Bury’s first Queer Fest takes place this Saturday
Bury Art Museum is to host the town’s first Queer Fest on Saturday 21 June.
Categories: community
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Bury Set to Flourish with Launch of the ‘Right to Grow’ Initiative
A groundbreaking initiative, ‘Right to Grow’, is launching in Bury, encouraging communities to transform public spaces into vibrant places by growing fresh food. This exciting new community growing initiative, detailed on the Incredible Edible Prestwich website, aims to bring residents together, nurture local environments, and boost health and wellbeing across the borough.
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Community clean-ups get under way
More than 40 bags of litter and rubbish were taken off the streets of Bury during the first of our LET’s Community Clean-ups.
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Carers Week 2025 - Caring About Equality
It’s Carers Week – the annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.
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Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day
Come along to the service marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day at Bury Parish Church on the evening of Thursday 8 May.
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Our support for families during the holiday season
Bury Council is opening its family hub and children's centres to provide families and young people a safe space to drop in if they want a chat, a friendly face or any support during Christmas and the holiday period.
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Bury Works: Work Well - a new service to support those with health issues with their employment
A new service has been launched to help residents who are at risk of losing their jobs or have recently become unemployed due to health-related challenges.
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Bin collections over the festive season
Residents are being sent details of their bin collection dates over the Christmas and New Year period and beyond.
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Ensuring we all benefit from life’s opportunities
Enabling everyone in Bury to benefit from future prosperity and life chances is the aim of a refreshed inclusion strategy and set of equality objectives being considered by Bury Council.
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Social Value brings rewards to whole community
Bury Council will use its financial muscle to ensure that all communities benefit from ongoing and future investment.
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Could you be entitled to Pension Credit? Come to one of our advice sessions
Sessions are being held across Bury to advise people on Pension Credit and helping them to apply if they qualify.
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Two thousand young people take part in this year’s B-SAFE project
More than 2,000 students at 11 of the borough’s high schools have been learning how to keep themselves safe in all manner of situations.
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Mayor launches Poppy Appeal in Bury
The National Poppy Appeal has been launched in Bury as we remember the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives and livelihoods during past and current conflicts.
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Keeping our streets protected as Bury builds for the future
Prosecution of those causing disturbance in the town centre, support for young people who might be drawn into trouble, and support for women and girls affected by violence are all success stories from work to protect residents and visitors.
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Standing Together Community Safety Grants programme launched
Bury Council, working alongside Bury Voluntary, Community, and Faith Alliance (VCFA), have opened a new funding programme to support local groups working to promote positive community safety, enhance community cohesion and tackle hate crime within the borough.
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Radcliffe Enterprise Centre and Library update
Work is about to start on creating the new Radcliffe Enterprise Centre which will give local businesses a huge boost.
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Making our borough safer together
The views of residents, visitors and people who work in Bury are being asked for to make sure that the borough remains one of the safest places in Greater Manchester.
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Seven more fined for fly-tipping and littering
Seven people have been fined for fly-tipping their waste or littering on the streets of Bury in August.
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Community groups can make the most of cost-of-living fund
Community groups can now apply to a fund to support residents with financial pressures.
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Sara scoops Bury Adult Learner of the Year for 2024
Bury's adult learners celebrated their successes at the annual Learner of the Year awards
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