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10 The Shuttle DECEMBER2012BOROUGHSHORTSXMAS IBin collectiondatesHere are the arrangements for bincollections over the festive period.If you are due to have your bin collectionon Christmas day Tuesday, December25, this will now be collectedon Friday, December 28.If your bin is to be collected onWednesday, December 26 these willnow be collected on Saturday, December29.For residents who would normallyhave a collection on Tuesday, January1 for the burgundy bin and grey binthese will now be collected on Friday,January 4. All affected properties willreceive a hanger on the bin at the lastcollection before these dates.Any properties whose collectionsare not affected will be given a stickeron their bin showing this information.Properties whose collections willchange will have a letter posted tothem. Make sure to have your bins outby 7am on collection day.To create more space in your greybins over Christmas fl atten all cardboardboxes and plastic bottles todouble your space. For burgundy binstry and buy only what you need and eatup any leftovers.SERVICE GETS A NEWHOME (AND NEW NAME)From left Councillor Mohammed Khan, Executive Member for Health and AdultSocial Care, Ryan Callaghan and Ben Procter, design students from BlackburnCollege who will be helping with the look of the new service, Andy McHugh, YourSupport Your Choice Service Development Manager, James Hadleigh from CareNetwork, Sally McIvor, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Executive Director forPeople, Lauren Oakland, team leader from Lancashire MIND. Centre: Alan Sumnerfrom the Peer Support Group.XMAS IIRecycling yourChristmas treeIf you would like your tree to becollected please book through thebulky collection service.The cost is £10 for 50 units worthof items being removed. A Christmastree depending on its size will rangebetween 10 and 20 units.Please call the Bulky collectionservice on (01254) 585921 and you willbe given a collection date.You can also cut up your treesand put them in your brown bin if youhave one or you can take your tree tohousehold waste recycling centres inGeorge Street West, Blackburn andSpring Vale Road, Darwen, which areopen from 9am – 5pm every day exceptChristmas Day, Boxing Day andNew Year’s Day.First brown bin collection in theNew Year will be week commencingMonday, January 14.There will be no temporary collectionpoints this year please use HWRCfacility as above.By Shuttle StaffA service which will help peoplelive their lives as they wish andgive support they need to becomeas independent as possiblewill soon be moving into a newhome.The service, which has justopened in the borough and was introducedin the last edition of the Shuttle,will be soon housed at 9A TownHall Street.The new service will act as a onestop shop for health and social careinformation and advice from a varietyof different organisations. It will alsoput people in touch with initiatives intheir community.It will cater for residents of all agesand their families who need help tostay independent in their communityand help stop their health and socialcare needs from worsening.It is at the moment operating onthe ground fl oor of Blackburn CentralLibrary, Monday to Friday between10am to 5pm but is now moving tothe larger premises.Work is underway to fi t out thebuilding.It is intended the service will be anactive partnership of residents, charities,voluntary organisations carersand community groups who will worktogether on a range of measures thatpromote independence and preventativemeasures.Service will be heartof the communityNAMEThe service will be called Your Support,Your Choice after the publicwere invited to help name it.One of the fi rst organisations tosign up to provide services from YourSupport, Your Choice was mentalhealth charity Lancashire Mind. Staffwill provide a weekly information andsupport service.Other organisations and servicesinclude Care Network, Blackburnwith Darwen Carers Service, the EnergyZone which is based in HigherCroft and the Council’s neighbourhoodservice.People can also go to the centreto fi nd more about self-directed supportfrom the Council’s self-directsupport team which supports peopleeligible for Council funding to choosehow they get their care.The Peer Support Group, which ismade of people who actually receivefunding from the Council and havechosen to direct their own supportand so can give personal experienceto guide residents, also has a presence.From October 2013 it is anticipatedthat the new service will alsobe operating at a range of communitybased venues across the Borough.NETWORKBlackburn with Darwen Support PlanningNetwork and the new PersonalAssistant Network are also linked tothe centre.The Support Planning Networkwill see citizens who are entitledto Council funding through a PersonalBudget get the best possibleassistance with planning how bestto make use of their money. SupportPlanners can help with fi nding informationabout local services, putting asupport plan together and providinginformation about the different waysa Personal Budget can be managed.Also the new Personal AssistantNetwork is made up of organisationsthat can either fi nd a Personal Assistantsfor local people to employ andthose who will both fi nd and managethe Personal Assistants.Councillor Mohammed Khan, ExecutiveMember for Health and AdultSocial Care, said: “Blackburn withDarwen Council is committed to givingresidents more choice and controlover their care as well as makingsure good quality services are readilyavailable whether they are providedby the Council, the voluntary sectoror the private one.“Establishing this service fi ts inwith this commitment. The servicewill provide information and advice aswell as links to a range of communitybased services and support.“The services that it offers will beshaped by residents and communities.“I am a fi rm believer that manysolutions to the issues this boroughfaces can be found in the communityand it is right that residents shape theservices on offer.“I look forward to how Your Support,Your Choice will develop in thenext few years.”SEE PICTURES OF THE BOROUGH AT WWW.FLICKR.COM/BLACKBURN-WITH-DARWEN