All of Rochdale’s libraries, Touchstones Museum, theatres at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic Centre have been closed until further notice as the Borough tackles the Coronavirus Pandemic. Leisure centres will close at 10.30pm on Thursday, 19 March as will the Hollingworth Lake Leisure Facilty
Rochdale Food & Drink Festival has been cancelled and the Bowlee Car Boot Sale season due to start on Sunday, 5 April has been postponed.
The Dippy exhibition is being suspended.
Meanwhile the council has taken over the running of Rochdale food bank and is working to ensure others in the borough remain open.
Council meetings have been cancelled or cut back and Council staff are working from home where possible to help ensure workforce capacity is maintained.
Services are being focussed on the most vulnerable groups, including people aged over 70, to develop the borough’s response to the global pandemic.
Council leader Allen Brett said: “This is a grave and unprecedented threat to our health so we must take all necessary steps to protect our local populations. I have ensured that responding to the coronavirus situation is the council’s number one priority.
“Information and updates will be provided on a regular basis through our social media channels and with the help of our local media. We can beat this terrible disease but we must all work together and follow the advice as closely as possible if we are to do it.”
