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Rosie and James are back with a brand new episode of the Borough Life podcast! 👀🎧 In this episode, James chats with Jennifer Doyle, author of Billy the Blackbird, about all the jam-packed summer activities happening at Pennington Flash - from Summer Fun Trails and Billy the Blackbird story sessions to Birdbox Workshops - they cover it all! 🌲🐦 Then, they dive into the launch of the powerful new climate change video, Arctic Home, and explore the message behind it. Listen now:

🚀 Ready to take your business to the next level? Join us at the Believe in Business Festival 2025 – Wigan’s flagship event for innovation, growth, and collaboration! 📅 Thursday 25th September 2025 🕗 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM 📍 The Edge Conference Centre, Wigan Whether you're a start-up, scale-up, or seasoned enterprise, this is your chance to: ✨ Hear from inspiring keynote speaker John Heaton 🧠 Dive into expert-led sessions on AI, Social Value, Procurement & Marketing 🤝 Access 1:1 business support from Wigan Council, GM Chamber, Growth Hub & more 🍴 Enjoy a buzzing networking lunch and £10 in vouchers for the Artisan Market 🎁 Enter a prize draw for a corporate table at a Wigan Warriors or Wigan Athletic match! 🎟️ Tickets are just £15 – and they’re going fast! 👉 Book now https://bit.ly/3GfjjDM Let’s celebrate business, community, and opportunity — together. #BelieveInBusiness #WiganBusiness #BusinessFestival2025 #Networking #GrowthMindset Wigan Council, Gee Tee's, GM Business Growth Hub, ATTAIN Digital, Wigan & Leigh College and University Centre, Lines Henry Insolvency Practitioners, Impressions Uniforms, Wigan Pier Promotions Ltd, Stephensons Solicitors LLP

Find out all about the #BelieveInBusinessFestival straight from a local business, The Lowton Creative Company, who shared their experience and the connections they made Like what you hear? Get your £15 ticket booked and get £10 back in vouchers to spend on the day👇

👏 Great news for healthy living in Wigan Council! 👀 The works on St Helens Road are finished and looking really good - a vast improvement that enables more people to use the public highway safely, including school and shopping trips. 🙌 We look forward to seeing lots more of the same soon!

Budding horticulturists from Wigan & Leigh College and University Centre have been earning valuable experience at Haigh Woodland Park over the last couple of months. 🌳 The students recently completed an 8-week pre-apprenticeship course learning skills and getting an insight into a potential career in horticulture. 🍃 One student said: “I love the fact that we are part of the change here at Haigh. I’ve developed interests in different style of gardening, learnt about benefits of using different materials and more about native species too. It’s a shame it has come to an end, we want to stay on and do more!” Would you like to keep up to date with the transformation of Haigh, or be kept in the loop about future opportunities? Sign up for our newsletter via the link in the comments 👇

Good luck to our amazing Wigan BEST swimmers at the Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships!!! 🏊 13 members of our elite swim team will be flying the flag for the borough at Ponds Forge, Sheffield over the next seven days – competing against top swimmers from all over the country. The squad, led by our Be Well swim coaches, will also be out in force at the Swim England National Summer Meet (29 July – 3 August), aiming to set new personal bests and hopefully bring home some medals! 🥇🥈🥉 ‘Best’ of luck, guys! 😉 And thanks to squad sponsors JJH Building Contractors Ltd and Fielden Factors for their continued support.

📣 Are you an experienced occupational therapist ready to take the next step in your career? We’re looking for an advanced practitioner occupational therapist to join Wigan council’s early intervention service! 👉 Find out more and apply here: https://orlo.uk/zNOYx

Eagle-eyed residents may have spotted a familiar backdrop on the news this week... ... as Chancellor Rachel Reeves launched the £500m Better Futures Fund at Westleigh Methodist Primary School. The visit was hosted by AllChild who we're working alongside on an amazing project to support young people... ...and you can read all about it in the latest edition of Borough Life magazine. Links in the comments below!

Bloomin’ marvellous news!!! 🌺 We’re delighted that seven of our local parks and green spaces will be proudly flying Green Flags over the next 12 months. They are: 🌳 Alexandra Park, Newtown 🌳 Central Park, Atherton 🌳 Colliers Corner, Howe Bridge 🌳 Jubilee Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield 🌳 Mesnes Park, Wigan 🌳 Pennington Hall Park, Leigh 🌳 Tanners Lane Embankment, Golborne Special thanks to The Bridgers and Golborne in Bloom community groups, who do such an amazing job looking after Colliers Corner and Tanners Lane Embankment. 👏 Members of the groups joined us at the Green Flag Awards ceremony in Bradford on Tuesday as their hard work was rightly celebrated. Overseen by Keep Britain Tidy, the Green Flag Awards set the benchmark for well-managed parks and green spaces – with 2,250 parks in the UK making the coveted list.

We are really proud to have worked Bedford High School students, actors and choir in the creation of this touching, powerful video telling the story of our climate change is impacting our planet and the small actions we can all take to help As part of our Progress With Unity values, we are working to raise the voices of our communities and a huge thank you to everyone who worked with us on this 💚 Please watch and give it a share…have a tissue ready!