Greenmount Village Community

Dear All,

Please see attached the next talk by the Holcombe Moor Heritage Group.

A HISTORY OF RIFLE RANGES ON HOLCOMBE MOOR 1850-1960

A talk by Professor Richard Horrocks

Wednesday 15th February 2023 7.30pm at Greenmount Cricket Club

See poster for further details.

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

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Folks,

This coming Friday 17^th February we are meeting at Old Kays Park at 10am. Please find details of where to meet attached.

The plan is to do some felling and brash hedge laying and general tidying up.

There is a considerable amount of management required in this park so there will be plenty of jobs for everyone to have a go at.

Hopefully the dreaded Road Closure on Holcombe Road will be a thing of the past, if it isn’t I will email you on Thursday evening.

See you on Friday at 10am,

Have a lovely weekend,

Alistair

Dear All,

John and I were privileged to meet a member of Andy’s Man Club recently, who informed us of the work they do to support men of any age who may be having difficulties of any kind.

Please see the posters attached with information of the work they do and how to find out more about them. Please share with anyone you feel may benefit from this information.

With kind regards,

Julie Southworth

Dear All

The monthly Tabletop Sale and Drop In is to be held on Saturday, 4^th February from 9am – noon at Greenmount Old School, BL8 4DS.

Note: Due to the ongoing temporary closure of Holcombe Road, vehicular access from Tottington is restricted.

Please find attached a request for helpers to assist with the event, new volunteers are ALWAYS welcome.

Also note the dates of the next two sales events, Saturday 20^th February at 3pm there will be a Grand Jumble Sale and the next monthly Drop In with be on Saturday 4^th March.

Thank you

Julie Southworth

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Dear All,

Please see below a calendar of events run by the Tottington and District Horticultural Society.

All events are held at Greenmount Old School Brandlesholme Road, Greenmount Bury BL8 4DS

All talks are held on Wednesdays at 8pm

8^th February ‘Bury Cine Society’

8^th March ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’

11^th October ‘History of Gin’ by Holcombe Gin Ltd

8^th November ‘Flower Arranging Made Easy’ by Rosemary Saunders

Saturday 25^th March – Spring Show

Saturday 9^th September – September Show

Saturday 3^rd June – Plant Sale from 9am

Tuesday 7^th November 7.30pm – AGM

A good programme of events with something for everyone. Enjoy!

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

Good morning, everyone.

Due to a recent change in the law, to vote in elections in England this May, you will now need to show photo ID at the polling station.

Passports, driving licences and older person’s bus passes are among the allowed documents.

Note: The postal voting system has not changed.

If you have no suitable photo ID to vote in person at a poling station you can apply for free voter ID now, the Government portal for applying for Voter ID is now open. Note: You must be registered to vote before you apply.

Any residents who require a Voter Authority Certificate should visit the Government website in the first instance – https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate. 

If you are having issues with the portal or need additional support, please ask them to contact Bury Council’s elections team on [email protected] or call 0161 253 5252.

The Electoral Commission have produced a booklet for electors containing everything they need to know about Voter ID and the May 2023 local elections (attached).   

Please could you please share this information with your friends and family to ensure that they are aware of the new requirements.

Best wishes 

Julie Southworth

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Dear All

Please find below some exciting funding news from D-CaFF.
Julie Southworth
Chairperson

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D-Caff have been nominated to be part of the Asda Foundation Green Token Giving ONLINE vote via our local Asda store.

The vote went live on 1st January 2023 and runs until 30th April 2023.

The group with the most votes will receive a cheque for £500, 2nd place £400 and 3rd place £300

You will be able to vote for D-CaFF by visiting here and selecting Bury Marketside from the drop down box. You will be able to vote once every 7 days, so please be sure to return and revote in the following weeks.

To help promote and encourage our supporters to vote, we have been given some exciting graphics to use on our social media posts so u will see these going out on FB in the forthcoming weeks. Please be sure to share with your contacts so we can get more votes for D-CaFF ….you can use hashtags #AsdaFoundation #GreenTokenGiving

In the meantime thanks for your ongoing support guys ….this is great news for D-CaFF!

Hi All,

Happy New Year to your all.

Paul and I met yesterday and have proposed the following dates for the next Woodland Management sessions.

Neither of us have a free Friday in January so the dates are:

• Friday 17^th February meeting at 10am (location likely to be Old Kays Park)
• Friday 24^th March meeting at 10am location unknown

The locations may change as the current very wet weather means there is a strong likelihood that a storm may uproot (or bring down) trees in our area. I will confirm the locations nearer the time.

All the best,

Alistair

Dear All,

Please see the poster attached which has been sent by Louise Coldrick of the Holcombe Moor Heritage Group advertising their talk on 25^th January at Greenmount Cricket Club.

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

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