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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.
Thanks to everyone who sponsored a duck this year, all monies raised go towards upcoming TLC events. The winning duck numbers are 1st - 173, 2nd - 1233, 3rd - 1050 and the last duck - 434. All winners have been contacted.
An unusual vacancy has arisen in Whitworth for a part time Parish Lengthsperson. The purpose of the role is to keep the "length" of Whitworth neat and tidy.
The Great Britsh Spring Clean begins on Friday 17th March 2023! Anyone wanting to get involved can collect litter pickers and bags from our office at The Ashcroft, Mon-Fri 9:30am til 2:30pm.