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Active Lancashire and Spar renew School Games partnership

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Active Lancashire and Spar will continue in partnership with the Lancashire School Games for a 19th year. The announcement for 2024-25 comes as a Girls Active event was held at Roefield Leisure Centre in Clitheroe where 150 children from Pennine Lancashire schools engaged in an…

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