With autumn well and truly setting in and the days getting shorter and shorter, here are five stories from Preston this week which will hopefully bring some sunshine to your day.

UCLan launches campaign to inspire new creative industries workers

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UCLan has launched a campaign to highlight the importance of creative industries.

The Creativity Matters campaign is designed by the agency Wash Studio and aims to inspire the next generation of creative workers.

Oxford Economics predicts the creative industries will generate 300,000 more jobs and an additional £28 billion in GVA across the UK by 2025.

However, the pandemic has led to financial struggles for organisations in the sector and a lower employment rate – a trend that UCLan’s School of Arts and Media wants to change. 

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Kirkham fundraisers to provide Christmas hampers for struggling residents

A group of Kirkham residents have set up a GoFundMe page to provide food for struggling families over Christmas.

To help people in their community, Michelle Clarke and her friends Diane and Lisa are fundraising £3,500 to make Christmas hampers for 100 families, which they will deliver to homes across Kirkham and the district area.

The hamper fundraiser is the group’s third campaign, and they are now seeking help from the public.

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Preston wholesaler’s sandwich campaign reaches fundraising milestone

Preston wholesaler James Hall and Co have passed £600,000 in their penny pledge sandwich campaign.

A decade after launching its penny pledge per sandwich sale in October 2011, James Hall and Co Ltd reached the major six-figure total.

For the last four years of the 10-year initiative, Marie Curie benefitted from the pledge through sales of customers’ favourite fillings. In late September, the firm and UK charity achieved the £200,000 milestone.

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Slug & Lettuce to take over popular Yates’s spot in Preston

Popular Yates’s Bar in Preston is set to reopen as a Slug & Lettuce.

It will open on Friday 3 December.

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Slug & Lettuce are well known for their cocktails, especially their cocktail trees.

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Eldon Primary School and Myerscough College shortlisted for 2021 Educate Awards

A Preston school will this November compete against over 75 others at the Educate Awards 2021.

Eldon Primary School has been shortlisted for four awards, including the Innovative and Creative Literacy Award, Outstanding Commitment to STEM, Most Inspirational Primary School and WOW Recognition Award.

Eldon Primary School and Myerscough College will join other shortlisted schools and colleges across Lancashire, Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

The awards showcase the work of schools and colleges that deliver outstanding education and help students achieve their full potential. With over 21 categories, the shortlist recognises inspiring teachers, dedicated support staff and strategic leadership teams.

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