Author: GVC

Hi,

The next Greenmount Woodland Management session will be on Friday October 23^rd starting at 10am.

We are meeting close to Tottington Station/Incredible Edible at the viaduct that is Kirklees Street and South Royd Street. We will open the barrier to the Lines and allow parking down the side of Kirklees Street. A map is attached and the postcode for the junction is BL8 3NA.

The purpose of meeting here is to clear some of the vegetation along the Lines from that end and also to crown lift some branches and attend to any trees which are in the way.

I look forward to seeing you there.

All the best,

Alistair

Dear All,

Tottington and District Horticultural Society

Dorothy Heaton has advised us that the talk scheduled for the 14^th October has been cancelled.

Porch Boxes

We’d like to thank people who came to donate to our Harvest collection at the Tottington Centre. We collected an amazing 1055 items along with £125 in monetary donations in just an hour. So once again, a big thank you. 

We now have a lot of dry pasta & porridge so aren’t in need of more at the moment but thanks to those who have already donated some. We have got together a list of items we do need in case people are wondering what best to donate. Please see the attached document.

In addition to the Porch Boxes scheme which is running to serve our area there is also a food bank in operation at the Brandlesholme Community Centre, located next to the shops on Brandlesholme Road. In addition to requesting food donations they are currently short of shopping bags and egg boxes and have asked if we can share this message to see if anyone can supply these, either new or used.

All donations are gratefully received between 9:30am and 1pm each weekday.

More information can be found at https://www.brandlesholme.com/

Thank you

Julie Southworth

A quick note to mention that the TDHS talks on October14th “Gardening for Wildlife”  and  November 11 th “Weaving textiles on a hand  loom”  have been cancelled. 

Greenmount Village Walking Group, part of the Village Community Group are helping to promote this, but for the Coronavirus we would be doing guided walks for it, instead we are putting suggested walks on our website.  One of these is a Three Cafe walk through Kirklees Valley and Burrs Country Park.

Many Thanks

Christine

on behalf of Greenmount Village Walking Group

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – September 2020/Rev 5

Porch Boxes are still continuing to work hard to provide Crisis Packs during this difficult time, working with their regular local agencies, Social Services, Health Visitors, GP’s etc. to identify the areas of need.

A good majority of the regular, often weekly, donations are normally received from either churches or schools or from the donation boxes in various Supermarkets around the borough. Of course, many churches are still closed however some are now thankfully re-opening, and schools are now opening.

This being the case we may now find a gradual increase in donated products via churches and schools.

We are therefore suggesting that, until all churches are open residents in the borough, if their local church is still closed, continue to deliver their gifts into the donation box at their nearest named Supermarket (or Garden Bins in Tottington, Woolfold, Greenmount & Holcombe Brook)

Details of Supermarkets who currently have a donation box and the Garden Bins are shown below:   

DONATION POINTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(Supermarkets & Garden Bins)

 ASDA

Radcliffe, Pilsworth & Bury

MORRISONS 

Whitefield & Ramsbottom

GARDEN BINS

33 Holthouse Rd

Tottington

&

14 Thirsk Close

Woolfold

&

31 Greenheys Cr

Greenmount

&

39 Carwood Hey

Ramsbottom

Also, we are having a harvest event at Tottington Centre (library) tomorrow morning

I have been asked a few times if we would like supermarket bag donations. We are very grateful for the bags for life that Tesco & other supermarkets were delivering groceries in but anything lighter than that is too flimsy I  am afraid. Please can you also give a big Thankyou to all the people who continue to donate locally. Their generosity is truly amazing. 

Thanks

Diane

Here is a quick update on some local events

Drop In Session – Old School

Just a quick note to let you know that the monthly drop-in session at Greenmount Old School has been cancelled until further notice due to the new COVID restrictions.  Last month’s outdoor event was a success but unfortunately future events are now on hold.

Bury Lions Sponsored Walk

There is a sponsored Walk 4 Sight, to be held on October 10^th, organised by Bury Lions.  If you are interested I have attached further information and registration forms.

Best regards

Julie Southworth

Good morning everyone

Please find attached updates from Bury MBC regarding the latest information on local restrictions, the COVID-19 app and how to create a QR code for your venue.

I hope that you find this information useful

Kind regards

Julie Southworth

Please see below some important information from Rob Kilvington, chairman of Greenmount Cricket Club regarding the impact of new COVID restrictions at the Log Cabin.

Stay safe everyone

Julie Southworth

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The Government’s announcements on further lockdown measures earlier in the week mean that things will change once again at the Log Cabin with effect from Thursday 24^th September.

This note attempts to detail the main changes and asks you to support us in establishing them to ensure that we continue to provide as safe an environment as we can for all our members, staff and visitors. There are some significant financial penalties for both individuals and the club if these new rules and regulations aren’t followed, so from both a health & safety and financial perspective your support in this is essential. Non-compliance could lead to the club being shut down and our licence removed which would lead to the permanent closure of the club so your support in this really is essential.

The main changes in relation to the bar protocols are as follows :-

1. All customers entering, walking around and leaving the club will need to wear a mask – in essence if you are stood up you will need to have a mask on.
2. The club will become table service only – once you are sat down at a table you can remove your mask.
3. Our staff will come to your table and take your order and will bring it back to you and take payment, by card only, from you at your table. You can only drink at a table.
4. If you need to go to the toilet or go outside for a smoke, you will again need to wear a mask.
5. The club needs to be closed by 10pm. Last orders will therefore be at 9.15 and all customers and staff will need to have left by 10pm.

Changes are also being introduced in relation to Test and Trace procedures, the main changes being :-

1. From 24^th Sept we have to have our own NHS Covid-19 QR code that visitors should be able to log onto using the NHS Covid-19 App. There will be a manual process for those with no access to a smartphone. This will become in due course our main test and trace mechanism, but whilst we have the QR code set up and available, the updated NHS Covid-19 App still isn’t available on the App Store / Google Play. We are awaiting confirmation from Government / NHS when this will be rolled out. I will let all members know once we get this confirmation and we will only move over to this fully once we know it is working.
2. In the meantime we will continue to capture test and trace data via our visitors book for non-members and our tick-list for members. Our staff will update our test and trace records when they first meet you and take your order.  

The issue of tables and the use of outside facilities is less certain. We have made the most over the last 12 weeks of the plentiful supply of benches around the outfield, with customers buying their drinks at the bar and going outside and sitting down on the many benches. I’m currently seeking guidance as to the status of the benches and whether they can be treated “as a table”, however until this is received I will err on the side of caution and say that we can only serve people who are seated at the various tables that are outside the clubhouse. The penalties for infringement are so severe that we simply cannot afford to inadvertently do the wrong thing. As soon as I do receive guidance on this particular technicality I will naturally let you know.

I hope this is okay and I am sorry to be so picky about the wearing of masks when standing up etc, but we have to abide by these rules in the knowledge that they do help create as safe an environment as we possibly can. It is a completely new way of life to us all, but it looks like these new rules will be with us perhaps for the next 6 months so we do need to get used to them. We do know that some of our customers are exempt from wearing a mask, if you are one of these customers please bring your exemption card with you each time you visit as our staff have been asked to ask all customers to wear masks when standing.

Thanks again for your continued support through these extremely challenging times, it is very much appreciated. I hope you all agree that our primary focus simply has to be to ensure that we all make the Log Cabin as safe an environment as we possibly can for all our members, staff and visitors.

Rob Kilvington

GCC Chairman