Events this month in Rochdale

We are a well-established Friends Group with a track record of attracting external funding and promoting the park as a venue for social interaction and a passion for the park to be an excellent and well-utilized community resource.

Give your grey matter a work out and help victims and witnesses of crime.

The night includes nibbles, DJ, raffle and more.

To reserve a table please contact either Michelle or Hamaira on 0161 856 5810.

Funtime Comedy Club at the Pack Horse Inn is on every 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Our show in May has headliner Chris Cairns along with an opener plus support and its all held toegther by our resident M.C. Chris Tavner.

Entry is £8 at the door but you are advised to reserve a table by calling David on 07763226651 or you can buy advance tickets online at wegottickets.com.

Entry also includes a free hot buffet supper served at the first break of the show.

Limited to 30 places; suitable for 9 & 10year olds.

Led by S Murtagh and Art staff, travel into the past to discover how the Ancient Egyptians used art in their everyday lives and make Egyptian headdresses and neckwear.

Booking is essential.

Our next Rochdale Lunch is one of the "42 Action for Business" events that from now on will be included as part of your valuable Chamber membership.

At these new events we hope to improve and grow the trading between companies, especially within the Rochdale area, as well as obtaining your views on key issues affecting businesses in the area.

Chris Fletcher, Deputy Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Chamber will chair an interactive session on: • what issues businesses in Rochdale are currently facing? • how the Chamber is currently working to help business in Rochdale • and most importantly, what do YOU as businesses want us to lobby on your behalf?

So if you are a company based in Rochdale or simply do business in Rochdale, we would encourage you to attend the event to ensure your views are heard and acted upon.

So BOOK NOW for the opportunity to get your point of view across and also network with like-minded business people, make some new contacts and widen your contact base

Itinerary
12 noon Registration and informal networking 12.30pm Buffet Lunch 1.00pm Guest speaker 1.15pm One minute rounds and networking 2.00pm Close

Who is this suitable for?
Chamber members and non-members - come along and see what Chamber networking can do for your business

An upcoming CIEH accredited Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace course can help companies reduce lost working days, improve employee retention and reduce insurance premiums.

A 1 day course is being organised by Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale and will be delivered by senior health and safety expert, Mick Mann, from Mann Training Services.

Lu Yang, Environmental Business Advisor at Groundwork, added: “Employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy workplace conditions and the right systems and methods for safe activities. Employees also have a duty of care, and therefore need the right knowledge and attitude to deliver this.”

This Level 2 course provides an overview of health and safety legislation, risk assessments, manual handling, workstation design, noise and transport.

Dr Chris Bamber from OLC (Europe) Ltd, commented: “The L2 Health and Safety Award in the Workplace course has proven to be valuable for my staff. We have also used it to up skill our students who go on to work as engineers, administrators and managers in a wide range of sectors.”

The CIEH L2 Award in Health & Safety course is taking place on Wednesday 22 May (9:30am to 4:30pm) at the Environment Centre, Shaw Road, Oldham, OL1 4AW. For more details or to register please contact Lu Yang by email lu.yang@groundwork.org.uk or call 0161 624 1444.

Cream Tea and talk by Sheila Antrobus entitled "Don't chuck it -- check it!" Why not bring along an item to be "checked" by Sheila.

Grand Networking Open Evening.

Come along and meet like minded businesses and see what the new O2 Store and the business community can offer you to help develop your business.

Free technical support with our exclusive O2 Gurus. Business advisors on hand to offer support. Fantastic Prize Business Card draw.

Meet new contacts and secure new business. Free Parking available on Arndale roof top car park.

Technology is used in many ways today to help us organise ourselves better and make our lives run more smoothly. In Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Awareness Week, people living with dementia, their carers and family members can find out how assistive technology can enhance their lives and enable people to live independently longer by dropping into the Alzheimer’s Society Memory Wellbeing Café Roadshow, at the Pioneer’s Museum on Toad Lane in Rochdale on Thursday, May 23 between 11am - 2pm.

People visiting the Assistive Technology Roadshow will be able to see and interact with a range of devices demonstrated by staff from Rochdale MBC’s Home Improvement Agency (HIA). As well as providing the technology, HIA staff will also be supplying the knowhow and will be on hand to answer people’s questions.

After exploring the technology and finding out how it can be used to help meet the needs of people living with dementia, staff and volunteers from Rochdale Pioneer’s Museum will be available to guide people on a journey into the past to see how an idea, which gave birth to the co-operative movement, aimed to meet the needs of a great many people back then.

If you want to know more about this event or any of the services provided by the Alzheimer’s Society in Rochdale call 0161 342 0797 or email muriel.stretton@alzheimers.org.uk

The shadow Business Secretary, Chuka Umunna MP, is to visit Rochdale this week after being invited by Simon Danczuk MP.

The rising Labour Party star is set to headline a dinner at Milnrow Cricket club this Thursday evening, where he will talk to local businesses across the Borough.

“Chuka is one of the most talented young politicians in the country and I’m delighted he’s coming to meet people in Rochdale and listen to the concerns of local businesses,” said Simon.

Tickets to the three course dinner are still available. For more information email Allen Brett.