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Community Programmes

A list of programmes related to events and initiatives in the local community.

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Tameside Veteran's Day Celebrations

Tameside Veteran's Day Celebrations in Victoria Park on Saturday 28th June 2008.

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Tameside Salutes Regiment

Tameside saluted the The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment on Thursday, 26th July 2007 by allowing them to parade through Ashton Town Centre.

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Changing Lives - Supporting People in Tameside

A short film highlighting the high level of care offered to people with a wide variety of needs in Tameside.

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Hyde Seals Statue Unveiling

A statue was unveiled by BBC Broadcaster Allan Beswick and Cllr Jackie Lane to commemorate Hyde Seals Swimming Club.

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Gardeners' Question Time

Tameside Council erected a plaque at the Broadoak Hotel and held its own Gardeners' Question Time style event.

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Stamford Park Improvement Meeting

Members of the public and local businesses were invited to come along to Stamford Park to discuss and give their own opinions and ideas of how the park can be improved.

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Union Learning Centre Art Exhibition

Union Learning Centre in Hyde recently held their annual Art Exhibition. All the exhibits were made by adults with various learning disabilities, attending the one or two year art course.

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Tameside Local Studies and Archives Service Oral History Project

Tameside Council with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund has decided to catch the memories and experiences from the first generation of asians in Tameside.

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e-tameside Awards 2005

The e-tameside Awards are to celebrate the dynamism and innovation of ICT in Tameside.

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Council Tax Benefits

An informative look at how the council tax benefits scheme can make a difference to people's lives.

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Patient Information Service

The Patient Information Service based at Tameside Hospital provides Health and Social Care information to parents and carers.

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Garden of Tranquility opens in Hyde Park

The Garden of Tranquility in Hyde Park officially opened on Saturday 20th July 2005. It was created by local garden designer Mel Chantrey as a welcoming space for everyone to enjoy, reflect on life, and remember loved ones.

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The Civic Reception to honour Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton

The Civic Reception to honour Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton the IBF Light Welterweight Champion of the World. It took place on Wednesday 20th July at Hyde Town Hall and was attended by local dignitaries, friends and family.

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New Book Charts Unique Church History

It is the latest in the Archaeology of Tameside series being brought to the public through a partnership between Tameside Council and the University of Manchester Archaeology Unit

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Local Studies and Archives Centre Moves to New Home

The Local Studies and Archives Centre has moved into new purpose-built premises in Ashton-under-Lyne following the completion of this £1million project. For the first time, all the archival materials are stories on one site in state-of-the-art environmentally controlled conditions.

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Bookstart Initiative in Tameside

Bookstart is a national scheme run by Tameside Libraries to encourage parents and carers to share books with babies. Every 8-month old baby receives a pack containing 2 books, information for parents/carers, a library joining form, and rhyme cards. Activity sessions are run on a regular basis at libraries around Tameside.

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State-of-the-art bus station opens its doors to Hyde

A plaque commemorating thefinish of work at Hyde's new multi-million pound bus station was unveiled by Cllr Alan Whitehead - Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority spokesperson for Tameside - and the Leader of Tameside Council, Cllr Roy Oldham, and the Chair of Hyde District Assembly, Cllr John Sullivan, as they took a first look at the state-of-the-art bus station.

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Save Our Metrolink

Tameside Council has joined forces with the local press to launch a campaign to bring the Phase 3 Metrolink plans back on track. The move is geared to ensuring the proposed extension, which goes through Droylsden to Ashton, doesn't hit the buffers permanently and is re-introduced by the government

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Fire at Ashton Market Hall

Ashton-under-Lyne's listed Victorian market hall was devastated by fire in May 2004. The video clips include the aftermath of the building together with interviews with the Markets Manager, the Police and Fire Brigade and the reaction of local shoppers.


Page last updated: 21 August 2008