Who are Civic Pride Rossendale?

We’re a band of volunteers determined to make Rossendale a better place to live and work. We maintain a range of public spaces and community garden areas, and with a dedicated team of litter-pickers and secret gardeners, we truly pride ourselves on making the place we live cleaner and greener!

Civic Pride operates throughout the areas of Rawtenstall, Crawshawbooth,Waterfoot, Haslingden and Helmshore.

Stacksteads have their own group, Stacksteads Countryside Park Group on Facebook

Bacup area have Bacup Pride, also on Facebook

Civic Pride Rossendale are entering the RHS North West in Bloom competition in 2026.

We are very excited to have entered Rawtenstall Town Centre into the RHS North West Britain in Bloom competition. Two RHS judges will visit the town and walk around a specified route looking at the standard of horticulture in the gardens, environmental issues like water capture and composting, and the involvement of the community. The theme we have chosen this year is “Rawtenstall , Regeneration and Rewilding” .

Some Gardens have also been entered into the Its your neighbourhood competition, with an emphasis on the quality of horticulture. Sparrow Park/ Library Gardens has been entered into the Pocket Park category .

We are all hoping for great success again . Our judging date is 27th July. Before then our volunteers will be very busy.

Driven by volunteers

Over the last few years, Civic Pride Rossendale has and continues to play a major part in maintaining a litter free and increasingly green town but there’s still much to do.

None of this would be possible without the help both in time and money given so freely by our volunteers.  However, as with any organisation we always need more, so please come forward and help us in our quest for a cleaner greener place to live, work or run a business.