Greenmount Village Community

Dear All,

I am pleased to inform you that the footpath from Belvedere Avenue to Nabbs Way has now been reinstated, allowing better access to the Kirklees Valley trails.

Greenmount Village Community was awarded a grant from the recent Let’s Do It Community Fund and Bury Council Rights of Way department have funded the balance. Thanks go to Tim Martin from Martin’s Countryside for carrying out this work.

Sections of this path were impassable due to flooded, muddy areas and overgrown vegetation as well as problems with fly tipping and litter. The path has been completely resurfaced to overcome the mud issues and the vegetation cut back. As this path is now being used on a regular basis these problems should be kept at bay. We have already received a lot of positive feedback about the upgrade.

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

Dear All

There are two notices to share this morning.

The first is that there is planned firing on the Holcombe Moor Firing Range this weekend, from 7am until 10:30pm on both Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th (see attached firing schedule). Please observe the red flags and stay off MOD land during this time to assist our armed forces.

Second, the talk organised on 14^th February by Tottington and District Horticultural Society, ‘Prescription for Gardening” has been cancelled due to the speaker not being able to make the date.  If an alternative speaker can be arranged, we will provide an update.

Best wishes

John Southworth

Hi Folks,

The next Woodland Management is this coming Friday 2^nd February. We will be meeting at Old Kays Park in Greenmount on the corner car park of Hollymount Lane at 10am. The weather doesn’t look to be too much of a problem at the moment.

It will be the usual felling and tidying up of the trees there.

All the best,

Alistair

Dear All,

Please see attached the new sign for Greenmount Village Community Garden, next to the church.

This completes the funding from Forever Manchester for new raised beds, decorative stone, and a bench to upgrade this much appreciated area.

These jobs would not happen without our volunteers, thank you to everyone involved.

You will notice the QR code on the sign which will take you to our website https://www.greenmountvillage.org.uk/community_garden/ to keep you informed of volunteer sessions for this outdoor space and learn of its history and development. From April, new volunteers are welcome to help maintain this area and meet other people on Thursday afternoons from 2pm till 4pm, or alternatively, at a time which suits you after prior arrangement. All help is appreciated to keep a pleasant and tidy environment in Greenmount.

Best Wishes,

Julie Southworth

Dear All,

As you will be aware, Cuppa and Chat runs every Thursday afternoon at Greenmount Old School and was set up to provide a space for residents to meet and avoid feeling isolated in their homes. Since being set up in March 2021, we have welcomed many residents from Greenmount, Summerseat, Holcombe Brook, Brandlesholme, Tottington and Helmshore. There are between 20 to 30 people each week and often more for special events.

Due to an advert in the last addition of our newsletter ‘Greenmount Voice’ in November, a few extra people joined because of the programme we had on offer. As this newsletter is only 3 or 4 times a year, I think it is a good idea to let you know the programme for the next couple of months. We will be meeting from 1.30 till 3.30pm in February, but back to our usual time of 2pm till 4pm from March onwards.

Cuppa and Chat
1st Feb	Talk by GM Police on Scamming. A subject which I am sure has affected many people and would be useful to us all. Please come along if you can.
8th Feb	Bingo
15th Feb	Performance by the Square Street Singers. Enjoy this local choir who are happy to entertain you.
22nd Feb	Carers Hub – information on services available in Bury
29th Feb	Bingo
7th March	Quiz
14th March	Talk on Bees by Lee Fairhurst, our local Beekeeper
21st March	Victorian Manchester talk by Suzanne Hindle
28th March	Quiz

I hope you can join us.

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

Dear All,

We have finally installed the last two benches on The Lines which were funded by the Co-op community project.

All of you who selected us as your charity, it really works! This project has taken some time due to manpower, the weather and Covid of course. But I am sure that these benches will be used as often as those at the Greenmount end.

Many thanks to Tim Martin from Martins Countryside Contracting Ltd for the installation of these last two benches.

Our next seating project is replacing the picnic benches on the playground.

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth