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  • Keeping our town centres safe

    At its recent meeting, Bury Community Safety Partnership at Kay Gardens to discuss first hand measures to further increase safety for residents and visitors

  • Bury commemorations for VJ Day anniversary

    A Civic Service of Commemoration, exhibition and other events will take place in Bury marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

    Picture of people laying wreathes at war memorial
  • Bury celebrates 15 Green Flag awards

    As Love Parks Week gets underway, Bury Council is proud to announce that all 13 of the borough’s main parks - along with two cemeteries - have once again been awarded the prestigious Green Flag status for 2025. This national recognition highlights the ongoing commitment to providing welcoming, well-maintained green spaces across the Bury borough.
    With 15 awards, Bury has the most Green Flag s

    Compilation image showing groups of people holding out the Green Flag Award flag
  • Bury Set to Flourish with Launch of the ‘Right to Grow’ Initiative

    A groundbreaking initiative, ‘Right to Grow’, is launching in Bury, encouraging communities to transform public spaces into vibrant places by growing fresh food. This exciting new community growing initiative, detailed on the Incredible Edible Prestwich website, aims to bring residents together, nurture local environments, and boost health and wellbeing across the borough.

  • Community clean-ups get under way

    More than 40 bags of litter and rubbish were taken off the streets of Bury during the first of our LET’s Community Clean-ups.

  • Carers Week 2025 - Caring About Equality

    It’s Carers Week – the annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

  • Our support for families during the holiday season

    Bury Council is opening its family hub and children's centres to provide families and young people a safe space to drop in if they want a chat, a friendly face or any support during Christmas and the holiday period.

  • Ensuring we all benefit from life’s opportunities

    Enabling everyone in Bury to benefit from future prosperity and life chances is the aim of a refreshed inclusion strategy and set of equality objectives being considered by Bury Council.

  • Mayor launches Poppy Appeal in Bury

    The National Poppy Appeal has been launched in Bury as we remember the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives and livelihoods during past and current conflicts.

  • Keeping our streets protected as Bury builds for the future

    Prosecution of those causing disturbance in the town centre, support for young people who might be drawn into trouble, and support for women and girls affected by violence are all success stories from work to protect residents and visitors.

  • Standing Together Community Safety Grants programme launched

    Bury Council, working alongside Bury Voluntary, Community, and Faith Alliance (VCFA), have opened a new funding programme to support local groups working to promote positive community safety, enhance community cohesion and tackle hate crime within the borough.

  • Making our borough safer together

    The views of residents, visitors and people who work in Bury are being asked for to make sure that the borough remains one of the safest places in Greater Manchester.

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