Amber River True Bearing

13/07/2026

What a fantastic day we had on Saturday at our Summer Splash event for colleagues and their families!

Held at the beautiful Duxbury Park Golf Course, next to the River Yarrow, it was the perfect setting for a fun-filled day together.

With the sun shining, everyone enjoyed a brilliant mix of outdoor activities, including adventure golf, garden games, a treasure hunt and much more. There were also delicious stone-baked pizza and chips for lunch, followed by some well-earned sweet treats!

The fun continued with our “Name the Jellycat Bear” competition and raffle, which raised a fantastic £120 for our chosen charity, St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire

A huge thank you to Jon and his team at Duxbury Park Golf Course for looking after us so well, and to the Amber River Foundation for helping make the event possible. A wonderful day of sunshine, smiles and community spirit!

29/06/2026

Congratulations to all the team Buckshaw Festival for creating an amazing event for the second year running and the weather was also good to you 😎🌞👏🏻🎉

THANKYOU BUCKSHAW 🙌🏼 🎶

What.a.day 🙈😁🤩 We’re absolutely thrilled to have created an event that topped last years debut…something we could never be sure of, or take for granted ✨

As most of you will know, our core team is only small but yesterday showed us something we’ve known all along - ‘it takes a village’ 🧡 We are beyond grateful for the huge amount of support we’ve had over the last 6 months to make Buckshaw Festival possible, so brace yourselves because this list is long 🙈

We’d like to thank…

• The incredible businesses who took on our sponsorship packages this year & gave us the crucial funding support we needed to make the day possible: Alfa Holidays, Gin & Beer It _ Mobile Bar, Amber River True Bearing & Marvel at Everything

• Additional generous financial support from a combination of our local councillors: Cllr Dedrah Moss BW & Cllr Russ Green BW at Chorley Council, Wesley C Roberts & Pete PilLinger at SRBC, Aidy Riggott BV at Lancashire CC and Euxton Council. It’s great to see funds being put back into our community for events like ours 🧡

• RMG for allowing us use of the Hub field & community centre, The Hub at Buckshaw for kindly giving up their car park on the day for our small business stalls, and Trinity Primary School for the use of their entire outdoor space, enabling us to significantly increase the size of our entire festival 🙌🏼

• All the incredible performers, bands, singers & dance groups, who brought all THREE of our stages to life! 🤩🎤 & of course Bowkers Transport for providing the outdoor stages and Paul K Sound & Vision and CDS Events for all things technical 🔌

• Every entertainment provider for bringing their A-game with heaps of fun for all ages 🎪⛳️

• Every single one of our small business & charity stalls, the amazing variety of handmade products was incredible to see. We know the hours that each of you put in to bring such an incredible show of products to each of your stalls & they all looked fantastic! 🤩

• The delicious food & drink vendors, all of whom were non-stop all day but kept their cool in the chaos! 🍕🍺

• All of the businesses who generously donated prizes to our raffle & Buckshaw Tesco who saved the day with an incredible donation of tombola prizes 🏆

• To our ‘fabulous 4’ security staff for keeping an eye on things across the whole site throughout the day so you could all enjoy the event safely 🙌🏼

• Our incredible photographer David Airey who covered some serious miles all day, snapping away the action & capturing our great community spirit 📸 & to Matt B who provided his services for something special we’ll be sharing with you all very soon! 👀🤭

• Volunteers. There isn’t enough emphasis we can put on how invaluable your time & efforts have been. It’s something we’re incredibly grateful for & is truely appreciated 🧡 All the individuals who manned our refreshment stalls, carried out litter picking duties, checked portaloos & all the jobs in between. A special mention to Harvester & Buckshaw Village Church for the strength in numbers both contributed!

• St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire - our chosen charity for this year, for bringing all the glitter & fun on the day. The figures are still being finalised but we can’t wait to calculate the total raised! 🤩

& finally, if you’ve made it this far….

YOU. Every single one of you that attended. For coming out in your thousands to enjoy and soak up all the things mentioned above. For the feedback, the laughter & the general good vibes 😎☀️ To look around the area this morning, you wouldn’t even know it had happened. No litter, no damage, just our beautiful village with a little extra glow to it 🥰🧡

Should we keep Sunday 27th June free next year…? 👀🤭

29/06/2026

A huge well done to our fantastic team who took part in the St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire Moonlight & Memories Walk on Saturday night. Despite the very warm weather, they completed either the 6-mile or 8-mile route and raised an incredible £810 for this wonderful charity. 👏 A brilliant effort for a very worthy cause. Well done, everyone!

15/06/2026

On 27 June, a team from Amber River True Bearing will be taking part in the Moonlight and Memories Walk in support of St Catherine’s St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire

We’ve proudly supported St Catherine’s for the past three years, whether through fundraising events or volunteering our time for this incredible local charity.

St Catherine’s provides vital care and support to patients and families facing life-shortening conditions, and we’re honoured to play a small part in helping them continue their amazing work.

If you’d like to support our team, we’d be so grateful for your donation via the JustGiving link below.

Help Amber River True Bearing raise money to support Amber River Foundation - Prism the Gift Fund

14/06/2026

Not long know until this year’s Buckshaw Festival. See the post below for the stage line up. It’s going to be another great day.

🎶 STAGE LINE UP 🎶

It must be feel good Friday because the last of our THREE timetables is here! 🙌🏼

📍 Indoor stage at RMG Community Centre, Unity Place, PR7 7HZ

12:00 - 12:30pm: Soul Children & Trinity School Choir
1:00 - 2:00pm: JSK Dance
2:00 - 3:00pm: Billy’s Partytime
3:00 - 3:30pm: Laura Barnett Dance
3:30 - 4:30pm: Character meet & greet
4:30 - 5:15pm: Singitbig
5:15 - 6pm: BVC Band

🎤 Soul Children & Trinity School Choir
What better way to open this stage than with the youthful voices of these two amazing choirs - expect beautiful harmonies, uplifting vocals & a joyful performance 💚

💃🏻 JSK Dance
Buckshaw based JSK Dance are back for a second year showing off their incredible skills across all age groups & genres!

🪄 Billys partytime entertainments
Also back for a second year, Billy’s Partytime promises to be an hour full of magic, fun & suprises - make sure your little one gets a front row spot for this 🤩

💃🏻 Laura Barnett Dance
Laura Barnett’s dance school will be joining us in the afternoon with an incredible showcase of talent

🥳 CHARACTER MEET & GREET
Following their walkaround the festival between 2:30-3:30pm, Princess Belle & Paw Patrol’s very own Marshall will be pitching up in the community centre for a meet & greet photo opportunity between 3:30-4:30pm 📸 Which one is your little one going to be most excited to see?!

🎤 Singitbig Choir
Returning for a second year, we’re excited to have the harmonious voices of this amazing local choir on our stage again - one not to be missed!
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🎤 Buckshaw Village Church Band
Who remembers their primary school assembly bangers?! Well this is your opportunity to relive your youth with a big sing along - All ages welcome, maybe even teach your kids what it was like back in the good ‘ol days! 😜

❗️ Missed the lineup for our two outdoor stages? Scroll back on our page - there’s some incredible artists & bands joing us! 🤩

Only 16 days to go 🙌🏼

🗓️ Sunday 28th June
⏰ 12-6pm
📍 Unity Place, Buckshaw Village, PR7 7HZ
🔗 With thanks to our headline sponsor: Alfa Holidays

09/06/2026

19/05/2026

We are delighted to share that we have been named finalists in the Service Business of the Year and Leadership Team of the Year categories at this year's BIBAs 2026, hosted by the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce.

Being chosen as a finalist in both categories is so much more than recognition; it reflects the heart of who we are as a business.

For our clients, it reinforces the trust they place in us every day.

For our colleagues, it's an affirmation of the culture we have worked so hard to build, one where people feel supported, trusted, and able to do their best work.

For the organisation, it validates the choices we have made: investing in our people, strengthening our governance, protecting our culture and growing with integrity.

We're proud to have reached this stage and would like to congratulate all of the other finalists. We wish everyone the very best for the next stage of the awards process.

14/05/2026

Thank you for the mention Rosemere Cancer Foundation

A huge thanks so much to all involved at Chorley-based chartered financial planners Amber River True Bearing for their recent support! 🙌

Colleagues raised a fantastic £525 through a raffle at their annual staff conference, and they chose to donate the funds to us after a colleague received treatment here at the regional cancer centre last year.

Jayne Raven, Chair of the Charity Committee at Amber River True Bearing, said: “We were delighted to raise money for Rosemere through our annual conference raffle. The work the Foundation does is outstanding and supports so many people across our communities, including our colleague and in some cases members of our own families. We’re proud to have raised £595 through raffle ticket sales.”

Thanks so much to all of you for thinking of us - we hugely appreciate the kind support! ❤🙏

13/05/2026

💚 It’s Mental Health Awareness Week 🧠
At Amber River True Bearing, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, valued and able to be themselves. That’s why wellbeing isn’t a perk here – it’s part of our culture.

We invest in our people with practical, meaningful support, including a confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, regular wellbeing sessions, and open conversations that normalise looking after mental health at work.

This May, we’re focusing on burnout – helping our colleagues recognise the signs early and take positive, proactive steps to manage it. We’re also proud to be launching our Wellbeing Committee, giving our people a voice and creating a welcoming space for ideas, connection and support across the business.

If you’re looking for a workplace where wellbeing is taken seriously, where people look out for one another, and where you’re supported to thrive, not just perform, we think you’ll feel at home here.

06/05/2026

Congratulations to Kieran Mawdesley on achieving Chartered Financial Planner status. Kieran has dedicated significant time and effort to this qualification over the past few years, and we are delighted to recognise this well-deserved achievement.