Local leisure centres receive glowing customer feedback as they reopen their doors after lockdown
08 December 2020
Local leisure centres in the borough of Rochdale have reopened their doors to the public following a month of closure and have…
November Lockdown
31 October 2020
Following the government’s announcement, we are extremely sad that we will be temporarily closing Touchstones Rochdale and leisure centres from Wednesday evening…
We’re remaining open during Tier 3 restrictions
21 October 2020
Following the latest government announcement, Rochdale will move into Tier 3 restrictions from 00:01 on Friday, in line with all of Greater Manchester.…
Lifeline grant received from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund
12 October 2020
Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust has been awarded £666,457 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face…
What’s Important
30 September 2020
What’s Important For many of us the uncertainty of Covid-19 has forced us to re-evaluate what we value the most. We’ve all…
2020 pantomimes postponed at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic Centre
17 September 2020
It is with sadness that we announce that the 2020 pantomimes at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic Centre have been postponed until…
RSPCA set for Hollingworth Lake move
04 September 2020
Rochdale Animal Centre is set for a new home at Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre as a result of partnership working between Rochdale…
Supporting the local community during Covid-19
21 April 2020
In recent weeks, Link4Life has continued to support its customers despite the gyms, swimming pools, sports halls, events venues and Touchstones museum…
Cultural Routes – Creative Opportunities for 50yrs+
12 March 2020
Touchstones is delighted to be delivering Cultural Routes, a professional development programme, designed to support the work of over 50s creative practitioners…
Four Points by George Meyrick
17 June 2019
Todmorden-based artist George Meyrick is currently showing a single work called Four Points at Touchstones to coincide with his current exhibition (Wedge)…
Maeve Rendle: What Cannot Be Turned Aside – Corridor 8 review by Paul Cordwell
12 October 2018
Artist Maeve Rendle’s work shows a recurring fascination with sounds sculpted by the human voice and its co-option as a means of…
Community responses to ‘Herstory’
10 August 2018
With the generous support from Art Fund we invited a range of local women and young people to add their voices to…