Topics: Leisure

  • Bury Mini and Junior events set to return in 2024

    Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, the UK’s largest not for profit events company, is delighted to announce that entries are now open for Bury’s most popular children’s charity road running events, the Bury Mini and Junior run sponsored by Xerox Business Solutions.

  • We stand together during Greater Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week

    No one should face hate, violence or abuse because of who they are, who they love, where they’re from, what they look like or what they believe. That’s the message for this year’s Greater Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week (5 – 11 February 2024).

  • Six Town Housing comes back in house

    Bury Council has formally taken over responsibility for managing and maintaining its council 7,700 homes across the borough, following the transfer of staff and services from Six Town Housing.

  • Share your inspirations during LGBT+ History Month

    LGBT+ History Month focuses on the people who have inspired others, helped them to learn about LGBT+ culture or encouraged them to become an ally.
    LGBT+ History Month takes place during February each year as it coincides with the abolition of section 28 in 2003, a policy that prohibited the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality.
    Since the first LGBT+ history month in 2005, the event has raised awaren

  • Protect your family from measles

    Public health bosses have appealed to Bury residents to get themselves and their families vaccinated against measles.

  • Thousands in Bury missing out on unclaimed Pension Credit

    Around two and a half thousand older residents across the borough are missing out on money they are entitled to because they haven’t claimed Pension Credit. Some £5.5 million is sitting unclaimed in Bury each year with an estimated 2362 of those that are eligible, aged 66 and over, not claiming.

  • Get help at our antisocial behaviour surgeries

    If you have any concerns about antisocial behaviour whether it is on your property or in the wider community then come along to one of our surgeries in January

  • LET’S Fix It Together – support your local community organisation

    Make it your New Year’s resolution to get involved and volunteer with local community groups. Volunteering isn’t just about helping and supporting others. Volunteering can also help you personally a wide range of ways – from improving your own wellbeing and mental health, to developing new skills to meeting new people and being better connected to you community.

  • LET’S DO IT Community Fund supports neighbourhood activities

    Fifty-eight voluntary groups from across Bury’s communities have been successful in applying for support through the LET’S Do It! Community Fund. The money will be used to support a range of activities from exercise to e-learning and mental health to meals.

  • 2024 Bury Running Festival now on sale

    Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, in partnership with Bury Council, have today announced that entries are open for the return of one of the region’s most highly anticipated and popular charity road running events, the Bury Running Festival.

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