Chorley Council

There will be plenty of spooky activities at Astley Hall this Halloween - if you’re brave enough visit Astleypark.co.uk/events for more info 👻

Would you like to train to become a lifeguard with Active Nation? There's a course next week. This is a great opportunity for individuals who want a career in the leisure industry.

It is #GetOnlineWeek and we are looking for residents who have digital skills and would like to volunteer as a Digital Champion.
This may be volunteering at our code clubs to help children prepare for the future digital jobs, or in other community venues to help unemployed, elderly or vulnerable residents benefit from the opportunities the internet can bring.
More information is available on our website https://bit.ly/2yGvgKn #Try1Thing

Get ready to get your skates on this Christmas and glide, pirouette and whirl across Chorley’s real ice rink and then enjoy some festive drinks in Betty's Tipis when they return as part of Chorley’s fantastically festive winter wonderland from Saturday 8 December until Sunday 6 January.
Back by popular demand, Chorley’s Winter Wonderland will return to the town centre on Cleveland Street this December and will include: ⛸the fantastic 60ft by 40ft real ice rink 🎄Betty’s Tipis ...serving festive drinks 🎡A Bavarian fun house and fairground ride ❄️Stalls selling food, drink and crafts
It will be open every day from Saturday 8 December until Sunday 6 January 2019, except Christmas Day and will be £6 per skate session. Official opening times and more details will be posted at http://checkoutchorley.com/christmas/ over the coming weeks. We’re also welcoming group bookings on the ice rink for schools and community groups, so if you know a school or group who would be interested please email events@chorley.gov.uk
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Oh yes they will! Tickets for Chorley’s Christmas pantomime will go on sale at http://checkoutchorley.com/christmas/ from Monday 22 October. This year Dick Whittington will be visiting Chorley town hall on Saturday 24 November and we hope to see you there.

Do you struggle in interviews? Do you need to improve some of your skills in preparation for the workplace? Then this course is for you. To book your place visit interpersonalskillsurc@eventbrite.co .uk.

We are about to start the first week of code club at Inspire Youth Zone as part of #GetOnlineWeek. Do your children want to try coding at home? Links to useful resources and FREE coding tools are available on our website https://bit.ly/2yGvgKn #Try1Thing

If you're visiting Chorley town centre for market day the Flat Iron will be busy so we’d encourage you to try one of the many other town centre car parks. Here's a map to remind you of where they all are - don't forget you can get one hour free parking on all short stay car parks (except Flat Iron) and three hours free on all long stay car parks.

Do you know someone who struggles to read and write but who wants to find a job? We are collaborating with a company called Creative Excellence to design and deliver help for anyone who wants to take the first step towards a more positive future. Message us on here or call 01257 515151 for more information.

Today is the start of #GetOnlineWeek. We offer lots of FREE courses to help residents make the most of being online. Why don’t you #Try1Thing online this week. Find out about our latest courses and other useful links on our website - https://bit.ly/2yGvgKn

This week we started work on the Market Walk extension and with it being one of the biggest developments in the town centre for some time we wanted to make sure everyone knew what was happening. If you have any questions, or have heard rumours that you want to check out, then please ask on here and we will publish all the answers. We have lots of information on our website here http://chorley.gov.uk/Pages/Town-Centre-I mprovements.aspx with a timeline of what will be happening over the coming weeks and months but we want your help in compiling FAQs for everyone.

Want to help yourself and others? Be part of Hope & Story, which develops self-help skills for people who experience day-to-day difficulties and stressful lives, by using fun techniques and approaches, developing artistic skills and exploring personal stories in a relaxed and informal setting.

Today is World Mental Health Day, and the theme this year is around young people. Mental health conditions affect about 1 in 10 children and young people, with 75% of mental health problems in adult life, excluding dementia, starting before age 18.
We recently partnered up with Leaders Unlcoked, Wellcome Trust, Preston City Council, South Ribble Council and the NHS Chorley and South Ribble and NHS Greater Preston CCGs to design and deliver MH2K. This is a youth led approach t...o exploring mental health. The process recruited 24 Citizen Researchers and empowered over 1,150 young people to provide a number of findings and recommendations to provide decision-makers’ with an understanding of both the mental health challenges they face and what solutions could look like. Details of the main topics that were covered are outlined in the final report - including social media, education and prevention, services and professionals, LGBTQ+ young people and young men.
The partnership remains committed to the importance of prevention and early intervention, supporting young people to build mental health resilience from a young age. We would like to thank all of the partners, schools, community and voluntary groups, and of course all of the young people who have contributed to this piece of work.
You can read the full report from Central Lancashire MH2K here https://bit.ly/2QDR565
If you have any questions about the report please contact our Health & Wellbeing Team by messaging us on here, calling 01257 515151 or email community.development@chorley.gov.uk
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Do you know someone who struggles to read and write but who wants to find a job? We are collaborating with a company called Creative Excellence to design and deliver help for anyone who wants to take the first step towards a more positive future. Message us on here or call 01257 515151 for more information.

Here are some more pics from Chorley Live - see if you can spot yourself or your friends...we're getting loads of fantastic feedback about the event😀

Tickets are now on sale for Chorley’s Santa Express. Visit http://checkoutchorley.com/christmas/ to select your date and time slot.
Chorley’s Santa Express is back again this year to whisk families on a magical journey from Chorley town centre through Astley Park to meet Father Christmas in the wonderful setting of Astley Hall.
Chorley’s Santa Express will be running between its new Chorley town centre stop on Market Street, opposite the town hall, and Astley Hall every 20 m...inutes between 9.30am and 3.30pm every Saturday and Sunday in December from Saturday 1 December until Sunday 23 December. The Santa Express will take families to meet Father Christmas as he takes up residence in Astley Hall’s Inlaid Room in the run up to Christmas.
Every child who meets Father Christmas will receive a special Christmas gift and there will be some festive fun at Astley too. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
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Today we start work on building the Market Walk extension, which will bring a M&S Foodhall and a six-screen Reel Cinema to Chorley. The first thing you will notice is the perimeter fence being set up around the construction site (see image for detail of where it will be located). If you have any questions on what's happening just ask throughout the work.

Wow what another great Chorley Live weekend! It was great to see the town centre so busy with people of all ages enjoying themselves! If you missed it here are a few pics and if you came along we'd really appreciate it if you could spend a couple of minutes completing our event survey so we can get feedback on what you enjoyed and how we could improve it for next year https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RL9K3DC< br>

A big thank you to everyone for supporting this year's event - it was great to see so many happy people. We'd really appreciate any feedback so if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete our survey it'd be much appreciated https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RL9K3DC< br>

We (16 of us) visited Santa today at Astley Hall. It was superb. To the gentleman at the council offices welcoming us on board, thank you for being so lovely. To the guys on the train, you were so accommodating and flexible. Santa was lovely, the house (as always) looked great. The face painter wS probably the best I have ever seen. Lovely day

The council do there best to try and manage the differing needs of residents. Love the events such as Chorley Live and the flower show etc.

I would just like to say thankyou to the Council for the excellent service I received today. Bill the gentleman in the landscaping/arbocultural dept., dealt with my enquiry swiftly and then phoned me twice to explain what progress had been made. Alan then dealt immediately with the information Bill relayed to him and following my enquiry, the tree surgeons themselves came round immediately to assess our situation. A solution was suggested and a plan of action put in place to implement it. All staff from the office to the tree surgeons themselves were very polite, professional and extremely helpful. Credit were it’s due - well done Chorley Council!

I attended Chorley Council Offices Housing Dept on 28th June 2017 very nervous.My situation had changed dramatically after the unfortunate passing of my husband.

Having never claimed anything before I did not know what to do but just wanted some advice.

However the treatment I received was second to none.Jane my advisor was helpful,compassionate and very very understanding.Jane gave me some very useful information

and I left the office with very useful information,I was not hurried and made to feel very comfortable.

So I just wanted to thank you for everything,

Kind Regards,

Christina Gallagher

Had to ring CBC this morning for help. A poor cat had died right in front of my drive. Not sure if it had been knocked down or not. We had to go out but when we came home it was gone. They sent someone out straight away to remove it. Thank you so much.

Feedback for the meet Santa and Santa train experience; kids had a good time and I was super impressed with the quality of face painting - absolutely the best I have seen. Thank you.

Doing a great job of moving Chorley forward. Loving the work with bringing investment and jobs into the town. Chorley is a great place to live and to love!

Still collecting garden waste from households that have not paid the £30.00 renewal fee. How fair is that to those residents who have complied with your 1st May deadline.?

Surely it isn't THAT difficult to enforce, and if it is, why should any of us bother.? Perhaps you plan on reimbursing those households who have been compliant, and paid as requested.

Sort your admin systems out please !!

Why does nobody answer the phones ever and never return calls using optional service!! ??

Watch out for free parking scams!!!!

Very disappointed that Westminster Road (yellow line side) has been unenforceable for over 12 months!! And yesterday without warning a new time plate was put in which has led to PCNs being issued today! Don’t u think a kind warning should have been sent out to the residents giving them chance to move their cars?

I was not one of the unlucky ones but I think after such a long I enforcement the right thing would have been to let residents know....

Today I called the council to order three bins which were not here when I moved into the property...and it’s cost me £90!!! What a disgrace Chorley council..total bloody rip off when I pay my council tax etc etc etc �

The state of the roads around Chorley is horrendous! Especially at the roundabout outside seven stars on eaves lane! I have just blown a tyre riding home from work! This post will not get acknowledged or if it does the blame will will either be pushed back on myself or somebody else! Millions to spend on a fucking extension of market walk yet you can't fix some pot holes, well I say hole when it's more like a meteor has collided with earth! Joke!

Love how you filled in all the pot holes for the cycle race even thou they don't pay road tax. And because chorley council and Lancashire council said that they don't do with the pot holes in that area. But the chorley council and Lancashire council filled them in and I know a few bikes what have damaged there bike from the put holes over Rivington and you never did any thing about it until this bike race what went on

Is ridiculous, several times been not collected and why I had enough and rang to complain, been told to ring other day cause system is down..., beyond the joke , what for I’m I paying that much i think we shouldn’t pay for every time they don’t the service...

In the middle off a big environmental disaster . The air is toxic from the local landfill

Can’t believe in this weather you would have workers working on a major busy bypass tidying up edges of grass !!! All week !!! Ridiculous

Building in the towncentre for businesses that haven't signed up to even come - reducing parking and killing the local businesses already here! Chorley is a market town and all the council seem bothered about are marks and Spencer's coming here who won't even commit to signing to bring a shop here! And today a Tuesday also doing roadworks on the main route into town on market day - why not just tell the businesses to give up now with an incompetent council like this killing the town!!!

Booked to take my 5 year old son on the organised bat walk at Yarrow Valley park yesterday evening only for no one to show up! At least 10 families were stood waiting, all with upset and disappointed young children. Got home to a cancellation email which was sent last minute yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't get the email as we were at work/school all day and came straight to the park for the allotted time. Probably best that if you cancel an event last minute you use the contact numbers taken at the time of booking to ensure each person who has booked receives the cancellation message or at the very least put a message up on the notice board so people aren't left hanging around.

We (16 of us) visited Santa today at Astley Hall. It was superb. To the gentleman at the council offices welcoming us on board, thank you for being so lovely. To the guys on the train, you were so accommodating and flexible. Santa was lovely, the house (as always) looked great. The face painter wS probably the best I have ever seen. Lovely day

The council do there best to try and manage the differing needs of residents. Love the events such as Chorley Live and the flower show etc.

I would just like to say thankyou to the Council for the excellent service I received today. Bill the gentleman in the landscaping/arbocultural dept., dealt with my enquiry swiftly and then phoned me twice to explain what progress had been made. Alan then dealt immediately with the information Bill relayed to him and following my enquiry, the tree surgeons themselves came round immediately to assess our situation. A solution was suggested and a plan of action put in place to implement it. All staff from the office to the tree surgeons themselves were very polite, professional and extremely helpful. Credit were it’s due - well done Chorley Council!

I attended Chorley Council Offices Housing Dept on 28th June 2017 very nervous.My situation had changed dramatically after the unfortunate passing of my husband.

Having never claimed anything before I did not know what to do but just wanted some advice.

However the treatment I received was second to none.Jane my advisor was helpful,compassionate and very very understanding.Jane gave me some very useful information

and I left the office with very useful information,I was not hurried and made to feel very comfortable.

So I just wanted to thank you for everything,

Kind Regards,

Christina Gallagher

Had to ring CBC this morning for help. A poor cat had died right in front of my drive. Not sure if it had been knocked down or not. We had to go out but when we came home it was gone. They sent someone out straight away to remove it. Thank you so much.

Feedback for the meet Santa and Santa train experience; kids had a good time and I was super impressed with the quality of face painting - absolutely the best I have seen. Thank you.

Doing a great job of moving Chorley forward. Loving the work with bringing investment and jobs into the town. Chorley is a great place to live and to love!

Still collecting garden waste from households that have not paid the £30.00 renewal fee. How fair is that to those residents who have complied with your 1st May deadline.?

Surely it isn't THAT difficult to enforce, and if it is, why should any of us bother.? Perhaps you plan on reimbursing those households who have been compliant, and paid as requested.

Sort your admin systems out please !!

Why does nobody answer the phones ever and never return calls using optional service!! ??

Watch out for free parking scams!!!!

Very disappointed that Westminster Road (yellow line side) has been unenforceable for over 12 months!! And yesterday without warning a new time plate was put in which has led to PCNs being issued today! Don’t u think a kind warning should have been sent out to the residents giving them chance to move their cars?

I was not one of the unlucky ones but I think after such a long I enforcement the right thing would have been to let residents know....

Today I called the council to order three bins which were not here when I moved into the property...and it’s cost me £90!!! What a disgrace Chorley council..total bloody rip off when I pay my council tax etc etc etc �

The state of the roads around Chorley is horrendous! Especially at the roundabout outside seven stars on eaves lane! I have just blown a tyre riding home from work! This post will not get acknowledged or if it does the blame will will either be pushed back on myself or somebody else! Millions to spend on a fucking extension of market walk yet you can't fix some pot holes, well I say hole when it's more like a meteor has collided with earth! Joke!

Love how you filled in all the pot holes for the cycle race even thou they don't pay road tax. And because chorley council and Lancashire council said that they don't do with the pot holes in that area. But the chorley council and Lancashire council filled them in and I know a few bikes what have damaged there bike from the put holes over Rivington and you never did any thing about it until this bike race what went on

Is ridiculous, several times been not collected and why I had enough and rang to complain, been told to ring other day cause system is down..., beyond the joke , what for I’m I paying that much i think we shouldn’t pay for every time they don’t the service...

In the middle off a big environmental disaster . The air is toxic from the local landfill

Can’t believe in this weather you would have workers working on a major busy bypass tidying up edges of grass !!! All week !!! Ridiculous

Building in the towncentre for businesses that haven't signed up to even come - reducing parking and killing the local businesses already here! Chorley is a market town and all the council seem bothered about are marks and Spencer's coming here who won't even commit to signing to bring a shop here! And today a Tuesday also doing roadworks on the main route into town on market day - why not just tell the businesses to give up now with an incompetent council like this killing the town!!!

Booked to take my 5 year old son on the organised bat walk at Yarrow Valley park yesterday evening only for no one to show up! At least 10 families were stood waiting, all with upset and disappointed young children. Got home to a cancellation email which was sent last minute yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't get the email as we were at work/school all day and came straight to the park for the allotted time. Probably best that if you cancel an event last minute you use the contact numbers taken at the time of booking to ensure each person who has booked receives the cancellation message or at the very least put a message up on the notice board so people aren't left hanging around.

We (16 of us) visited Santa today at Astley Hall. It was superb. To the gentleman at the council offices welcoming us on board, thank you for being so lovely. To the guys on the train, you were so accommodating and flexible. Santa was lovely, the house (as always) looked great. The face painter wS probably the best I have ever seen. Lovely day

The council do there best to try and manage the differing needs of residents. Love the events such as Chorley Live and the flower show etc.

I would just like to say thankyou to the Council for the excellent service I received today. Bill the gentleman in the landscaping/arbocultural dept., dealt with my enquiry swiftly and then phoned me twice to explain what progress had been made. Alan then dealt immediately with the information Bill relayed to him and following my enquiry, the tree surgeons themselves came round immediately to assess our situation. A solution was suggested and a plan of action put in place to implement it. All staff from the office to the tree surgeons themselves were very polite, professional and extremely helpful. Credit were it’s due - well done Chorley Council!

I attended Chorley Council Offices Housing Dept on 28th June 2017 very nervous.My situation had changed dramatically after the unfortunate passing of my husband.

Having never claimed anything before I did not know what to do but just wanted some advice.

However the treatment I received was second to none.Jane my advisor was helpful,compassionate and very very understanding.Jane gave me some very useful information

and I left the office with very useful information,I was not hurried and made to feel very comfortable.

So I just wanted to thank you for everything,

Kind Regards,

Christina Gallagher

Had to ring CBC this morning for help. A poor cat had died right in front of my drive. Not sure if it had been knocked down or not. We had to go out but when we came home it was gone. They sent someone out straight away to remove it. Thank you so much.

Feedback for the meet Santa and Santa train experience; kids had a good time and I was super impressed with the quality of face painting - absolutely the best I have seen. Thank you.

Doing a great job of moving Chorley forward. Loving the work with bringing investment and jobs into the town. Chorley is a great place to live and to love!

Still collecting garden waste from households that have not paid the £30.00 renewal fee. How fair is that to those residents who have complied with your 1st May deadline.?

Surely it isn't THAT difficult to enforce, and if it is, why should any of us bother.? Perhaps you plan on reimbursing those households who have been compliant, and paid as requested.

Sort your admin systems out please !!

Why does nobody answer the phones ever and never return calls using optional service!! ??

Watch out for free parking scams!!!!

Very disappointed that Westminster Road (yellow line side) has been unenforceable for over 12 months!! And yesterday without warning a new time plate was put in which has led to PCNs being issued today! Don’t u think a kind warning should have been sent out to the residents giving them chance to move their cars?

I was not one of the unlucky ones but I think after such a long I enforcement the right thing would have been to let residents know....

Today I called the council to order three bins which were not here when I moved into the property...and it’s cost me £90!!! What a disgrace Chorley council..total bloody rip off when I pay my council tax etc etc etc �

The state of the roads around Chorley is horrendous! Especially at the roundabout outside seven stars on eaves lane! I have just blown a tyre riding home from work! This post will not get acknowledged or if it does the blame will will either be pushed back on myself or somebody else! Millions to spend on a fucking extension of market walk yet you can't fix some pot holes, well I say hole when it's more like a meteor has collided with earth! Joke!

Love how you filled in all the pot holes for the cycle race even thou they don't pay road tax. And because chorley council and Lancashire council said that they don't do with the pot holes in that area. But the chorley council and Lancashire council filled them in and I know a few bikes what have damaged there bike from the put holes over Rivington and you never did any thing about it until this bike race what went on

Is ridiculous, several times been not collected and why I had enough and rang to complain, been told to ring other day cause system is down..., beyond the joke , what for I’m I paying that much i think we shouldn’t pay for every time they don’t the service...

In the middle off a big environmental disaster . The air is toxic from the local landfill

Can’t believe in this weather you would have workers working on a major busy bypass tidying up edges of grass !!! All week !!! Ridiculous

Building in the towncentre for businesses that haven't signed up to even come - reducing parking and killing the local businesses already here! Chorley is a market town and all the council seem bothered about are marks and Spencer's coming here who won't even commit to signing to bring a shop here! And today a Tuesday also doing roadworks on the main route into town on market day - why not just tell the businesses to give up now with an incompetent council like this killing the town!!!

Booked to take my 5 year old son on the organised bat walk at Yarrow Valley park yesterday evening only for no one to show up! At least 10 families were stood waiting, all with upset and disappointed young children. Got home to a cancellation email which was sent last minute yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't get the email as we were at work/school all day and came straight to the park for the allotted time. Probably best that if you cancel an event last minute you use the contact numbers taken at the time of booking to ensure each person who has booked receives the cancellation message or at the very least put a message up on the notice board so people aren't left hanging around.