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Pantomimes, Rochdale Festive Vegan Market, The Rotary Club of Heywood Christmas Sleigh, Whitworth Santa Express,...

Staff and residents at Barley View care home Whitworth are aiming to rack up a whopping one million steps in May to help raise money for Dementia UK. The fundraising group looks set to surpass their initial £250 fundraising target. and is being organised by activities co-ordinator Gemma Howarth. The purpose-built care home, opened in 2019, benefits from its own dedicated dementia community providing specialist support for residents living with the condition. Alongside their impressive st...

Care home staff and residents to walk 1 million steps to support Dementia UK Date published: 11 May 2021 Staff and residents of Barley View are stepping out for Dementia UK Staff and residents at Barley View care home in Whitworth are aiming to rack up a massive 1 million steps throughout May to help raise money for Dementia UK. Organised by Gemma Howarth, activities coordinator at Barley View, the fundraiser looks set to surpass its initial £250 target, with 100% of donations going to sup...

A HOUSING group has unveiled 30 new paid work placement opportunities for young people. The placements were created by the Burnley-based Calico Group, which operates across the county, as part of the governments Kickstart programme which is designed to give employment opportunities to 16-24 year olds who are currently claiming universal credit. The group have created new roles for the programme at their residential care home Barley View, within their homelessness and housing service Gate...

A HOUSING group has unveiled 30 new paid work placement opportunities for young people. The placements were created by the Burnley-based Calico Group, which operates across the county, as part of the governments Kickstart programme which is designed to give employment opportunities to 16-24 year olds who are currently claiming universal credit. The group have created new roles for the programme at their residential care home Barley View, within their homelessness and housing service Gate...

Santa Claus Santa Claus was given a warm welcome in Whitworth earlier this month, as he visited the town with a custom-built light-up sleigh. As an alternative to the annual Christmas light switch on, Whitworth Tourism and Leisure Committee volunteers invited Santa to ride around in their custom-built light up sleigh and greet all the children (and adults). They covered 16 miles over two nights on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 December, waving to the children as they drove up and down all the main ro...