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Let's get digital!

Wigan and Leigh are helping residents get digital with a week-long series of hands-on events focusing on the internet - with state-of-the-art tablet computers up for grabs.

23 May 2013
Centurions Read All About It

RUGBY League giants the Leigh Centurions are set to become the latest team to sign up to a reading challenge to celebrate this year's World Cup.

22 May 2013
Zombies, origami and drum lessons

There are scores of activities taking place in Wigan and Leigh Libraries from Saturday 18 May until Friday 24 May as part of Adult Learners' Week.

17 May 2013
Sport zones project awarded £178,000

Wigan Borough Sports Council will receive £177,826 from the National Lottery-funded Community Sport Activation Fund to establish four new sports zones in partnership with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

17 May 2013
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

WLCT’s (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust) Active Living Team are inviting everyone in the borough to find out more about how to train for a fit and active mind at a special activity taster session at Wigan's Robin Park Arena.

13 May 2013
Try Reading

To celebrate the launch of Wigan Borough's very own Try Reading project, the Wigan Warriors will be swapping passes for page-turners as they embark on their very own Six Book Challenge. The Warriors are the first full team to ever take up the challenge.

10 May 2013
Shear brilliance at Haigh Hall

Celebrated opera The Barber of Seville comes to Haigh Hall on 27 May.

09 May 2013
Enjoy cycling
Fancy yourself as the next Bradley Wiggins?

Peddle power could put you in pole position at the Three Sisters Race Circuit in Ashton-in-Makerfield on June 10, when there's a family cycling event taking place.

09 May 2013
Food For Thought

Working with homelessness charity The Brick, WLCT's (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust's) Library Service has agreed for the borough's libraries to be used as collection points for food donations. The food will be donated to The Brick's Food Bank and be distributed to families and individuals in desperate need of support.

08 May 2013
Paint the town blue!

It’s less than two weeks until the Latics take on Manchester City in the showcase match at Wembley. Now residents, schools and businesses are being encouraged to show they are backing the boys by decking the town in blue and white – Wigan Athletic’s traditional colours. 

01 May 2013
From Russia with 'Groove'

The Igor Butman Big Band is one of the exciting highlights at this year's Wigan International Jazz Festival, which runs from Thursday July 11 until Sunday July 14.

29 April 2013
Be a Wetland and Woodland Custodian

WLCT and Lancashire Wildlife Trust are developing a new ‘volunteering experience’ giving people the chance to gain skills and experience in conservation management, species identification and the ecology of Wigan’s important wildlife.

26 April 2013