Bury Council

New Bury Hospice wins Building Excellence award

10 May 2013 16:10

Bury’s new multi-million pound hospice has won a regional award as the best community building in the North West.

Young trainees are backing Bury and its empty homes

26 April 2013 16:21

Six Town Housing and Bury Council have been helping Bury’s young people back into work – and bringing empty properties back into use.

Community project helps young people back into work

17 April 2013 16:05

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.

Major town centre investment plans for Bury

11 April 2013 10:35

Ambitious plans to bring multi-million pound investment in leisure and shopping to Bury are being drawn up by council chiefs.

Bringing affordable housing to Bury

4 April 2013 14:28

Housing providers are being encouraged to join a new partnership and continue bringing affordable housing to the borough.

Improvements to town centre landmark get under way

12 March 2013 17:04

Work has started in Bury town centre on an improvement scheme which will restore Kay Gardens and Kay Monument to their former glory.

Tenants champion energy efficiency in their neighbourhoods

6 March 2013 12:11

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 show support for proposed youth club at community fun day

13 February 2013 12:36

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.

Tenants and residents chip in to recycle rubbish

7 February 2013 15:04

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.

Lottery windfall to improve Greenmount Station

19 December 2012 15:43

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.