Community

A big thank you to Golborne and Lowton West Voice, whose volunteers have been giving away protective masks to anyone who needs them this week. 

Work is underway to give Golborne a thorough spruce-up with deep cleaning, tree planting, new bins, lighting and floral displays.

Tireless commitment to keeping people in touch during the past 12 months has earnt a woman from Lowton an award. 

Do you have old photos of Lowton which could be used to create a local history feature wall for residents at Elmridge Court?

After rekindling a passion for painting during the first lockdown, retired David Hoult from Lowton raised more than £1,600 selling his artwork.

As part of the Government’s road map out of lockdown, some of our local churches are beginning to make plans to welcome their congregations back to services soon. 

The joggers held a collection in aid of the Ashton Churches Together (ACT) Foodbank at their pre-Christmas 5k run.

Exciting plans are being drawn up to expand and improve Golborne’s library – if funding can be secured. The library is currently closed due to the pandemic, and many of …

The wonderful ladies of Milltown Sound have recorded a beautiful Christmas song to raise money for Wigan and Leigh Hospice.

Despite all the challenges of this year, Lowton’s community has come together to make the town’s lights bigger and better than ever!

Sports pitches and inside spaces at Golborne High School can once again be hired out to the community.

This group of old schoolfriends from Lowton & Newton-le-Willows challenged themselves to climb three mountains in just two days!

This group of intrepid climbers are planning to scale the three highest mountains in the UK in just 24 hours, to raise money in memory of their friend.