B&FC and Lancaster University to move into Blackpool Council’s Bickerstaffe House

By Blackpool and the Fylde College

27 Jun 2018

Essential health and social care education and training is to be delivered from the ground floor of Blackpool Council’s Bickerstaffe House headquarters, following the formation of a strategic alliance between Blackpool Council, Blackpool and The Fylde College and Lancaster University earlier this year.

Later in the autumn, Lancaster University will begin using Bickerstaffe as a satellite to its Health Innovation Campus.

“This will involve different staff and students across the university at different times, depending on how individual projects and collaborations develop. It will draw upon the university’s expertise in research, teaching and engagement in health, and upon the various Health Innovation Groups which are being established in preparation for the Health Innovation Campus.”

The site will also include representatives from Better Start, HeadStart, Fulfilling Lives and the Fylde Coast Health and Social Care Career Academy.

Cllr Graham Cain, cabinet secretary at Blackpool Council, said: “We are delighted that this innovative project will be based at Bickerstaffe House. In addition to the benefits that the scheme will bring it is also fantastic news for the town centre businesses.

Bev Robinson, principal and chief executive of Blackpool and The Fylde College, added: “We are delighted to be joining with our partners in the strategic alliance to deliver much-needed health and social care education and training out of Bickerstaffe House.