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Events and activities coming up in and around Blackrod.
A drop-in fun and interactive group for families with babies 0-12 months. Enjoy songs, rhymes, sensory play, and topic chats on building relationships, weaning, play, oral health etc. Run by Family Hub Practitioners.
A drop-in fun and interactive group for families with babies 0-12 months. Enjoy songs, rhymes, sensory play, and topic chats on building relationships, weaning, play, oral health etc. Run by Family Hub Practitioners.
Friendly community-choir rehearsal.
First Westhoughton Cricket Club Festival, staged as a large live entertainment/music event at the ground.
Informal social craft group for knitting, stitching and conversation; all are welcome.
Scrabble session
Free one-to-one help with phones, tablets, laptops, internet use and other everyday digital issues. Residents can bring their own device.
An interactive group for families with children 12 months+ Enjoy songs, stories, sensory play, and craft activities to help build your child’s communication, language, and literacy skills.
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Friendly community-choir rehearsal.
Friendly community-choir rehearsal.
Friendly community-choir rehearsal.
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Free baby and toddler groups in Blackrod and Horwich.
Bolton Library and Museum Services
A welcoming village church and host to a huge range of community groups — Messy Church, Wiggle Worship, choir, reading club and more.
Community spotlightA volunteer planting and beautification group caring for Blackrod's gateways, planters, flower beds and (seasonally) the cemetery. 7 committed members in the 2025 assembly report. The group fundraises through coffee mornings and a 'good as new' clothes sale for the Children's Society. Always open to new volunteers and donations.
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Local spotlightFind opportunities to support local charities, groups, projects and causes.
Help plant and maintain Blackrod's gateways, planters and flower beds. Welcoming team of 7 — always open to new volunteers and donations.
Join the team of ~20 volunteers running monthly Messy Church for 30+ children and their families. Great for DofE Volunteering section.
Help make and finish items to sell at community events for charitable causes. Open to novices.
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