We Love Heysham

04/09/2026

📢Calling all West End community groups – for the next six weeks you can make an application to Pride in Place West End Morecambe for an ‘Early Wins’ grant of up to £15,000, with a total pot of £260,000 to be allocated. 🥳

Explore the eligibility criteria in their ‘Early Wins’ Guide 👇
�https://prideinplacewestend.org.uk/downloads/Early_Wins_Info_Guide_Final.pdf

❓Have questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to the Pride in Place team.

When ready, make your application at the following link 👇
🔗https://grantmaker.co.uk/apply/p_j34ap1k02e8e7ji9c86pfcl8

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03/09/2026

Looking to improve your English or Maths and gain a nationally recognised qualification?📚

Our Functional Skills courses are designed for adults who want to build confidence and develop the skills they need for work, life or further study. They are designed to fit around your schedule and it's free for many adults!

View the courses and get more information here 👇
https://ow.ly/PyAL50WzWLi

03/09/2026

🔨 NEW Mini-Exhibition & Talk at Lancaster City Museum!
200 years ago, thousands of desperate handloom weavers from across Pennine Lancashire took to the roads demanding help in the face of starvation.
Their pleas were not met with support, but with sabres, bullets and bayonets - a defining moment in the history of protest and resistance.
Now the Weavers' Uprising Bicentennial Committee have planned a touring exhibition and lecture series to mark the bicentennial of the 1826 Lancashire Rising.

🏵️ The exhibition is at Lancaster City Museum in Market Square from 18 August to 14 September. It's included with standard museum admission.
🕥 Visit 10:30am - 4pm, every day except Wednesdays & Thursdays.
👉 www.lancaster.gov.uk/sites/museums/city
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🏵️ We're hosting one of the talks at the City Museum too:
Protest, Punishment and Legal Repression: State Responses to Popular Dissent in the 1800s, with Dr David Gordon Scott & Kate Hurst.
🕑 Wednesday 2 September - 2pm
👉 The talk is FREE but advance booking is required: https://www6.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/event-details?eventid=3131589
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03/09/2026

03/09/2026

Baffled by A.I.? Don't be. Join us for an introduction to A.I. at with Lancashire Adult Learning.
Thursday 1 October
10:00 to 12:00
https://www6.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/event-details?eventid=4154303

03/09/2026

Calling all 11-18 year olds who want to sew, stitch and up-cycle clothing!!

Starting next week on alternate Tuesday evenings, the fabulous will be leading a fashion upcycling project, in collaboration with !

So if you want to learn some useful skills such as:
how to rescue old items of clothing;
how to customise old clothes and make them unique;
how to design fashion pieces that match your style...

now would be the perfect time to join our FREE Sew Good project!

The sessions will include hands-on, relaxed and creative, building skills while giving you the freedom to experiment and express yourself.

So sign up today here:

https://escape2make.org/club/sew-good/

03/09/2026

Amendment - Exhibit opening will be 26th November, not 16th November, sorry for any confusion!

We are so excited to reveal something that our volunteers have secretly been working on...

📸 The Friends are hosting a photography competition this Autumn!

We want to celebrate Heysham for Lancashire Day this November, and what better way than to invite local photographers, whether hobbyist or professional, to submit your photos showcasing our wonderful village?

Competition overview:

· Photographs can be entered from 1st September 2026 – 1st November 2026

· There are 2 categories – Junior (15 and under) and Adult (16 and over)

· Entries from both categories will be selected and exhibited in Heysham Library for all library visitors to enjoy

· Photographs will be judged anonymously by representatives from The Friends of Heysham Library and Morecambe Camera Club along with a special guest judge

· A special open exhibition evening will be held Thursday 26th November from 6:30pm to celebrate the exhibition and in recognition of Lancashire Day, which occurs annually every November

· The winner from each category will be announced and awarded during the evening. We will be pleased to award the winner from the Adult category with 1 year’s free membership of Morecambe Camera Club and a library goodie bag, and the winner from the Junior category with a junior library goodie bag

· All exhibitors will receive a professionally printed copy of their photograph following the exhibition

All competition info and guidelines can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OT7NZasw_3ZsX5Iph__-Fkm9wNntybupagP3SmLA7BU/

Any more questions?
Please email [email protected] and a volunteer will get in touch as soon as possible.

We cannot wait for the full exhibit to come together in November and hope you will join us to celebrate the many views of Heysham.

Please do share with anyone who may be interested, and we want to extend a massive thank you to Morecambe Camera Club for their support with this competition! 🦀🧡