Children and families invited to hunt for Bury’d Treasure this summer

Children and families from across Bury are being invited to hunt for ‘Bury’d Treasure’ as part of a new pirate-themed family adventure game happening this summer across the borough.

Launched by Bury Council in partnership with the I Will If You Will (IWIYW) campaign, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and 15 primary schools, the initiative aims to get children and families walking or cycling while searching for clues to solve puzzles that may win them a prize.

The new adventure game was launched at Clarence Park on Monday 27 June with help from the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Mike Connolly, and Bury Council’s chief executive Mike Owen.

Staff from Persona’s The Green Cafe provided drinks and snacks for the schoolchildren who attended the launch, which marked the start of an eight-week treasure hunt, with clues and puzzles hidden across the borough at Nuttall Park, Philips Park, Clarence Park, Kirklees Trail, Prestwich Clough, Outwood Country Park and Peel Monument.

The clues will change every Monday for eight weeks until Sunday 21 August and children and families can choose to take part every week or just join in for part of the time.

To join in, participants must register at the Bury’d Treasure website and then enter their answers to the puzzles via the website or the Bury’d Treasure app, to be entered into a weekly draw to win a selection of prizes.

Councillor Trevor Holt, cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: “The launch has been a great success and Bury’d Treasure looks set to be the highlight of the summer for families throughout Bury. We’re sure the children will love hunting for clues in their local park, almost as much as the grown-ups!

“Every time a family solves a puzzle they are entered into a free weekly prize draw, plus they get the chance to customise their very own online pirate character. We can’t wait to see families setting off on their treasure hunts and the creations our wonderful schoolchildren come up with.”

Children from a number of local schools attended the launch day, collecting pirate hats and notebooks to start their very own Bury’d Treasure hunt.

Mike Lonsdale, head teacher of Wesley Methodist Primary School in Radcliffe, said: “The children have been excited about this day since the Bury’d Treasure team came into school in May. They can’t wait to get walking and cycling to see how many clues they can find and solve.”

To register for Bury’d Treasure or to find out more, please visit: burydtreasure.org.uk

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Press release issued: 29 June 2016.

Picture: Arrr you ready? Children from local schools discovered the first Bury’d Treasure hunt at Clarence Park, armed with pirate notebooks and hats.

Notes to editors:

About Bury’d Treasure:

Bury’d Treasure is a pirate adventure game that’s perfect for families to

have fun together in the borough of Bury this summer. Anyone can play, it won’t cost a single gold coin and even better, there’s loads of prizes to win.

The Bury’d Treasure trails will be ready and waiting to be discovered every single day between 27 June and 21 August 2016.

The trails are situated at Nuttall Park, Philips Park, Clarence Park, Kirklees Trail, Prestwich Clough, Outwood Country Park and Peel Monument. The puzzles on each trail will be changed every Monday and all answers have to be submitted via the Bury’d Treasure website or app by midnight on the following Sunday.

Every puzzle answer entered via the Bury’d Treasure website or app is equal to one entry into the free weekly prize draw.

About I Will If You Will:

I Will If You Will is focused on changing women’s and girls’ behaviours towards taking part in sport and physical activity with the aim of getting more women and girls being more active, more often, and helping improve the health and wellbeing of people in Bury.

It aims to overcome the many practical and emotional barriers to being active, while encouraging women to support each other by joining the I Will If You Will community.

The Phase One campaign (2013–14) was delivered by Bury Council with £2.3 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England. For the Phase Two campaign (2015–16), Sport England has allocated a further £2 million to extend delivery.

The successful IWIYW pilot campaign identified valuable insight and helped develop the foundations for Sport England’s national This Girl Can campaign, which launched in January 2015, as well as Sport England’s practical guide to helping women and girls get active (www.sportengland.org/womenandgirls).