Free sport

EIGHT to 16-year-olds can take part in free sports sessions in Princess Park, off Princess Road, from 1pm to 3pm on Wednesdays.


There are also sessions at Crossley Playing Fields, Petworth Street, from 5pm to 6pm on the same day. For details contact Claire Marshall on 0161-770 1636/4051.


STOCKBROOK Children’s Centre, Albion Street, holds massage sessions for babies aged from eight weeks to 12 months from 1.30pm to 2.30pm on Thursdays. Contact 0161-770 8404.


A PLANNING application has been submitted to convert a newsagents into a house a 25 Turf Lane. Permission is also sought for a single-storey rear extension at 19 Tulip Close and a first-floor rear extension at 22 Williams Crescent.


GIVE Blood at Christ Church, Block Lane, on August 24. Sessions run from 1.15pm to 3.3.0pm and 5.15 pm to 7.30pm. To book a slot visit www.blood.co.uk or call 0300 1232323.


CHILDREN can brush up on their juggling, stilt walking, tightrope walking and balloon making at Chadderton Wellbeing Centre, Burnley Street. The free circus session runs from 11.15am to 12.15pm on Sunday.


HAVE a quacking good time at a duck race in Chadderton Hall Park at 2pm on August 20. Duck sponsorship £2 in aid of Dr Kershaw’s Hospice.


GET creative with card-making workshops with Anne Elliot at Christ Church, Block Lane from 10am to 3.30pm on Tuesday and Tuesday, August 23.


THE Boat and Horses is having a fun day on August 27 in aid of Help for Heroes. Attractions include a bouncy castle, and a barbecue (children eat free) with live entertainment from 9pm.