MacMillan Coffee Morning
On Friday 30 September Hewlett Court held a Coffee Morning in support of the MacMillan Nurses to coincide with the National MacMillan Coffee Morning initiative. This was very well supported by both residents and guests to the extent that a magnificent sum of £1,140...
The Fundraising Committee meets with the District Charity Stewards
View the News post on the PGLEL HERE
Growing Wild
Growing Wild is a Communinity Allotment project based in Baxenden, near Accrington. Growing Wild was created by Kate Mason, a mother of three from Baxenden, who had a vision to create a space for families and people to use. She has worked hard behind the scenes to cut...
Hewlett Court are holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning
Outreach
Outreach, based in North Manchester, offers a range of services which includes registered residential care homes with up to a maximum of 7 beds, supported living accommodation (shared and self contained flats) and domiciliary within the community. They also facilitate...
Paul’s Story – Part Two
Following on from the report published in March from Paul Sellers, Paul has kindly sent this update and pictures: Six Town Housing or Bury Corporation, as some of us oldies know it, run a gardening competition each year with several categories. I thought I would enter...
Paul’s Story
2012 was a good and bad year. I was retired through ill health after 33 years with the same company, that was bad, the wife left, that was good and I had my leg amputated after a knee replacement operation went wrong, that was good. Having lost my job, my home, things...
Julie’s Parachute Jump – They Did It!
Team Geronimo Well, the jump day was fast approaching and it had got to Friday the 13th of May, the jump day being the Saturday the 14th of May. All the Team members were psyched up and ready, everything was going to plan and all the team were set to...
Sale Sharks v Montpellier
Report by Isaac Roberts When we got to the stadium it was amazing. Sale sharks vs Montpellier. The atmosphere was great and everyone was happy. A lot of us came to the game (ha that rhymes) including my self and granddad who live for the game. We were...
Comforts Fund Annual Holiday
The ELMC Comforts Fund Committee arranged for the Annual Holiday for 2016 to take place from 28 May to 4 June 2016, once again, at the Clifton Park Hotel, St Anne’s on Sea. This venue becomes more and more popular each year resulting in fifty five widows and...
Visit to Mamma Mia
When the YPC sent out invitations asking if the Young People wanted to come to a performance of Mama Mia the response was a resounding “ I do, I do, I do, I do, I do “. On the 1st June sixteen Young People accompanied by a parent / guardian met at the Peking...
ELMC Grant to Bury Blind Society
Every year the Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted People organises an outing for approximately 90 people, which they have done for the past 20 years. The average age of attendees is 70 and for many it is the only trip they feel comfortable in...