Grants available for community groups helping people through Covid-19
Community groups can bid for a share of £10,000 to support them in the outstanding work they are doing to help people through the Covid-19 crisis.
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Making plans for Bury Market – our jewel in the crown
Council leaders are formulating ambitious improvement plans to keep Bury Market as the jewel in Bury’s crown.
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Data miners win national award for quality of information
Council staff whose backroom work has a huge effect on how services are planned and provided have won a number of national awards.
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Bury launches central ‘workforce hub’ for health and care recruitment as part of COVID-19 response
People who want to join Bury’s response to Covid-19 by becoming a key health or care worker can now use a single website to apply for both short and longer-term roles.
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Share your ‘lockdown’ experience for major art and social history project
Culture is flourishing in Bury despite the Covid-19 pandemic – in fact, the virus is being used as the inspiration for a major new arts and social history project.
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Empty roads means filled potholes!
Highways crews have filled more than 1,700 potholes across Bury since the coronavirus lockdown began.
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Our libraries – thinking outside the books!
Thousands of people are continuing to enjoy a good read through the library service despite the temporary closure of local branches.
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Fancy a fascinating read on VE Day?
Bury Libraries + Archives have produced two publications to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, which can be accessed online on BorrowBox.
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Keep the home fires burning – and celebrate VE Day with us
We may have to stay indoors, but that won’t stop us painting the borough red, white and blue on VE Day next Friday.
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Hail to our heroes – on the highway
Messages of thanks to key workers across Bury are being put down on some of the borough’s busiest roads.
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Bagged ‘grey bin’ waste only! Please work with us at the re-opened recycling centre
Residents are being urged to follow the rules and only to make essential visits to the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Radcliffe when it partially re-opens on Saturday (2 May).
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Bury Council mobilises huge volunteer response with Covid-19 Triage App
Bury Council has partnered with leading Cloud and Digital Services Provider, ANS, to quickly and easily coordinate requests for support and volunteering in the community in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
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Health risks force council to unseal dog waste bins
The irresponsible behaviour of some pet owners has forced the council to unseal some of the borough’s dog waste bins.
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New organisation to support carers in Bury
A new provider will take over the Bury Carers Service on 1 June to provide help to hundreds of local carers.
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Cash grants for Bury businesses hit by C-19 now up to £22 million
Finance chiefs are appealing to local companies hit by the Covid-19 pandemic to contact them if they are eligible for cash help.
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Join us for World Book Night on Thursday
We might be in C-19 lockdown, but that won’t stop us celebrating World Book Night on Thursday (23 April).
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Right stuff, right bin
Waste collectors in Bury are appealing to the public to put the right stuff in their right bins.
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Covid-19 testing increased for health and social care staff across Bury
Increased levels of testing for health and social care staff are being delivered at a town centre location in Bury, enabling much needed members of the key worker population to be tested for Covid-19 and safely return to work as quickly as possible.
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Getting financial help to the most vulnerable
Bury Council is moving quickly to allocate government funding and make sure this gets to most vulnerable residents and businesses.
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Think of people’s health - don’t burn waste during the C-19 crisis
Residents are asked not to burn their waste during the coronavirus pandemic to protect the respiratory health of the vulnerable.
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