Nancy Flanagan
{{Short description|British community worker and activist (1929–2025)}}
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Anne Nancy Flanagan MBE{{Cite web|title=AN MBE TO BATTLER NANCY. - Free Online Library|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AN+MBE+TO+BATTLER+NANCY.-a0126616398|access-date=11 January 2021|website=www.thefreelibrary.com}} (1929 – 13 February 2025) was a British local community worker and rights activist, living in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottiepress.org/projects/achieve.htm |title=Achievements |website=Scottiepress.org |date= |access-date=13 December 2015}}
Work and Activism
Flanagan worked to improve the health, social and living conditions within the Vauxhall area for over 40 years, starting when she became chairperson of the Vauxhall Project in 1969.{{Cite news|last=Jolly|first=Jasper|date=17 April 2020|title=Vauxhall plans physically distanced car production in UK|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/17/coronavirus-vauxhall-plans-socially-distanced-car-production-in-uk|access-date=11 January 2021|issn=0261-3077}} Flanagan held the position for three years. In 1984 she became chairperson of the Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council and as of 2015 was still active, as well as being chairperson of the Heriot Street Residents Association.{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=|title=ⓘ Nancy Flanagan. Anne Flanagan MBE is a local community worke|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43918319|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 January 2021|website=google-wiki.info|jstor=43918319|language=en}} Throughout her 50 years of public service, Flanagan did not take a salary and contributed her time voluntarily.{{Cite web|last=Sanghvi|first=Renu Yadav,Disha|date=17 June 2020|title=How salary cut impacts your PF corpus and gratuity|url=https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/how-salary-cut-impacts-your-pf-corpus-and-gratuity-11592371849768.html|access-date=11 January 2021|website=mint|language=en}}
Flanagan was involved in the campaign to build the Vauxhall Health Centre in Limekiln Lane and other projects, like the Vauxhall Health Forum.{{Cite journal|last1=Chung|first1=Kit Oi|last2=McKendrick|first2=Helen|date=2008|title=Participation, equity and inter-sectoral collaboration in general practice: the case of Vauxhall Primary Health Care|journal=London Journal of Primary Care|volume=1|issue=2|pages=103–105|doi=10.1080/17571472.2008.11493221|issn=1757-1472|pmc=4212750|pmid=25949571}} As well as these causes, Flanagan was involved with the establishing of the Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council's day nursery, the Merseyside Accredited Childcare Training and Assessment Centre (MACTAC), VNC Lifeline and Vauxhall Sure Start.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Her work was recognised in 2004, when Flanagan was awarded the MBE for her endeavours within her local community.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/inaugural.htm |title=Inaugural Meeting of The Friends of Liverpool Monuments |website=Liverpoolmonuments.co.uk |date=18 January 2005 |access-date=13 December 2015}}
Flanagan died on 13 February 2025, at the age of 95.{{Cite web |title=Click here to view the tribute page for Ann FLANAGAN MBE |url=https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/flanagan+mbe/5237536 |access-date=9 June 2025 |website=funeral-notices.co.uk |language=en}}