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PO Box 428
Floor 6, Municipal Offices
Smith Street
Rochdale
OL16 1ZZ
Telephone: 01706 926232
Fax: 01706 924104
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Municipal Offices
Smith Street
Rochdale
OL16 1XU
Telephone: 01706 926232
Fax: 01706 924104
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Hollingworth Lake Big Water Festival takes place on Sunday 3 June 2012 from 10am-4pm. It's a great family day out with lots to see and do for all ages and it's your chance to try out water sports plus enjoy all the attractions that Hollingworth Lake has to offer. [More]
The route the Olympic Torch will take through Rochdale and Heywood has been revealed.
Saturday 23 June will see the Olympic flame reach the borough on its 70 day journey around the UK with people lining the streets to welcome the famous symbol and celebrate this once in a lifetime event.
With events in Rochdale and Heywood town centres, the Olympic Torch will come into the borough from Norden, along Edenfield Road with the first Torchbearer carrying the flame from the junction with Elmsfield Avenue.
The flame will then be on full view as it is carried along Sandy Lane past Spotland Stadium. It will turn left onto Bury Road and travel along College Road and Newgate before turning onto the Esplanade and passing in front of the Town Hall. [
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Rochdale Borough Council has launched a new awards scheme to recognise unsung heroes and groups who make the borough a better place for everyone.
The Pride of Rochdale Borough Awards include awards for Volunteer and Young Volunteer of the Year, Unsung Hero in Sport, Community Group of the Year, Disabled Sports Achiever, Good Neighbour, Sports Club of the Year and Organisation of the Year. To make your nominations follow this link. [More]
After the success of last year's pantomime 'Aladdin', which broke all previous box office records for the Arena and received rave reviews from all media including TV, radio and newspapers, we are delighted to announce this year's production
'Dick Whittington & His Cat', again with an all celebrity cast. [
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Link4Life Fitness Membership - join online now! Click here
Not all Membership Options are available online. If you are in doubt about the range of membership options available - or you don't find the option you are looking for - please contact one of our Link4Life Fitness centres direct.
Our £18.50 membership option is available to Passport to Leisure holders. Please contact any of the centres for more information about this scheme. (This membership option is not available on line).
A report outlining applications to the Voluntary Sector Arts Organisations Fund (VSAOF) was recently approved by the Link4Life Board. The Board is still keen to receive a wider range of applications from across the Borough from constituted Arts Organisations. To further facilitate and encourage this process the Link4Life Board agreed to invite further applications for funding from other Voluntary Sector Arts Organisations for 2012/13. Follow this link to download the
application form.
Link4Life’s Healthy Workforce initiative supports employers in reducing the cost to their business from sickness absence. It also helps to build relationships with staff providing them with tangible benefits that provide a real ‘feel good factor’.
Link4Life has been successfully delivering its Healthy Workforce initiative for over six years. It has been adopted by several major employers within the Rochdale Borough area and has been made available to over 15,000 employees. [
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Congratulations Rochdale!!!
Rochdale has been declared the ‘World Capital of Co-operatives’ at a global meeting of over two thousand co-operators in Mexico. The declaration was made at a meeting of the General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), the body that represents co-operatives throughout the world. The announcement comes as the borough prepares to welcome visitors from around the world for the United Nations Year of Co-operatives next year. Well done Rochdale.
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A-Z of Sports Clubs and Groups in the borough of Rochdale
Our new Directory of Sports Clubs and Groups in the borough of Rochdale covering around 250 clubs and groups is now available to download. The borough is served by a fantastic range of organisations and clubs offering around 50 different sports and activities and includes anything from Aikido to Windsurfing.
The information provided in the directory includes the club contact, email (where available) and phone numbers with a website link if provided. [
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Replacement for Central Leisure now in progress
Work is now in progress on the building of a new leisure centre for Rochdale to replace the existing Central Leisure Centre. Located on an adjacent Entwisle Road site, contractor Wilmot Dixon began work at the beginning of November - the third £10 million plus sports and leisure facility to be constructed in the borough of Rochdale.
See details of the Exhibitions and Events programme
Check out the latest fitness offers available within the Borough
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