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Sign up to ‘One Bolton’ pledge
Wed, 10/03/2010

Community and faith leaders, and political and business leaders from across Bolton, have joined together to launch the ‘One Bolton’ pledge.

It is a commitment to celebrate community cohesion, while recognising diversity.

The pledge also offers people an alternative means to demonstrate their commitment to Bolton as a welcoming and tolerant town, in response to a planned demonstration in Bolton town centre by the English Defence League.

iLearn Project launched at GMCVO
Tue, 09/03/2010

A brand new project to develop the skills of the voluntary and community sector across Greater Manchester was launched in February at GMCVO.

iLearn is a new project which will offer a range of informal and innovative learning opportunities free of charge to the voluntary and community sector in Greater Manchester.

2010 Leadership Development Programme
Mon, 08/03/2010

The Leadership Development Programme is a highly successful, pioneering programme for members of the community who are making a difference. This course is aimed at interfaith organisations and leaders, although it is open to anyone in a leadership role as well as people of no specific faith. It is also open to leaders from the public and private sectors.

Big Changes to Mini Mediabox Fund
Mon, 08/03/2010

Mediabox has announced big changes to its ‘Mini Mediabox’ grant, giving more organisations from across the country access to funding for youth-led media projects.

The changes to ‘Mini Mediabox’ aim to encourage further youth groups and organisations from across England to take advantage of the grant. Changes include increasing the annual turnover threshold from £100,000 to £150,000 as well as accepting applications from support branches or umbrella groups.

Thinking the Unthinkable Event 12th March 2010
Thu, 04/03/2010

The third sector faces a period of uncertainty over the next two to three years, with funding for a large number of organisations under threat at a time when demand for many services is increasing.

What will you do if your funding is cut by a quarter or even a half?

Get the facts about the impact of the recession, public spending cuts, personalisation and changes to the political environment as well as trends emerging at local level:

The BIG Bolton Fund want your support for the Mayor’s Mile, new date set!
Tue, 23/02/2010

The BIG Bolton Fund want you to take part in the Mayor’s Mile taking place on its rescheduled date of Sunday 2nd May 2010 to help raise vital funds that will make a difference to the community now and in the future.

Spaces still available on the Volunteer Development Programme
Thu, 18/02/2010

Date: 24th February 2010
Time: 9.30 am - 12 noon

This workshop will be delivered by Joan Manville and will look at how to apply for accreditation for the volunteer development programme, how much work is involved , participants can go through all the paperwork required and find out more information about the accredited course.

The University of Bolton is now able to offer accrediation for participants who have attended this course within the past three years and for people who wish to attend.

O2 gives support to local community
Tue, 16/02/2010

O2’s best performing store in the UK lends its support to The BIG Bolton Fund. The store located on the Middlebrook Retail Park was opened five years ago.

Open Wide Workshop featured in Bolton Evening News
Mon, 15/02/2010

The Bolton Evening News has featured an article written by Community Network staff member Louise McDade about the dangers of shisha smoking. If you would like to know more about the dangers of shisha and chewing tobacco, then our engagement workers would be more than happy to deliver our free, fun and interactive workshop. Please contact 01204 546010 for more information.

Read the full article on The Bolton Evening News website now.

Bolton Safeguarding Adults Board Conference
Thu, 11/02/2010

The conference is for key decision makers and managers in Bolton and will explore new initiatives and ideas developed by the partners on the Local Safeguarding Adults Board.

This will include presentations about:

• The new Adult at Risk Framework
• Tools for communicating the safeguarding message
• Preventing abuse and neglect in services and the community

Closing date for registration is 15th February 2010.

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