Bury Council’s Rangers invite youngsters and their families to join them at their local Green Flag park and take part in a variety of spooky activities. Activities include Pumpkin Carving into spooky Halloween creatures & Halloween crafts – make your very own creepy bookmark, monster & lots more! Halloween crafts -Tuesday 25th Oct 10am-11.15am Burrs […]

Keep our Town Centres thriving with some of the specialist markets lined up around Bury between now and Christmas with quality food and gifts from local traders: 26 November Radcliffe Christmas Farmers Market & Festive Entertainment (Radcliffe Town Centre) 27 November Whitefield Christmas Farmers Market & Festive Entertainment (Hamilton Road Park, Whitefield) 3 December Christmas […]

NatWest have got in touch with us as your local Councillors to let us know about a new Grants Scheme they are running for local groups. In each of their local markets they are offering three community projects the chance to win awards of £6,000 each. NatWest won’t be deciding the winners, but it will […]

May Half Term Events A3

Bury Council is consulting on their new Affordable Housing Strategy. The strategy highlights the reasons for the shortage of affordable housing in Bury and outlines the mechanisms and partnerships we will embrace to maximise provision and respond to demand. They would particularly like your views on the following: Do you think that we are heading […]

The next meeting of the Prestwich Local Area Partnership takes place on Thursday 11th November, 6.30pm at the Longfield Suite. 6.15pm – Meet councillors, Police and other LAP members The agenda includes: Sedgley Ball Zone proposal Future of partnership working Pharmaceutical services for Prestwich Updates from Police and Fire Service Public Question Time – 7.30pm […]

Six Town Housing, the arms length housing provider for Bury Council is about to comment a number of internal improvements to many properties in the Prestwich area. The work, being undertaken byThe Casey Group includes replacing kitchens and bathrooms, heating works to include replacing boilers, re-wiring kitchens & bathrooms. (Please note work will vary in […]

Simister residents have a great opportunity to protect their homes and property with free Smartwater kits, thanks to Simister Home Watch Association. The kits cost £59 each but are available free to local residents, and will enable valuables to be uniquely marked and protected. The kits work by placing an invisible dot containing a unique […]

Bury Council has finally launched their formal consultation on the future of the Longfield Suite, Radcliffe Civic Suite and other threatened Bury Community centres. Now is the time to act, whether you have signed the petition or not, if you care about the future of our local community centres then it is crucial that you […]

The following is a statement from Bury Council: Go to information about disruptions to bin collections Owing to the continuing severe weather conditions Bury Council is only able to run very limited services. The rubbish and recycling collection service is currently suspended. Due to a national shortage of grit we are having to prioritise the […]