in a canvas print of him so he could keep an eye on everyone. There was only 3 people attend due to last minute cancelations. The theme was one of David's favourite topics which is the landscape with mountains and the log cabin. RIP mate.

Laurence one of the members  of the Railway Club who is also registered with Blind Veterans UK making good use of the CCTV Reader for some fine work on one of his Dioramas in Accrington on the 19th February.  

Clitheroe veterans coffee morning on the 18th Feb was once again busy, we had two new members started and many are staying on for Trinity Methodist Church Warm Hub.

Members of the VIC art group have started to paint the mountain and sky background scene for the railway group viaduct. The houses and the set up they have are of a very high artistic level and well worth a visit.

At the start of February we had two CCTV Readers donated by Blind Veterans UK for our members who have sight problems to use, we have one at the VIC Centre and one which is designed to be used for craft work was taken to Accrington for our Railway Club members.
We have number of our members who are members of Blind Veterans and these will be a great asset for us.

The Sandbag Cafe in Preston was very busy yesterday, in addition to the normal brew, banter and bacon butty we had Gary Crowe Veterans lead for Lancashire Constabulary and the Local Policing Team. They had the opportunity to speak to some of local veterans’ support organisations and veterans to better understand how the Police can support veterans in crisis and the wider veterans community. This was part of Lancashire’s ‘Peoples Voice’ series where their staff get the opportunity to meet with communities face to face.
It was very productive.