Good morning
This is a reminder to everyone that there will be firing at the Holcombe Moor TC this weekend, the 21st and 22nd November. During this time please observe the red flags and avoid encroaching on or crossing over MOD land during this time as per the notices displayed on the moor. Any encroachment on MOD land may lead to a permanent loss of public access over this stunning area.
Best regards
Julie Southworth
Dear All,
I have been working with local organisations who recognise the problems facing those in need this Christmas. As many more local people are losing their jobs our food banks are already stretched and the demand is increasing.
Please share and donate if you can. Help us spread a little joy this Christmas for those in need in Bury by donating to our Christmas appeal.
£1 could buy a child a selection box and larger donations other gifts 🎁
Please click on our link below, and thank you in anticipation for your support.
Community Collaborators in Bury 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/little-fir-tree
With kind regards
Julie Southworth
Bury Update (12.11.20)
Self-Isolating Advice
Alcohol Awareness Week & Mental Health Link (wc 16th Novemeber 2020)
Reconnecting Our Communities Event
Also, you may be interested in the following event tomorrow
| Lockdown loneliness and the voluntary and charity sector’s response |
| Tuesday 17th November, 9:30am – 11am Join the National Lottery Community Fund and a panel of speakers to discuss the impact lockdown has had on loneliness and how the voluntary and community sector responded to it. They will be sharing learning and ways of working learnt from communities in the first lockdown, to help communities as we continue and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Book your place |
Jigsaw Library
I am writing to inform you of a new project we are running from Greenmount Old School. As you will be aware we are unable to run the Saturday morning ‘Drop In’ sessions and the Jumble Sales, where we would normally raise funds for The Old School . We have decided to organise a Lending Library for the loan of Jigsaw Puzzles, for a small charge.
Some of you will be aware of the range of puzzles available at The Old School, and many more would be welcome. If you have any jigsaw puzzles you wish to pass on, these can be dropped off any Saturday morning from 9.30am – 11.30am and left inside the porch. Please take care to follow social distancing rules when approaching the entrance and wear a mask. Thank you.
A member of our community has kindly offered to be our contact for the loan and distribution of the puzzles with GVC helpers assisting with deliveries.
More information about this new project will follow in due course, with photographs of jigsaw puzzles you can choose from.
Unwanted Good as New Toys
We are also collecting Good as New Toys for Father Wyatt to give out to deprived children in the inner city of Salford. These can be left in the porch of the Old School on any Saturday morning from now until 5th December. The church usually have a Toy Service when these are collected, but of course they are unable to do that this year.
When dropping off toys in the porch, please observe the social distancing rules and wear a mask when entering the building. Thank you for your support.
Best wishes,
Julie Southworth
Please find attached a document promoting a Virtual Fundraising Fashion Show to be held by The Fusilier Museum on Thursday 19th November 2020
Please support this event if you can
Best Wishes
Julie Southworth
Businesses urged to have their say on two major consultations to help Greater Manchester build back greener
Greater Manchester’s leaders are calling on all businesses to make sure they have their say in two major public consultations to help shape the city-region’s final plans to tackle air pollution as part of efforts to build back cleaner and greener following the pandemic.
Tens of thousands of people have already engaged with the proposals – with over 40,000 finding out more about key elements of the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) and minimum standards for taxis and private hire vehicles licensed in the city-region online.
Businesses and people across the region still have several weeks to have their say on the consultations, which run until 11:59pm on Thursday 3 December 2020.
People can find out more and give their views at cleanairgm.com and gmtaxistandards.com, or request further support, including copies of consultation documents, on 0161 244 1100.
In a first for Greater Manchester, the websites are hosting a virtual engagement space open 24/7 during the consultation period given government guidance around social distancing.
The virtual engagement area includes all the consultation materials and we’re running online drop-in sessions where people can ask the Clean Air team questions about the proposals from their computer, tablet or mobile phone.
For businesses and taxi operators, the Clean Air team is also hosting a series of webinars, which offer a more detailed presentation and an opportunity to ask questions about the plans and funding packages being proposed.
Business webinars – 10-11am on Wednesday 18 November and 4-5pm on Thursday 26 November.
Taxi and Private Hire webinars – 2-3pm on Wednesday 11 November and 3-4pm on Wednesday 25 November.
To find out more about the GM Clean Air Plan and how to sign-up to one of the webinars or have a question for the chat, visit cleanairgm.com.
Remembrance Sunday and November 11th 2020
As church will be closed again for the next four weeks due to the second coronavirus lockdown, we have taken Remembrance Sunday’s service online. So, if you can, please join us on Zoom (link below) at 10.30am when Greenmount and Dundee URC will join in our service of remembrance. The late start time is so that we can observe the 2-minute silence at 11 am.
We will then decide whether our Sunday services throughout November should be on Zoom. If you haven’t tried our Zoom services then please give it a try. If you aren’t sure how to get on the service just speak to us and we will try to help you. If you want a hymn sheet for the service email Neil on [email protected]
Topic: Sunday Remembrance Service
Time: Nov 8, 2020 10:30 London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78555348305?pwd=bkttcXZSRGFCSTFTbG1DZVVvZ2c2dz09
Meeting ID: 785 5534 8305
Passcode: a4fDF3
Wednesday November 11th – Armistice Day Service
Due to the present restrictions in place we are unable to hold the service of remembrance at 11am on November 11th. We are also instructed not to have the wreath laying at that time.
Organisations have been asked to lay wreaths between 11.30am and 12.30pm on that day. I will be in church at that time so that those organisations who have ordered wreaths can collect them.
Neil Carter Church Secretary.
Lockdown 2.0 – What we CAN do
We CAN go to work if unable to work from home
We CAN visit shops that have remained open –remember your face covering
We CAN attend education, as can our children
We CAN visit people in one other household if we live alone
We CAN provide care for the vulnerable or ill
We CAN attend an organised support group of up to 15 people
We CAN exercise outdoors or visit an outdoor public place
We CAN leave home for any medical reason
We CAN attend a place of worship for private prayer
For more, visit:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november
Dear All,
Please find attached the weekly COVID update from Bury MBC with relevant attachments.
Best Wishes
Julie
Hello everyone,
Please see below the One Community newsletter from Bury MBC, with details of current surveys that may be of interest to you. Your views would be very welcome for any of the surveys you wish to respond to.
Also attached is a Bury confidential helpline number for anyone that needs help with their mental wellbeing.
Best regards,
Julie Southworth
In this newsletter –
What is Bury 2030?
A vision for our Borough
By 2030 no matter who you are, or where you live, people in the borough of Bury will have equal chances to be the best they can be.
Your invitation to shape our future
Bury 2030 started last year with a “Big Conversation” in which 1,100 people from around the borough gave us their thoughts, wishes and concerns.
This feedback has helped to produce this latest plan – but if it is to succeed, it must have widespread support from all sections of the community: residents and businesses, young and old.
That’s why we’re inviting everyone to join in and help us produce a plan that is truly backed by Bury.
Visit https://www.onecommunitybury.co.uk/bury-2030 to read the plan and have your say
Improving Intermediate Care in Bury
We (Bury Council and NHS Bury Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)) are seeking views from people living in Bury, local health and care professionals and other interested parties on the proposal to make changes to the way we deliver intermediate care services.
You can access more information and detail on the background to the proposal in a paper that was discussed at our Strategic Commissioning Board, a joint Bury Council and NHS Bury CCG committee, access the paper here.
To capture your views and feedback before any decision on the proposal is made, a period of public consultation will run for 6 weeks from 19th October 2020 until 30th November 2020 – click here to have your say
Hate Crime Awareness
Bury Council and GMP are carrying out this hate crime questionnaire to gain an understanding into people’s knowledge of hate crimes and assist both GMP and Bury Council to more effectively tackle hate crime and how anti-hate crime awareness can be improved. You can have your say and be entered into a prize draw by clicking here
Clean Air Zone & Minimum Licensing Standards
Have your say this autumn on important plans for the future of our borough and Greater Manchester. They are:
Look out for the consultations on each plan, find out more, sign up for updates and tell us what you think.
Clarence Park
Across the Borough of Bury there are 12 Green Flag accredited parks of which Clarence Park is one. Clarence Park was first granted the Green Flag award in 2005 and has achieved it every year since – 16 years running.
To help us build on the Green Flag success at Clarence Park and to help shape future plans for the park, please spare a few minutes to complete the Clarence Park feedback survey. The survey will run until Wednesday 18 November 2020. Please note that any future improvements at the park will be subject to securing adequate funding.
Thank you for your continued support,
Kind regards, The One Community Team