Six Town Housing has funded a successful initiative to help local young people into employment in Bury. Six Town Housing funded a pilot project, teaming up with Clearaims, an organisation that uses various creative learning techniques to help young people back into education, employment and training.
Ambitious plans to bring multi-million pound investment in leisure and shopping to Bury are being drawn up by council chiefs.
Housing providers are being encouraged to join a new partnership and continue bringing affordable housing to the borough.
Work has started in Bury town centre on an improvement scheme which will restore Kay Gardens and Kay Monument to their former glory.
Six Town Housing has established a group of “Energy Champions” made of volunteer members of the community, who receive free specialised training to help spread the word to other tenants on how to save energy – and money.
Tenants and residents gathered together in Outwood Community Centre this week for a day of free family fun and involvement and to register their support for a proposed youth club.
This winter, Six Town Housing held a “Chip ‘n’ Skip” initiative, where they placed large skips around neighbourhoods in Radcliffe, Bury and brought a tree chipper to give tenants the opportunity to clear in and around their property.
Greenmount Community Group has been awarded £26,250 to improve the former site of Greenmount Station. The money is from ‘Community Spaces’, a grant programme managed by Groundwork UK on behalf of the Big Lottery Fund, which supports communities wanting to improve their local greenspace.
Residents and landlords are being asked for their views on two housing policies being prepared by Bury Council.
Two lads have been given the chance of a future career thanks to the Backing Young Bury scheme.
Two new superstructures will be installed over two of Greater Manchester’s motorways next month.
Children at Hazlehurst Community Primary are celebrating their new £40,000 playground which was opened on 12 October by Stuart Brown fromMarshall’s.
