Council condemns theft from Radcliffe Cenotaph
Flag stones have been ripped up and stolen from the site of the Radcliffe Cenotaph.
Flag stones have been ripped up and stolen from the site of the Radcliffe Cenotaph.
Bury is playing its part in bringing up to 900 empty homes in Greater Manchester back to life by March 2015.
A public inquiry surrounding plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant at Fletcher Bank in Ramsbottom will be held next year on 10 March.
Great Places Housing Group has recently acquired the site of the former Tulle Court in Prestwich to build 18 family homes.
Communities, businesses and landowners are being asked to give their views on new plans to deal with the risks caused by flooding.
Residents are invited to five public meetings to discuss how Bury can best meet its housing needs for years to come.
Ten years of work to transform the Pimhole area of Bury was marked with a celebratory event for local residents.
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) visited Bury last week to see the first four empty properties that have been brought back into use by Bury Council and Six Town Housing as affordable housing for rent.
Bury Council has launched a four-week consultation on a new planning leaflet and is inviting people to have their say about the information contained in this important document.
Bury Council, St Vincent’s Housing Association and Six Town Housing are working together on an exciting project to build nine new “affordable rent” properties in Bury.
Bury’s new multi-million pound hospice has won a regional award as the best community building in the North West.
Six Town Housing and Bury Council have been helping Bury’s young people back into work – and bringing empty properties back into use.
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.