First Ever Bury Pride – this Saturday

This Saturday is the first ever ‘Bury Pride event’. Bury Pride will support the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate equality and diversity right here in Bury. Bury Pride will be held on Saturday 8th April 2017 and will be absolutely FREE to all members of the community. You can register for your free ticket here: https://www.fatsoma.com/mobile/products/e2igalq4

A parade runs through Bury town centre. At The Elizabethan Suite, there will be around 30 stalls from a range of local LGBT and family-friendly businesses, offering products, information and merchandise.

Bury Pride is a family friendly affair, with activities and performances suitable for all ages. It’s bound to be a fantastic day out for everybody, whether you’re taking part in the parade, coming along to the party at the Elizabethan Suite, or just watching from the audience; the coming together of the Bury community to help break down barriers for the LBGTQ+ community will be a fantastic day in our local history.

The full programme for the event can be downloaded here.

GMSF Phase 2 Consultation DELAYED

The Council Leaders who sit on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority have delayed the next phase of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.

A revised version of Greater Manchester Spatial Framework, due out in March, has been delayed by six months. The proposals, which at present include plans to decimate Greater Manchester’s greenbelt, will now be out in <strong>September</strong>, with consultation period extended from six to 12 weeks.

There was a massive public response to the first stage of consultation with over 25,000 responses received. Many local people have campaigned against the proposals to destroy so much green belt land. Liberal Democrat councillors across Greater Manchester have used their local Council meetings to propose that the GMSF process be scrapped.

More information on this as soon as we have it.

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The full report being considered by the GMCA is <a href=”https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/1881/joint_gmca_and_agma_executive_-_31_march_2017_merged”>here</a> (it’s not very detailed). (Page 25)

Highlights are here.