History 2003 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council started to deliver a safe trader scheme to promote independence at home for vulnerable people, forming part of the local authorities’ preventative agenda. 2007 Care Network (Blackburn with Darwen) Ltd. was registered as an independent charitable company and company limited by guarantee. 2013 Care Network begin a pilot project exploring how to develop self care skills in people with long term health conditions. 2014 Care Network began to have sole responsibility for delivering the Your Support Your Choice centre, an information hub located in the town centre for health and wellbeing options available to people locally. The Safe Trader Scheme continues to grow from strength to strength. 2015 Third Party Hate Crime reporting relaunches at Care Network Hub formerly Your Support Your Choice Invited to represent third sector partners on the Transforming Lives programme in order to ensure effective support from the sector to local citizens Significant increases in participating partners and residents accessing Care Network Hub formerly Your Support Your Choice 2016 Care Network achieved Home Improvement Agency status. A new vision and mission statement is developed to further support the changes, growth and local demand for Care Network services. Achieving Self Care pilot project comes to an end with successful results and the evidence to support continued funding. 2017 Care Network take on the boroughs Learning Disability Partnership Board and Autism Partnership Board to make sure that good support and services are being developed and improved for people with learning disabilities, and/ or autism and their carer’s. Care Network re-brand's and 'Your Support Your Choice' takes the new name 'Care Network Hub'. Keeping Well Project funding is secured to continue to embed self care approaches in people with long term health conditions or other complex needs and vulnerabilities, in Partnership with Age UK Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire Mind.