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The Great Big Green Week

Bolton Green Umbrella Monday 08 September 2025

Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. The event takes place from the 7-15 June.  During the week, communities, schools, businesses, churches, mosques and more join together in a wave of support for action to protect the planet. Follow this link for details: The Great Big Green Week 

Bolton Council are looking to deliver this via the libraries across Bolton, with a focus on Farnworth library initially.If you want to get involved and feel your organisation can support this, please contact Jacinta Frank at jacinta.frank@bolton.gov.uk

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Bolton Council considering £500,000 funding boost for green spaces

Bolton Green Umbrella Wednesday 03 December 2025

Bolton Council is set to consider plans for a nearly half a million-pound funding boost for green spaces, planning and district centre regeneration. Read more in this Bolton News article  

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Allotments officer being appointed at Bolton Council

Bolton Green Umbrella Wednesday 03 December 2025

Great news! This comes after long running calls for Bolton Council to bring back the role of a full-time allotments officer. At a full meeting of the council the authority agreed to recruit a full-time officer to support allotments, bowling greens, parks and other open spaces. More information in ...

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Flytipping: new powers to crush vehicles

Bolton Green Umbrella Monday 08 September 2025

Bolton News article (click here) says that Bolton Council are to get powers to crush fly-tipping vehicles under a new DEFRA scheme. It would be wonderful if the blight of flytipping is finally taken seriously …. But the article does also say “No extra money is to be made available for the planned cr...

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