Reports
PAC Foundation Research Report Phase 2 - Supporting Young People in Schools
October 2025
What would schools look like if young people helped shape the support they receive? This report brings together research from 150 young people affected by violence across Lancashire, highlighting the experiences and challenges that can affect how young people learn, behave, and feel at school.
PAC Foundation Research Report Phase 1
September 2024
What happens when young people are given the opportunity to speak openly about their experiences in school? This report shares what young people across Lancashire had to say about trust, mental health, discipline, student voice and the school environment. Their research explored one key question: do young people affected by violence have an equal voice in decisions made at school?
NED Recruitment- Improving Diversity in NHS Leadership
March 2024
Inclusive North, formerly Lancashire BME Network, was commissioned by Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) to explore why people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities were under-represented in Non-Executive Director (NED) roles. Our research identified significant barriers within traditional recruitment processes and highlighted the need to rethink how diverse board talent is attracted, recruited and supported.
Global Majority Community Fund - Investing in grassroots organisations tackling racial inequality
March 2023
Through the Global Majority Community Fund, Inclusive North distributed £230,349 directly to Black and racially minoritised-led organisations across Lancashire, helping grassroots groups respond to inequality and support communities during a period of significant need.
Support 360 - Changing the Landscape
November 2022
The Project was a National Lottery-funded Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) programme led by Lancashire BME Network, now Inclusive North, working in partnership with four trusted community organisations across Burnley and Pendle.
The project was developed in response to evidence that many people from Black and racially minoritised communities were not accessing mainstream advice and statutory services because of barriers including language, cultural understanding, digital exclusion, accessibility and, importantly, a lack of trust. Support 360 addressed this by investing in established community organisations to provide locally based, culturally appropriate and bilingual information, advice and guidance.
Community Renewal Fund Equaliser Programme
June 2022
During the period October-November 2022, the Global Race Centre for Equality (GRACE), University of Central Lancashire, and external partners on Evidence Ltd, conducted an end-of- cycle evaluation of the implementation Equaliser Project (pilot). Project implementation ran from November 2021 to June 2022 and was funded by the Community Renewal Fund, Lancashire County Council in the amount of £341,432. The project focused on the specific needs, in terms of moving into/closer to employment, of Black, Asian and other minority ethnic people living in Pendle, Burnley, Hyndburn and Rossendale, in Lancashire.
Energy 360
Febuary 2022
Energy 360 was a major fuel poverty programme delivered by Inclusive across Pennine Lancashire. Funded through the Energy Redress Scheme, the project provided free, confidential and culturally appropriate energy advice to people from racially minoritised and disadvantaged communities, helping households reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency and access practical support.
Reset & Build: Reimagining VCSE Partnerships in Central Lancashire
November 2021
The Reset & Build programme brought together 22 organisations from Central Lancashire’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector to explore how the sector can work more effectively alongside health, care and public sector partners. The first phase focused on rebuilding trust, understanding different perspectives and creating a more equal approach to partnership and decision-making.
NHS Cancer Screening Champions – Taking Life-Saving Messages into Communities
May 2017
Inclusive North delivered the NHS England Cancer Screening Champions Programme across Lancashire, working with communities where cancer screening uptake was lower and traditional health messages were not always reaching people. By training trusted people within communities to become Cancer Screening Champions, the programme took vital information about bowel, breast and cervical screening directly to people in familiar and accessible settings.
Yaadein - They crossed continents. They built new lives. Their stories became part of Lancashire’s history.
December 2014
Yaadein, meaning memories, preserves the voices of South Asian women who migrated to Britain during the 1960s and 1970s, many leaving India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to begin new lives in Lancashire. The project captured the experiences of more than 150 women across East Lancashire, ensuring their memories were not lost to future generations.
