Month: January 2023

Dear All,

Please see below a calendar of events run by the Tottington and District Horticultural Society.

All events are held at Greenmount Old School Brandlesholme Road, Greenmount Bury BL8 4DS

All talks are held on Wednesdays at 8pm

8^th February ‘Bury Cine Society’

8^th March ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’

11^th October ‘History of Gin’ by Holcombe Gin Ltd

8^th November ‘Flower Arranging Made Easy’ by Rosemary Saunders

Saturday 25^th March – Spring Show

Saturday 9^th September – September Show

Saturday 3^rd June – Plant Sale from 9am

Tuesday 7^th November 7.30pm – AGM

A good programme of events with something for everyone. Enjoy!

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

Good morning, everyone.

Due to a recent change in the law, to vote in elections in England this May, you will now need to show photo ID at the polling station.

Passports, driving licences and older person’s bus passes are among the allowed documents.

Note: The postal voting system has not changed.

If you have no suitable photo ID to vote in person at a poling station you can apply for free voter ID now, the Government portal for applying for Voter ID is now open. Note: You must be registered to vote before you apply.

Any residents who require a Voter Authority Certificate should visit the Government website in the first instance – https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate. 

If you are having issues with the portal or need additional support, please ask them to contact Bury Council’s elections team on [email protected] or call 0161 253 5252.

The Electoral Commission have produced a booklet for electors containing everything they need to know about Voter ID and the May 2023 local elections (attached).   

Please could you please share this information with your friends and family to ensure that they are aware of the new requirements.

Best wishes 

Julie Southworth

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Dear All

Please find below some exciting funding news from D-CaFF.
Julie Southworth
Chairperson

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D-Caff have been nominated to be part of the Asda Foundation Green Token Giving ONLINE vote via our local Asda store.

The vote went live on 1st January 2023 and runs until 30th April 2023.

The group with the most votes will receive a cheque for £500, 2nd place £400 and 3rd place £300

You will be able to vote for D-CaFF by visiting here and selecting Bury Marketside from the drop down box. You will be able to vote once every 7 days, so please be sure to return and revote in the following weeks.

To help promote and encourage our supporters to vote, we have been given some exciting graphics to use on our social media posts so u will see these going out on FB in the forthcoming weeks. Please be sure to share with your contacts so we can get more votes for D-CaFF ….you can use hashtags #AsdaFoundation #GreenTokenGiving

In the meantime thanks for your ongoing support guys ….this is great news for D-CaFF!

Hi All,

Happy New Year to your all.

Paul and I met yesterday and have proposed the following dates for the next Woodland Management sessions.

Neither of us have a free Friday in January so the dates are:

• Friday 17^th February meeting at 10am (location likely to be Old Kays Park)
• Friday 24^th March meeting at 10am location unknown

The locations may change as the current very wet weather means there is a strong likelihood that a storm may uproot (or bring down) trees in our area. I will confirm the locations nearer the time.

All the best,

Alistair

Dear All,

Please see the poster attached which has been sent by Louise Coldrick of the Holcombe Moor Heritage Group advertising their talk on 25^th January at Greenmount Cricket Club.

Kind regards,

Julie Southworth

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Dear All,

Please see below the latest news from the Tottington Centre below.

Kind regards

Julie

News From The Tottington Centre, December 2022. 

Fundraising Events of 2022 – A Huge Thank You. 

• You bought books from us when we held our two book sales this year, including Bury’s Biggest Book Sale. We hope you loved the books you bought. 
• You supported our Village Fayre way back in the Summer. 
• You guessed the wine with our “experts.” Cheers! 
• You showed your general knowledge at our Fun Quiz Night. We hope you will show it off again in 2023. 
• You bought Christmas books, jigsaws and gifts at our Christmas Craft Fayre. Thank you for supporting this. Sue and Debbie would like to thank everyone who bought jewellery from their stall. You helped them raise £105 for Francis House Children’s Hospice. 
• You bought raffle tickets for our Christmas hamper. Let’s hope you win! 
• You saved your used/empty inkjet cartridges. We turned them into cash! 

All these fundraising events have helped us with our running costs. What can we say  except “Thank You” – as without your support we would not be open. 

The 100 Club 2020 – Ongoing Fundraising. 

• Thank you so much for continuing to support The Tottington Centre’s 100 Club. You can join this fundraising draw by paying £5 a month or £60 a year, whichever suits you best. Packs are available via email: i[email protected] and we will send them out to you or pop in for a pack. The draw takes place on the third Friday of the month and the winners are announced on our social media platforms, our website and in this newsletter.  
• Latest results for the November draw: 

• 1^st   prize Number 51 wins £127.50 
• 2^nd  prize Number 22 wins £63.75 
• 3^rd  prize Number 63 wins £21.25 

If you are one of the lucky winners, your cheque will be in the post and the cheque can be deposited into your bank account via the Post Office. 

So Many Other Ways You Have Supported Us – Thank You 

• It’s not just your money we are after! We are so grateful for all the books/jigsaws you have donated – you might see them on the shelves or at our book sales.  
• You have also donated prizes for our raffles and our tombolas. Thank you – you may even have won them back! 
• Thank you for supporting the children’s activities term time and in the holidays. It is our way of giving back something to our community and the volunteers love this work. 
• Thank you for popping in, browsing and borrowing books.  
• Thank you for supporting the Tea Room. 
• A big thank you also needs to go to all our tenants for their continued support – without them we could not pay the bills.  
• A thank you to all the groups who rent rooms from us and to you for joining these groups – all the rent from this again helps us pay our bills. 

You have also supported us to help others 

• Porch Boxes Collections in 2022. We held our car park collections in the Spring, Summer, at Harvest time and on December 3 for a Christmas collection. Porch Boxes would like to thank you for continuing to support these car park collections and for the daily donations. 
• The Rotary Club of Tottington and West Bury would like to thank you for your kindness and generosity, donating 330 coats from all across the borough.  
• Supporting Knit and Natter. You bought goodies from them throughout the year: at Easter, for Halloween and at their stall at our Christmas Fayre. Knit and Natter divide monies raised between Bury Hospice and The Tottington Centre. They would like to thank you for this.

A thank you to all our volunteers too:  

• to Sunnybank for keeping our car park and grounds clear  
• to the Gardening and Buildings Team, the flowers look fabulous and the repainting of the outside looks really smart 
• to Matt for keeping our website up to date 
• to the Fundraising Team as without them we would have no money! 
• to the Publicity Team, without them you would not know what is happening at the Centre  
• to the Finance Team for balancing the books 
• to the Activities Team for their work with our youngest members   
• to the volunteers who work in the Centre each day as without them The Tottington Centre could not open. 

A huge and final thank you to all of you – in whatever capacity – who have supported us in so many ways over this last year. 

The Tottington Tea Room. 

Call in for breakfast, brunch, lunch and tea/coffee and cakes. 

Don’t forget that Paula has a Takeaway Service for tea/coffee/soft drinks and cakes. 

A sample of the cakes: 

Eton Mess Cheesecake/Chocolate Cookies/Chocolate Muffins/GF Ginger Cake/Cherry Bakewell. 

Plan A Fitness. 

Then – after all those indulgences – why not visit Alex who offers bespoke Personal Training Sessions. 

Plan A – Fitness. 

Bespoke Personal Training available £18 an hour, all sessions tailored to your exact needs and goals. Sessions available to book online at planafitness.as.me or phone Alex on 07599508380. 

The Tottington Centre will re-open at 10.00am on Wednesday 4 January, 2023 

Best wishes, from Friends of Tottington Library (FOTL)

Contact us at:

Email:                  [email protected]         

Facebook:           www.facebook.com/tottingtoncentre

Website:             www.tottingtoncentre.co.uk

Phone:                 07902 671040

Address:              The Tottington Centre, Market Street, Tottington, Bury BL8 3LL

Thank you for your donations to help support the Centre and Library:

Just Giving:    www.justgiving.com/friendsoftottingtonlibrary

Easyfundraising:     www.easyfundraising.org.uk