The current Town Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer will be retiring from her role at the end of March 2024 and the Town Council are seeking a replacement to be in place at that date or through negotiation.

If you would like to discuss the vacancy or require any  further information please ring the Town Clerk on 01204696362 or Council Chairman on 01204468567 For an application form and further information please email the Town Clerk on clerk@blackrodtowncouncil.org.uk

A letter of application and completed application form may be sent by post or email. Interviews will be held in December  to early January 2023. Blackrod Town Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Blackrod Town Council welcomes the 2023-2024 group of Youth Councillors and hopes they will have a productive year with us. Please see the attached photo of our Youth Councillors & Mayor.

The Town Mayor, Cllr Mrs Susan Baines would like to thank all those that came along to the recent charity fund raiser Fashion Show, held at The Hawthorns on Wednesday 2nd November 2022. Funds are still be counted but Cllr Mrs Baines is delighted to announce that the total raised has already exceeded £1200.00
Grateful thanks are also given to the stall holders, Fashion Boutique and staff at the Hawthorns for all the help and assistance they gave in order to make the event successful.
Many thanks to all

Cllr Mrs Susan Baines. Mayor of Blackrod.

The Town Mayor and Mayoress would like to thank all those who came to the recent coffee morning, held in the Council chamber on 7th October 2021 and for the help and support they were given. Monies are still being counted but to date the event helped to raise £227.00 that will be put towards their charitable causes. Thank you Blackrod.

The Mayor of Blackrod, Councillor Nick Bell and Mayoress Mrs Odette Bell would like to thank Civic Guests, family and friends and the Team at St Katharine’s Church for making their Civic Sunday such an enjoyable occasion. They hope to see many of you again at the forthcoming events planned as part of their Charity Fund Raising starting with a coffee morning to be held in the council chamber on Thursday October 7th 10-12 noon. Tickets priced at £3 for coffee and cake. All welcome.

60’s night with the travellin’ strings at the Hilltops Social Club.
Friday 27th March from 7pm.
Tickets available from the Town Clerk.
Price £10 to include a hot supper.

The Town Mayor Cllr John Price and Mayoress Mrs Sandra Price would like to thank all those who attended the recent 60’s night in aid of the Mayor’s Charity, held on 30th August at the Hilltops Social Club and during which a magnificent sum exceeding £750 was raised towards charitable funds. Thankyou to everyone and special thanks to those who helped organise the evening.

On the July 20th 2019 the Blackrod Mayor and friends undertook a sponsored walk in aid of the Mayors charities, raising almost a £1000.00. Thank you to all those who helped along the way and well done to all walkers.

On the 27th June 2019, the new Mayor of Blackrod Councillor John Price and Mayoress Mrs Sandra Price held their first event of the year raising funds for the Mayors Charity. An excellent turnout at a Coffee Morning raising a grand total of over £300. Thankyou to all who attended and to those who donated the cakes for the occasion.

Blackrod Town Council elected their new Mayor Councillor John Price on Monday evening for the year 2019 – 2020, in front of Council members family and friends and members of the public. He will be supported by his consort Mayoress Mrs Sandra Price The Mayors Civic Sunday will take place at St Katharine’s Church in Blackrod on Sunday 19th May 2019 at 11am Councillor Price spoke about how proud he was to be taking on the role of Mayor of Blackrod and asked members and guests present to give a vote of thanks to the retiring Mayor and Mayoress Mr Scott Batchelor and wife Karen.

Blackrod have a new Mayor. At the Annual Meeting of the Town Council attended by over 55 friends, family and local residents, Councillor Mr Scott Batchelor was elected to become the Town Mayor for the year 2018-2019. Councillor Batchelor will be joined by his Mayoress Mrs Karen Batchelor and supported by Deputy Mayor Councillor Mr John Price and wife Sandra. Blackrod Town Council wish the new civic dignitaries all the very best for the forthcoming year when they will be out and about representing the local residents of Blackrod over a very busy year.

A fantastic turnout for the Town Mayors Councillor Mrs Seddon’s final charity fund raising Bingo Night for her year in office, with over 75 attendees at the Hilltops Social Club and a fantastic sum raised of over £800 for charitable causes. The Town Mayor was joined by other local civic dignitaries from nearby towns and ably helped by a group of local residents. Prizes galore and pastie and peas all went down well with those attending all declaring it to be excellent event. Thankyou to all.

Once again a fantastic sum of money was raised at the latest Town Mayors Charity Fund Raising Event with over £450 being added to the annual fund raising events undertaken by Blackrod’s Mayor. The Town Mayor Councillor Mrs Isabel Seddon was ably assisted at the event by a willing group of helpers and pasties and peas were served to those present which capped off a very enjoyable fund raising activity. Thank you is also given to the staff at the Hilltops for their welcomed assistance on the night.

The next Mayors event Charity Bingo at Hilltops Social Club is on Friday 10th November from 7.00pm Eyes down 7.30pm.
Tickets £4, to include a pasty and peas.
Tickets available from the Town Clerk and other members of the community.

Thank you to everyone who assisted and help raise almost £300 at the recent coffee morning on 19th October.

The new Town Mayor / Chairman of Blackrod has been voted in for 2017 – 2018. Councillor Mrs Isabel Seddon took up her role on 8th May 2017 and will be ably supported by her Consort Mr Ian Hamilton, a former Town Council member and the newly appointed Deputy Mayor/ Chairman Councillor Scott Batchelor. Look out for charity events being ran throughout the year in aid of the Mayor’s Charity. Anyone wishing to contact the Town Mayor can do so by contacting the Office of the Town Clerk.

The current Mayor of Blackrod Councillor Ann Cunliffe will retire from the role at the Town Council Annual Meeting to be held on 8th May 2017. The new Mayor of Blackrod will then be duly elected and take up office from that date. Members of the public are welcomed at the Annual Meeting, which commences at 7.15pm.

The Town Council Christmas Tree was lit up in Blackrod with the help of the Blackrod Youth Council and invited guests, including Blackrod Mayor Councillor Cunliffe and Consort Mr Jim Brooks. This event saw a large increase in people attending the event and many made their way to St Andrews Hall for a seasonal glass of mulled wine and mince pies, whilst being entertained by the marvellous Blackrod Community Choir. The Town Mayor would like to thank all those who attended and giving generously to the Town Mayor’s Charity, through the organised tombola and to those in Rhapsody Academy for their generosity in providing the room freely for the occasion.

Remembrance 11th November. Huge crowds turned out for the recent Remembrance Service on Sunday 13th November 2016. Following a service at the Cenotaph within the Blackrod Cemetery the crowds including Civic Guests marched through the village to St Katharine’s Church, ably accompanied by the Greenfield Band. Warming Refreshments were served to those who had participated in the event, which was provided by the Town Council.

The Town Mayor would like to say thanks all those who attended the recent evening with the Travelling Strings held in the Hilltops Social Club. The event raised over £600 towards the Mayor’s Charities and thanks everyone for the kind generosity.

Body Shop At Home Party, Thursday 8th September.

To be held in the Council Chambers in the Library building.

Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets just £2.00.

Hosted by the Mayor Of Blackrod in aid of the Mayor’s charities which include:

• Special Educational Needs in the Blackrod Schools
• Bolton centre for blind people

Please see attached poster for more details.

The Town Mayor Councillor Ann Cunliffe warmly thanks all those who visited the Town Council Chambers on Sunday 2^nd July for Tea and Cake with the Mayor and for their kind donations to this year’s charitable causes.

The 2015/16 retiring Mayor Councillor Hollick and retiring Mayoress Mrs Janet Milward are pictured handing out cheques from their charitable fundraising activities to representatives from:

• Derian House Children’s Hospice
• The Motor Neurone Disease Association
• Bolton Young Persons’ Housing Scheme
• Bolton Hospice
• Urban Outreach
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Blackrod Art Group
• Blackrod Methodist Luncheon Club
• Friends of St Katharine’s church
• Little Jack

The Mayor would be delighted to attend any community activities within the village, including schools, churches, fund raising activities and community groups. Please contact the Office of the Town Clerk for more information.

The night of May 24th something happened in Blackrod Library that has never happened in a Bolton Library before…

The library hosted a sleepover as a special favour to the Blackrod Rainbows!! It was a wonderful evening and the girls really enjoyed themselves and our staff Ann Brown and Anne Burns really, really enjoyed having them…

They made fairy wish jars, met Tinkerbell and the Mayor of Blackrod who presented all the Rainbows with a special certificate saying they were the first people to ever sleep in her Council Chamber.

Anne Burns read extracts from the BFG and Peter Pan, they had a Treasure Hunt and found naughty fairies hiding in the library, made cute cuddly toys, ate hot dogs for supper and had 3 bedtime stories.

In the morning they had even more stories and wrote down everything everyone had enjoyed about the sleepover.

A truly lovely event.