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Councillor Mike Royds has produced a report into proposed changes for vehicles using Tonacliffe Road and Oakenshaw Avenue. He would welcome residents thoughts and views on this proposal. PLease email any comments to cllrmikeroyds@whitworth.gov.uk or phone 07811 9944583.
At Whitworth Town Council's June Full Council meeting, councvillors were plaesed to be able to support a campaign promoted by Lord (Don) Foster and Electrical Safety First to improve the safety of lithium batteries (used in e-bike and e-scooters) and their disposal.
At 9am on 6th June 2024, Cllr Gareth Baron, Mayor of Whitworth, proudly raised the Flag of Peace, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. At 9.15pm tonight, a commemorative beacon will also be lit at the top of Brown Wardle, alongside other beacons across France and the United Kingdom as part of the International Tribute to recognise the bravery and sacrifice of all those involved in the D-Day landings.
Annually, Whitworth Town Council present awards to amazing residents who really do enhance our fantastic town. This year, councillors felt that two very talented youngsters equally deserved the Mayor of Whitworth's Young Achiever Award - Daniel Calderbank and Ellie Clegg. The Dr Alan Morris Award was given to Whitworth Leisure Centre CIC, in receognition of the unbelievable volunteer effort that has gone into the re-opening of Whitworth Leisure Centre.
The green-figured children who attend Whitworth Library’s gardening and craft club on a Saturday morning have come up with a fantastic initiative that Whitworth Town Council were proud to support. Their plan was to start a Seed Swap project in the town, and the Town Council kindly agreed a donation to start them on their way. This enabled the children, facilitated by the Friends of Whitworth Library community group, to purchase some environmentally friendly drawers (which the children have beautifully decorated) and some seeds to start the project off. All residents are welcome to visit the library and donate more seeds to the project, or to take some of those that have already been kindly donated, both by the Council and generous residents. Whitworth Town Council send their best wishes to the project and look forward to seeing the fruits of the children’s labours growing soon.
Whitworth Town Council received the sad news today that the former Mayor of Whitworth, Mrs Lynda Barnes, has passed away. Everyone here at the council sends our thoughts and best wishes to all of Lynda's family at this sad time. Lynda was a much loved, well respected member of Whitworth Town Council for a number of years and served as Mayor twice, 2015 to 2016 and 2019 to 2021. She stayed on as Mayor during Covid and helped with the Town Council's community response to the emergency.