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📢 Would you like to be involved in the future of Wigan Museum? We’d love to hear from you. At Wigan Museum we are looking to update our venue offer and displays – help us to develop your museum by telling us what you want to see!  Follow the link to the short survey here.

🍃 We have two full-time craft gardener vacancies at Haigh to help  us to deliver on our horticultural ambitions. If you're a keen and knowledgeable horticulturist, with a passion for heritage garden regeneration, apply here by Sunday 27 April.

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♀️ Ladies… accept no limits on when you can be active! Join Be Well at Lilford Park on Wednesday (30 April), 7pm-8pm, for our next #LiftTheCurfew event in support of the This Girl Can campaign. Book your free spot for our run or walk via the Be Well website and be active outdoors in a safe group setting with other women like you.

🚶 The Big Wigan Walk Week (24 May – 1 June) is coming… and spots are already filling up on our flagship walks such as the Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball Trail, the Community Rail Trail and The New Wigan Way. So if you’re planning to take part in this fabulous free festival, make sure to secure your place! Browse our timetable of events via the Be Well app or online, or find out more on the Be Well website.

🚗 TfGM offer free Safer Driving for Longer courses to help you gain confidence in your ability and learn the skills you need to protect yourself on busy roads. Visit their website to find out more and sign up.

🚲 The countdown is on to our first Cycle Three Sisters event of 2025! Be Well’s popular free family day out at Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Three Sisters Circuit returns on Wednesday 21 May with a host of activities on and off the track – including balance bikes, cycle skills, adapted bikes, e-bikes, cycling stalls, climbing wall, giant bubbles and more. So mark your calendars and find out more on the Be Well website or official Facebook event page.

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As the weather warms up, let's ensure we stay safe around water 💧

Monday marks the start of Be Water Aware week, throughout this time and beyond we will be sharing important water safety advice.

We are also encouraging parents and guardians to talk to your children about water safety, especially older teenagers who may be more independent, to help them understand the risks and know what to do in an emergency.

Open waterways might look safe, but they can be deceptively deep, hide dangers like underwater objects, and cause cold water shock.

Free and easily accessible water safety resources have been designed with parents and guardians in mind to help you engage children of all ages in simple yet effective ways.

Discover the SEND support available for your family

Do you want to know more about the support available for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?

Wigan Council’s Local Offer Live Event gives parents/carers, families and professionals the opportunity to meet service providers and take part in workshops relating to all the SEND support available in Wigan Borough.

Among the services due to attend are:

·       Children’s social care

·       Education services

·       NHS services

·       Community services

·       And so much more…

Come along to The Edge in Wigan on Monday 28 April at the time that is easiest for you.

There will be drop-in sessions at: 10am until 2pm and 3:30pm until 6:30pm. No booking required and there will be a quiet space available throughout the day.

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📣We have started to see increasing reports about salons allowing under 18s to use sunbeds. With prom season coming up, we want to remind local parents and salon owners that this is illegal. Sunbeds use high intensity UV radiation for quick tanning, and this can damage your skin and lead to skin cancer. If you know of a salon allowing under 18s to use sunbeds, report to our Trading Standards in confidence at regulation@wigan.gov.uk or 0808 223 1133.