Category: Notices

Dear All,

Please see below an update from Bury North Community Hub.

Best wishes

Julie Southworth

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Pitch Event – Postponed

As you are all probably aware already from my last email, the Pitch Event has been postponed.

Please can you support me and Austin to get let the community know to save them a journey.

Getting Help helpline poster 

Please see the attached poster and share as you see fit. The helpline is for residents of all ages in Bury. They offer non-clinical, non-urgent support for anyone experiencing difficulties with their mental wellbeing. They can help with accessing the right local services.

Public Health update

I have attached the public health briefing for the borough of Bury – 10th December, 2021 which I have received from our communications team.

Exciting opportunity for a group to participate

(see their information below)

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre is looking for a community group from the North neighbourhood to be involved in a creative project running from January- April called Sensory.
Contemporary artist and colourist Stephen Walton will be leading four workshops concentrating on exploring your neighbourhood through colour. Within each of the workshops, your community group will get the chance to socialise, learn, experience and make.
Workshop 1- Initial Meeting within community group venue or venue near you.
Workshop 2- Viewing objects relating to colour in collection at Bury Art Museum (Transport provided)
Workshop 3- An outdoor session in Ramsbottom and Tottington (Transport provided but the session will include walking).
Workshop 4- A Making session mixing paints and exploring the colours of your neighbourhood at a venue near you.
Your artworks, along with four other groups working within the different neighbourhoods of Bury will be shown in April 2022 at a unit in the Millgate Centre, where you can show off your wonderful creations!
We are looking for a group with around 8-12 members who might benefit and enjoy being involved in this project. This is an inclusive project aimed at adults, young people or children of any age and ability. We are flexible with how we go about leading these sessions to fit in with your group as much as possible.
Please express your interest to Gina Warburton by 15^th December either via email [email protected] or via Bury Art Museum’s main desk number: 0161 253 5878.

Kind regards

Tracey

Tracey Coatman

Bury North Neighbourhood, Community Hub Manager

Good Morning

From 9am until noon there is a Table Top Sale and Drop In, at Greenmount Old School, BL8 4DS. The usual stalls will be there, bric-a-brac, toys, books, jigsaws, DVDs/CDs electrical items, Heart Art and more. In addition, the café will be up and running for hot drinks, cakes, and hot lunches.

Julie Southworth

Dear All,

Please see attached a message from Guardian Angels, Bury and St. Hilda’s, Tottington informing us of their food collections this Christmas.

There is so much good work going on in and around our community. Thank you in anticipation for your support.

With kind regards,

Julie Southworth

Many thanks to Stephen Booth for putting together this beautiful celebration video of this years Greenmount Advent Windows.

You can also browse our YouTube channel here for a selection of other interesting Greenmount related videos.

Greenmount Village Community – YouTube Channel

Dear all,

We Need Your Help

A reminder that the online voting for Bury North Pitch applications opened on Monday 29^th November for two weeks.

There is a pot of £50,000, there are 18 projects bidding for this money.  It will be awarded to the projects which get the most votes by Saturday 11^th December.

Please help us by following the link below to read the summaries, or full details of the Pitches submitted for the Bury North Neighbourhood and

vote for your favourite five. Click on the NORTH pitch, click REGISTER then click on VOTE.  You must vote for five projects otherwise your vote will not be counted.

https://www.onecommunitybury.co.uk/let-s-do-it-together-neighbourhood-pitch

Greenmount Village Community Walking Group are bidding for £2,800.  The project is to help all in the area to “Live Life to the Full” whilst getting healthier as well as helping the planet by promoting all the many activities in Greenmount, indoors and outdoors, restarted after Covid, especially Walking, as Greenmount is the ideal place to be the centre of Bury North Countryside Walks.

The plan is to install a large-scale OS footpath map, of Greenmount and surrounding area, professionally done to include 15 marked circular walking routes, from easy short walks to longer challenging walks starting from Greenmount, which have been created by our village walking group.

We would also like to host an Exhibition in the Community Centre next spring, titled “Live Life to the Full, indoors & outdoors here in Greenmount / Bury North”. To which all involved in activities in the area will be invited to exhibit.

Pitch event

If you would prefer to visit the market stalls at the pitch event this is being held on Saturday 11^th December from 2-4pm at Holcombe Brook Sports and Tennis Club.

Good Morning

The Tottington Methodist Church & Tottington Centre are again having a joint Christmas collection for Porch boxes this coming Saturday, 4th December.  Please see the attached details of location, times and list of items needed.

For people who want to contribute but can’t get to Tottington Centre on Saturday they are welcome to use the box outside 31 Greenheys Crescent, Greenmount, the details of the items needed are on the poster below.

Thank you for your support of these collections, it really does make a difference.

Julie Southworth

Over the past two weeks we have had two break ins in the Old School. Damage was done to cupboard doors as they tried to find anything of value. A few small items were taken but nothing of much value – we never leave money in the building. If you do notice any dumped items likely to have come from the Old School please let me know where they are.

Please be aware that clearly there are people coming into Greenmount and trying door and windows and even willing to break a window to gain access to properties. On the first occasion it is possible that a door may have been left unlocked but on the second occasion a small window was broken to gain access.

Please, if you are walking past the Old School or driving past and notice any suspicious activity let me know. The police response to both incidents was excellent and when it was thought the intruders were still in the Old School the response was very quick.

Neil Carter
Church Secretary

The annual Santa’s Christmas cracker will be taking place this weekend.

Saturday 4th December

11am-3.30pm
Greenmount Church & OldSchool
BrandlesholmeRoad,
Greenmount
BL84DS

Please find all the information related to the annual Greenmount Advent Window event below.
Printable version here:
1 & 2

John Southworth has kindly taken the time to update our long out of date village welcome pack PDF. You will see it below and also here on the website.