Bury Local Area Partnership
The “Official” Bury Local Area Partnership webpages can be
found here
What are they?
They are groups Chaired by a local Councillor, and supported by
a dedicated Local Area Partnership Manager. The Local Area
Partnership comprises:-
- 9 local ward Councillors representing Ramsbottom, Tottington
and North Manor
- Partner organisations :-
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Police
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Health Service
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Fire service
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Six Town Housing
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Local Authority
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Schools
•
Third Sector (voluntary Organisations)
- Community representatives:-
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International Soroptimist Club of Ramsbottom
•
Area Youth Action Group
•
Nangreaves and Holcombe residents associations (also represent
the Rural
Inequalities Forum)
•
Tottington Civic Society and Ramsbottom Heritage Society
•
Ramsbottom Businesses
•
Friends of the Earth / Environment representative
•
Churches Together
•
Elders Forum
- Community members...
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Represent a wide range of local organisations
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Have important local knowledge and expertise
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Can challenge (and support) public bodies
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Know what is right for your community
The LAP Meets 6 times per year - a public meeting with a public question-time (the Open
Forum) where matters of concern can be raised by any local resident.
Funding available to community groups
The LAP aims, through its meetings and the ambitions in its own local Community plan to
focus on what really matters in the area: For example:
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Lack of facilities for young people
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Transport
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Health concerns
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Environmental issues
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Traffic
The above are issues that cannot be tackled by the Council on its own and Local Area
Partnerships bring together all those with an ability to make a difference.
The Local Area Partnership Manager for Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor is
Christine Maksymowski (see photo, below right) Christine is based at:-
Tottington Library,
Market Street,
Tottington.
Tel: 0161 253 7941
This site is administered by both the Affetside Millennium Green Trust and the Affetside Society
his page contains information about our Local Area
Partnership, what it is, how to contact it and a brief
outline on how they continue to assist our Community.
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Bury Rural Inequalities Forum
Affetside is a member of the Bury Rural Inequalities Forum. (BRIF) The BRIF was formed
two years ago and has representatives from the other rural villages of Bury; namely
Holcombe, Hawkshaw, Greenmount, Nangreaves and Ainsworth as well as Affetside.
Joanne Wilcock, Chairman of the Affetside Society and Roseanne and Tony Davies, both
members of the Society, regularly attend the BRIF meetings to ensure that any issues
that affect Affetside are high up on the BRIF agenda.
The group meets bi-monthly at Tottington Library. The Bury Council Local Area
Partnership (LAP) Manager for the Tottington, Ramsbottom and North Manor area, Kim
Griffiths sits on the BRIF as well as local ward councillors. Currently Cllr.Yvonne Wright,
Affetside's ward councillor and Cllr. Jacqui Wright who represents Ainsworth, are regular
attendees.
All local Councillors are welcome to attend as and when their timetable permits. The BRIF
is not a political forum, but a group of people representing the interests of their villages.
Background
The BRIF was formed as a result of research done by the Rural Research Unit (RRU)
based at the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO) which was a
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) funded organistion set up
to research life on the rural edges of predominantly metropolitan borough/urban areas of
Greater Manchester. The RRU produced a report entitled 'On the Edge' that showed that
life in the rural fringes of Greater Manchester often means that rural villages are often
overlooked by councils and other service providers leading to an unequal distribution of
services. Although life may appear to be ‘idyllic’ due to the rural natural surroundings,
people living in these rural areas of Greater Manchester are often deprived of services
that are taken for granted in the larger urban area. “On the Edge”, a 2007 report by
GMCVO’s, DEFRA-funded Rural Resource Unit, highlights that rural areas in Greater
Manchester often feel marginalised and isolated; not only from the main urban
conurbation and its policies but also from each other. The 'On the Edge' report can be
accessed by clicking here. The BRIF is currently chaired by Dr Falmai Binns the Chairman
of the Holcombe Society Residents' Group.
The issues that have so far been raised at the meetings include the poor public transport
services to the rural areas of Bury. This has resulted in the Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive (GMPTE) agreeing to extend the Local Link Door-to-Door car service
to the Affetside and Holcombe areas. See the Transport page on this website for further
details of this service. The BRIF are currently lobbying for the service to be further
extended to include Ainsworth and Nangreaves.
The BRIF has also produced a report on the need for traffic calming measures to be
introduced or improved in Affetside, Holcombe and Ainsworth. This report was presented
to Bury MBC by the BRIF and has led to Bury Council Executive agreeing to introducing a
trial 20mph speed limit through the centre of the village with the possibility of two
chicanes being built if drivers do not heed the speed limit.
The BRIF are also currently lobbying the GMPTE to have a 3.15pm, number 480 bus,
from Bury Interchange run through to Affetside and to Bolton all year round and not just
in the school holidays. This would mean that school children at Tottington High and
Woodhey could get a bus home after school closes.
Where as once, each of the villages used to contact the council / other service providers
with their individual issues, now we do so as a united voice and as a group that often
shares the same issues and problems which gives us more of a powerful voice. As a
result our voice now seems to be getting heard.
if you have any issues affecting you that you think the BRIF can raise for you please
contact Joanne Wilcock, Chairman of the Affetside Society by clicking here
his page contains information about our Local Area
Partnership, what it is, how to contact it and a brief
outline on how they continue to assist our Community.
T
Bury Rural Inequalities Forum
Affetside is a member of the Bury Rural Inequalities Forum. (BRIF) The BRIF was formed
two years ago and has representatives from the other rural villages of Bury; namely
Holcombe, Hawkshaw, Greenmount, Nangreaves and Ainsworth as well as Affetside.
Joanne Wilcock, Chairman of the Affetside Society and Roseanne and Tony Davies, both
members of the Society, regularly attend the BRIF meetings to ensure that any issues
that affect Affetside are high up on the BRIF agenda.
The group meets bi-monthly at Tottington Library. The Bury Council Local Area
Partnership (LAP) Manager for the Tottington, Ramsbottom and North Manor area, Kim
Griffiths sits on the BRIF as well as local ward councillors. Currently Cllr.Yvonne Wright,
Affetside's ward councillor and Cllr. Jacqui Wright who represents Ainsworth, are regular
attendees.
All local Councillors are welcome to attend as and when their timetable permits. The BRIF
is not a political forum, but a group of people representing the interests of their villages.
Background
The BRIF was formed as a result of research done by the Rural Research Unit (RRU)
based at the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO) which was a
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) funded organistion set up
to research life on the rural edges of predominantly metropolitan borough/urban areas of
Greater Manchester. The RRU produced a report entitled 'On the Edge' that showed that
life in the rural fringes of Greater Manchester often means that rural villages are often
overlooked by councils and other service providers leading to an unequal distribution of
services. Although life may appear to be ‘idyllic’ due to the rural natural surroundings,
people living in these rural areas of Greater Manchester are often deprived of services
that are taken for granted in the larger urban area. “On the Edge”, a 2007 report by
GMCVO’s, DEFRA-funded Rural Resource Unit, highlights that rural areas in Greater
Manchester often feel marginalised and isolated; not only from the main urban
conurbation and its policies but also from each other. The 'On the Edge' report can be
accessed by clicking here. The BRIF is currently chaired by Dr Falmai Binns the Chairman
of the Holcombe Society Residents' Group.
The issues that have so far been raised at the meetings include the poor public transport
services to the rural areas of Bury. This has resulted in the Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive (GMPTE) agreeing to extend the Local Link Door-to-Door car service
to the Affetside and Holcombe areas. See the Transport page on this website for further
details of this service. The BRIF are currently lobbying for the service to be further
extended to include Ainsworth and Nangreaves.
The BRIF has also produced a report on the need for traffic calming measures to be
introduced or improved in Affetside, Holcombe and Ainsworth. This report was presented
to Bury MBC by the BRIF and has led to Bury Council Executive agreeing to introducing a
trial 20mph speed limit through the centre of the village with the possibility of two
chicanes being built if drivers do not heed the speed limit.
The BRIF are also currently lobbying the GMPTE to have a 3.15pm, number 480 bus,
from Bury Interchange run through to Affetside and to Bolton all year round and not just
in the school holidays. This would mean that school children at Tottington High and
Woodhey could get a bus home after school closes.
Where as once, each of the villages used to contact the council / other service providers
with their individual issues, now we do so as a united voice and as a group that often
shares the same issues and problems which gives us more of a powerful voice. As a
result our voice now seems to be getting heard.
if you have any issues affecting you that you think the BRIF can raise for you please
contact Joanne Wilcock, Chairman of the Affetside Society by clicking here
