Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity

We are a mutual aid group formed by neighbours. We discover & connect the skills, gifts, passions & strengths of our community.

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Listen to Alexa open the Playbox yesterday.

We can’t tell you how hard this young woman had worked to make this happen & how over the course of the year she’s become practiced at public speaking.

With community members like this there’s real hope in the air for us all 😍

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

We were so chuffed to receive support to continue producing and growing local good news via Ey Up- Its Wigan West CommUnity News. The Autumn edition is with the printers right now 🥰 & to offer community reporting training next year 💃🥳

[The National Lottery Community Fund @TNLComFund]

📣 Exciting funding news! Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we've awarded over £144 million in vital funding to almost 2,500 community groups in England in the last quarter!

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Good News Alert!
We’ve secured funding from the Awards for All National Lotteries Community Fund to fund Ey Up - It’s Wigan West CommUnity News for the next two years. And, offer local people training to become Community Reporters with Peoples Voice Media 💃🥳

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

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[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

@PlayfulAnytime We were so glad to see you!

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

We have the keys 🔑

Tomorrow is the day we open our own Playbox for the very 1st time

What an amazing achievement

And thanks to all those who’ve helped make it happen

Special thanks to @GreenmountProj1

We can’t wait to show you all!
Come along if you can x

[Grass Roots of Wigan - GRoW @GrassRootsWigan]

We are holding our third event at #FurClemt on Sunday Sep 1st — come along for #community networking and funding opportunities in #Wigan! Please rsvp via our website:

https://t.co/P4LpfAfTWY

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

The Springfield Dog Show 2024.

Here comes the sun was an apt tune 😉☔️💧🌧️

The Springfield dog walkers are hardy!
And we raised £384 to keep us in poo bags!

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

I tell you what! We have some hardy dog walkers in Springfield.
Did rain stop the dog show tonight?
Did it eck & it piddled down for a while too.
Springfield Community Led Dog Show 2024

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

It’s party day and this time the weather is on our side.
Lots of fun for all.
Let’s enjoy each others company
Today is the start of a summer of community play.
Tuesday we’ve fun in the woodlands and Wednesday is the annual dog show 😍

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Coach trips to Lytham
Julie offers her QiGong class
Lots of folk get involved in making planters outside of CommUnity Corner
Green fingered children work on their school garden
And a group of neighbours start a photo voice project exploring ‘good life’
Great week 😍

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

A community driven effort saw Ey Up hand delivered to every household in May.

Here’s the Spring edition online

🤞@TNLComFund says yes to our current application, which will see 4 more issues & local folk trained in community reporters

https://t.co/SUIbo8Q5r5

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

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[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Today at CommUnity Corner we have:
Chill, Chat, Colour & Cuppa hosted by Sue & Val
Addiction Awareness hosted by Roz
LGBTQI Network hosted by Resolute Productions

& the public living room is open to all. Chat, read, play games, have 🫖 , eat some of Gills left over birthday 🎂

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

This months private members community lottery winner is no 1.
We had 81 players this month & £405 in the pot equally split between 1 winner & community good causes.

Players voted to spend the money on discounted tickets for summer trips & trophies for the community awards
😍

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Afternoon tea is always a local highlight.
Who doesn’t like a Tues afternoon 💃 ? We ❤️ to see so many carers enjoying carefree 💃 with partners

Today the children were doing the serious work with Mike & the design team at GreenMounts designing their permanent playbox

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Making space for creatives at CommUnity Corner.

Making and selling our wares to each other.

What talent we have

What talent we’ve yet to discover 😍

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Making space for creatives at CommUnity Corner.

Making and selling our wares to each other.

What talent we have

What talent we’ve yet to discover 😍

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

And we’re off
The 3rd Annual Community Led Awards.

Making the Invisible Visible & Connecting the Connectors in the Springfield, Beech Hill and Gidlow CommUnity

7 Categories

Opens today
Nominations close 14th July

Show your appreciation 👇
https://t.co/jezzy7uuD5

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

It was all work for the Playbox Campaign Group on International Day of Play

Chatting with their pals at Family Activity Club about plans for the Playbox

They really are serious about play 😍