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What your council does

About your council

We provide a wide range of services that play a vital role in making Bury a great place to live, work, study and visit.

About your council

Environment - place

What your council does: Household Waste Collection Service

Summarising this universal service that we provide to all residents.

Two bin collection vehicles parked up in a service yard

What your council does: Highway improvements

Our extra investment and approach to improving the roads.

Two people in high visibility clothing digging on a roadside

What your council does: Winter service

What we do to keep key roads safe during cold, icy and snowy weather.

Five yellow gritting vehicles parked up in a service yard

What your council does: Parks, outdoor play and open spaces

Borough-wide award-winning parks and safe outdoor play/sports facilities.

A pathway with a bench on the left leading towards a large polished steel sculpture shaped as a dragon

What your council does: Housing

The front of two one-storey houses. Each house has one door and two windows.

Children

What your council does: School admissions

School admissions

What your council does: Home to school transport

Travel pass application

What your council does: School catering

What your council does: Children’s sensory needs team

What your council does: Early support team (Portage)

What your council does: Fostering and adoption

What your council does: Youth services

Adults

What your council does: Adult social care

How we support adults to live independently and improve their quality of life.

What your council does: Extra care service

Care and support to help older people to continue to live an independent life.

What your council does: Adult learning

Accessible, locally delivered lifelong learning opportunities.

Communities

What your council does: Cost of living support

Business, work and skills

What your council does: Bury Means Business and Bury Works