Published on May 4, 2020 at 5:37 pm
So what do Civic Pride Rossendale volunteers get up to during the lockdown? Gardening, spring cleaning, catching up on their reading? All these things for sure but Mike and Moira Speechley had other ideas!
As keen bikers they were booked to go on a charity ride in the Isle of Man – dressed as Evel Knievel!
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Published on March 17, 2020 at 12:57 pm
Civic Pride Rossendale (CPR) is recruiting volunteers for Outreach work with local young people. Do you have experience in teaching or working with youth groups? If so, says Roger Grimshaw, Chair of CPR, this is an opportunity to get involved with promoting Civic Pride’s ideas to schools and youth groups in the Valley, and hopefully to encourage more people to take part in activities that benefit the local environment.
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Published on March 4, 2020 at 10:10 am
Christmas planning has come early in Haslingden and Helmshore.
That’s because the local civic pride group have planted a tree ready for lighting at Christmas.
Haslingden and Helmshore Civic Pride purchased the rooted Nordic spruce tree and planted it in Greenfield Memorial gardens on Tuesday, February 24.
Rossendale Council assisted and, once it has grown to size, will help fit an electricity supply so the tree can be decorated with lights.
Filed under: Helmshore | christmas | civic pride | haslingden | tree
Published on February 24, 2020 at 4:31 pm
The Civic Pride Rossendale AGM took place at Rawtenstall Cricket Club on Tuesday, 18th February 2020.
The Mayor of Rossendale, Councillor Barbara Ashworth, the Mayoress Mrs Christine Lamb, and Mr Neil Shaw, Chief Executive of Rossendale Borough Council attended in addition to many CPR volunteers and supporters.
Outgoing Chair of Civic Pride Rossendale, Chris Blomerley, thanked everyone for their hard work over the past year, noting that as CPR enters its third decade, the Valley has never looked cleaner and brighter with groups now successfully operating in Bacup, Weir, Waterfoot, Crawshawbooth, Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Helmshore and beyond.
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Published on January 13, 2020 at 4:55 pm
2020 has started well for Civic Pride Rossendale (CPR). Unable to attend the mass Rawtenstall clean up on New Year’s Day, one of our CPR volunteers was in Waterfoot centre at 7am on New Year’s Day to clear up the carnage from the previous evening! Three hours later, the area was transformed as can be seen from the photos of the bus stop on Bacup Road.
Filed under: Rawtenstall | blog | civic pride | clean up | community | waterfoot
Published on December 24, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Civic Pride Rossendale are launching a new campaign to build on the amazing reduction of litter across the valley.
If we all picked up two pieces of litter a day, our streets would look even better so:
Two a day. Have you got the bottle to join in? Will you packet in the bin, take away the litter, can the can and bag that bag!
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Published on September 9, 2019 at 2:22 pm
Rossendale Council has today launched a new scheme to help residents who want to do their bit for the community.
Leader of the Council Alyson Barnes announced Council support for individuals who want to keep their clean and tidy by offering litter picking equipment for them to use.
The borough is blessed with a number of superb Pride groups, including Bacup Pride who are pictured, which have improved the borough enormously.
Filed under: Bacup pride | Councillor Adrian Lythgoe | Councillor Alyson Barnes | civic pride
Published on July 4, 2019 at 10:03 am
On the hottest day of the year so far, eleven scouts from the 45th Rossendale group assembled at Jubilee Gardens in Crawshawbooth to start the clean-up that the area so desperately needs.
This initiative contributes towards the Scouts World Challenge Award, the idea of which is to inspire young people to volunteer for activities within their community.
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Published on March 12, 2019 at 2:52 pm
The first Sunday in March saw an enthusiastic team of Civic Pride volunteers donning wellies, waders and hi vis jackets to remove some of the detritus that had been thrown into the Rivers Irwell and Limey Water where they meet to the side of B&M Bargains in Rawtenstall.
In addition to five shopping trollies, a chair and lots of other items, 12 bags were also filled with smaller items.
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Published on January 3, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Happy New Year.
Civic Pride are constantly recruiting new volunteers and consequently we keep a range of hi-vis vests and jackets available in a range of sizes but when Colin joined we had to rethink our strategy. Colin is the border collie, a rescue dog who won’t let owner Mike (holding the lead) out his sight and is a regular addition to the Thursday morning team sessions!
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