20/04/2022
Councillors give £3,000 to local causes 👇🏻
Every councillor in Bury has access to a £1,000 discretionary budget to support any local initiative which benefits the community.
Your Moorside Action Team work together to ensure our combined £3,000 has maximum effect and we spent every penny. Our contributions are led by requests from residents and community groups.
Here’s what we’ve spent it on this year:
✅ Donations to The Attic Project and Chesham Fold TRA food banks
✅ A new picnic bench in the green space on Cateaton Street
✅ Support for Chesham Fold TRA Christmas and Easter events
✅ New tools for Friends of Chesham Woods to support their tree maintenance work
✅ A permanent, living Christmas tree in Clarence Park (coming this year!) working with the Friends group and with extra support from local businesses
✅ Selection boxes which we delivered to 40 local families at Christmas
✅ Bulbs and wildflower seeds for residents to plant on the green at the top of Goldfinch Drive
✅ Our ‘Pride of Moorside’ awards to Friends of Chesham Woods, Beat the Street, Davenports Group Ltd, The Attic Project and Ramsbottom Angling Association.
We also contributed to two Bury-wide appeals - an eco-initiative by Bury’s Youth Cabinet and the Believe and Achieve awards for Bury’s looked after children.
We’ve already had contact from several people about funding from May and if re-elected we’ll fund as many of your requests as possible. Lots of people asking about funding for Jubilee parties which we’ll be happy to support!
