As of yesterday, 59,000 people in Bury have had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. This means that one third of the eligible population (182,100) have been given at least the first done. Bury’s jabs are being carried out by medical staff at four vaccination centres run by the Primary Care Network: the […]

All local councillors in Bury receive a small budget to spend in their local areas. In Holyrood Ward we combine ours together to create a Holyrood Ward Community Fund and give 100% to local groups and projects who apply. Applications were sought last Autumn, and our final list of grants for the 2020-21 year is: […]

Please see below schedule major roadworks in March in the Prestwich area. Some potentially quite bad ones this month, including Fairfax Road and the big Bury New Road/Hilton Lane junction. The full list, including more minor works, can be found here. Bury New Road / Scholes Lane / Hilton Lane junction – 1-5 March 2021, […]

A new open call has been announced by Bury Town of Culture to find six local artists to create a series of creative micro-commissions for the town.  Applications are now open for artists working in any medium including art, prose, design, film, poetry or performance to submit their ideas. Each successful commission will receive £500 […]

New financial support is now available to support voluntary and community groups across the borough to collaborate on tackling loneliness and isolation. A sum of £100,000 is available to fund innovative collaborative projects to tackle social isolation created by the long and varied lockdown measures.  The funding will be split by Community Hub area, meaning […]

As of Wednesday (10 February 2021) 28,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will have been given across Bury’s four community vaccination centres. This means that just over 15% of the eligible population (182,100) have been given at least one of the two jabs necessary to protect against the potentially fatal illness. A huge thank you […]

The popular Prestwich Carnival, normally taking place in June, is hoping to happen this summer with provisional dates of 21 and 22 August 2021. Hopefully the extra time will allow the event to take place – fingers crossed! More information including information about sponsorship and volunteering opportunities.

Bury Council are currently consulting on the future of the three Civic Suites across Bury (Prestwich Longfield, Elizabethan Suite at the Town Hall, and Ramsbottom Civid Suite). Closure of all three is being considered. We’re campaigning to keep Prestwich’s Longfield Suite open as a community space. Obviously it’s been shut recently, but pre-Covid it was […]

Around 23,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been given across the four Bury community vaccination centres in Prestwich, Radcliffe, Bury Town Hall’s Elizabethan Suite and Ramsbottom. The centres are focussing on offering the first dose of the vaccination, to people within the first four priority groups that have been set nationally, by mid-February. This […]

Wednesday 27 January 2021 was Holocaust Memorial Day. This year the theme was Be the Light in the Darkness.  Sadly the physical event, which normally takes place at the Longfield, couldn’t take place this year, but the organisers worked hard to produce an online event involving school children, musicians, artists and religious leaders which can […]