A new campaign has been launched this week on flytipping as part of our new Don’t Mess With Chorley.

This will mean we’ll be posting each fly tip we get reported to us in the coming month online with details of location, time it’s taken to clean up and the cost to the council.

The campaign will see four separate focus areas on flytipping as well as litter, dog fouling and graffiti.

The Council's Neighourhood Officers cover the following Neighbourhood areas:

Western Parishes - Andy McDonald
Southern Parishes - Andy McDonald
Euxton, Astley and Buckshaw - Tammy Finlayson
Chorley Town West - Alan Priestley
Chorley Town East - Lee Hughes/Carol Roscoe and Alan Harper
Clayton and Whittle - John Peet
South East Parishes - Stuart Sweetnam
Eastern Parishes - (split area)John Peet Brindle and Hoghton, Stuart Sweetnam Wheelton and Withnall and Pennine Alan Harper and Lee Hughes

A meals on wheels service aimed at ensuring people have access to a hot meal is being rolled out across the borough after a successful trial.

With people struggling to make ends meet, Chorley Council trialled the scheme in certain parts of the borough to make sure people were not having to choose between eating and paying their bills.

The scheme is being aimed at older people who find it hard to cook for themselves or may live alone meaning they may not get the nutritious meals they need throughout the week.

Chorley's first citizen is urging people to join him for a fun day of golf – and help raise money for local charities.

The Mayor of Chorley, Councillor Roy Lees, himself a keen golfer, has organised a charity golf day at the stunning Duxbury Park Golf Course, owned by Chorley Council.

The day, on Tuesday 2 September, is being run in conjunction with Glendale Golf which manages the course for the council.

If you are new to golf, Duxbury Park Golf Course, Council is offering free 12-months membership to juniors when an adult joins the club.

This means that youngsters aged under 18 can play the popular championship course for free, seven days a week for 12 months.

The Britain in Bloom judges will be visiting Chorley on Wednesday 6 August and will get to see the feature roundabouts, the Band of Brothers tribute to commemorate the 100 years since the start of the First World War, the town centre floral displays, local allotments, the work of school and community growing groups, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Astley Park and more.

Visitors to Chorley’s Astley Park can now enjoy a new experience after a new sensory garden was officially opened today.

The new sensory garden has been created by Chorley Council in partnership with the Friends of Astley Park on the site of what was known as the blind garden, which is just off the path that leads to and from the Queens Road entrance to Astley Park.

The garden is designed to have year round colour and interest as well as being attractive to wildlife. As part of the work, volunteers from the Friends of Astley Park and Galloway’s Society for the Blind have helped to plant the garden, weed the garden, spread bark chip and install braille plant labels.

Young people in Adlington will soon have an arena to finely-tune their skating skills with work on the new Jubilee Recreation Ground skate park set to start in the next few weeks.

Jubilee Recreation Ground, which is owned and maintained by Chorley Council, will undergo a dramatic transformation starting with the creation of a state-of-the-art skate park, which has been designed in consultation with young people in Adlington.

The skate park is expected to take around 12 weeks to complete and will feature quarterpipes, ledges, a jumpbox and a 180 degree rollover.

Youngsters can certainly make waves this summer in Chorley as free swimming is back by popular demand. Last year around 3,500 young people from Chorley took advantage of the free swim offer run by Chorley Council and Active Nation which manages the council’s leisure facilities.

Now, free swimming is again being offered to those aged 16 and under throughout the school holidays.

Youngsters can swim for free throughout the school holidays until Friday 5 September for 45 minutes per session at:
All Seasons Leisure Centre, Water Street, from Monday to Friday between 2.30pm and 3.15pm and 3.15pm to 4pm
Brinscall Pool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12noon to 1pm.

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