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The club was formed in 1954 to provide a venue for Scottish Country Dancing in Bolton. It provides an opportunity for members to learn new dances as well as enjoy the old ones and to attend weekend dances run by several clubs around Lancashire and Cheshire. It is very much a social class and the emphasis is on enjoying the dancing. We hold weekly classes at 8 pm on Monday evenings at Stepping Stones Nursery, Chorley Old Road, from August to May. The club is open to all; Scottish Country Dancing is very popular around the world and while we have some Scottish members, the majority are English.

We provide free loan of electric scooters and wheelchairs for use within the town centre, Monday to Friday. There are several free dedicated parking bays within the car park, located close to Shopmobility. We also provide a short term loan service for members at a substantially reduced daily or weekly rate. From the New Horizons Centres in Back Bark Street, Shopmobiity provides an equipment, information and advice service.

We encourage young people to do more, learn more and be more. Each week, we help over 460,000 young people aged 6-25 enjoy fun and adventure while developing the skills they need to succeed, now and in the future.
We’re talking about teamwork, leadership and resilience – skills that have helped Scouts become everything from teachers and social workers to astronauts and Olympians. We help young people develop and improve key life skills.
We believe in bringing people together. We celebrate diversity and stand against intolerance, always. We’re part of a worldwide movement, creating stronger communities and inspiring positive futures

Bolton Together is a collaboration of diverse community and voluntary sector providers delivering evidenced based interventions to support children, young people and families in Bolton. We support young people to reach their full potential and to improve their health and well-being. We contract manage key programmes for the CCG and NHS Trust, working with partners to attract additional funding into Bolton and make the best use of the Bolton pound to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Bolton Toy Library is a registered charity established in 1981. We provide regular ‘drop ins’ to support the children’s development (0-11 years) enabling families to meet to access information and gain support. We loan quality resources to children, families, schools, nurseries, foster carers, childminders and practitioners. Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities/additional needs [SEND] are able to borrow specialised resources that are tailored for their needs. We operate an Outreach service that delivers toys/resources to the home (High priority during Covid19)

University of the Third Age (U3A) is a welcoming and stimulating self-help organisation, operating at local, regional and national levels, for older people – or 'third-agers' – who are no longer in full-time employment and who retain an interest in life-long learning and social recreation in the company of like-minded friends.

Offers support to all victims and witnesses of crime. Disabled access - ramped at rear.

Across Bolton we deliver a number of programmes and projects working with a wide range of ages from 5 years old through to 95 years old. Our programmes include working with primary schools and their pupils to inspire them to learn, be active and develop important life skills. We also work with secondary school pupils to improve their employability, life skills and personal development. Through our mentoring programme we carry out interventions with identified children who require additional support; whether that is in their behaviour, English, Maths, confidence or physical literacy. We have a large youth outreach and engagement programme, working in youth settings and in areas where there are identified high levels of anti-social behaviour. We have a disability programme which aims to increase to numbers of those with disabilities playing sport and creating an active and healthy way of life. This includes offering qualifications, meaningful work placements and volunteering opportunities and increasing their social and support network. We deliver weight management programmes to men, as well as mental health programmes. We work with those aged 55+ across a number of programmes including physical activity projects, other projects that look to reduce social isolation through bringing people together, garden gate visits to their houses, making welfare phone calls, delivering a sporting reminiscence session at the stadium. We have also worked with primary schools and older members of the community to deliver an intergenerational programme of work.

We are a collective that buys food and household products in bulk, direct from the wholesaler. We buy anything our members want, organic produce, nuts rice, flour, sugar-free jams, foods suitable for allergy sufferers, also household products and toiletries that are made from natural ingredients and are not tested on animals. None of the products contain genetically modified ingredients.
The benefits to our members are the wholesale prices and the freshness and quality of the products. The idea behind the co-operative is that members share the work involved in the ordering and distribution and help each other develop skills that will enable each other to do the work.

Bolton Council’s Money Skills offer a range of FREE and impartial advice to Bolton residents.
The Money Advice team can help with debts including:
• Rent or Mortgage Arrears
• Council Tax
• Energy Bills
• Credit Card Bills

We can do this by negotiating affordable repayments on your behalf.
We also offer advice and assistance with court forms plus debt relief orders and bankruptcy.
The Money Skills team can help with advice on:
• Budgeting
• Making ends meet
• Savings on gas and electricity
• Energy efficiency advice
• Switching to a cheaper tariff or supplier

Due to government restrictions all appointments are via telephone

Money Advice
01204 331 965 or
01204 332 916

Money Skills
01204 331 983
or
01204 331 968

This service is for anyone who lives, works, or studies in Bolton .

Bradshaw Hall Fisheries is a commercial coarse-fishery with the aim of promoting the benefits of angling as a peaceful and relaxing sport. There are eight lakes, all of historical importance. The present day lakes have been improved and developed into a first class leisure facility. The current owners took over operation of the site as a fishery in the year 2000, which has since seen all coarse-fishing requirements catered for, from the beginner to the specimen hunter.

To provide hands-on sustainable self-grow facilities for the communities of the Brazley and Claypool estates and surrounding areas that will benefit our members and our general community, with sustainable self-grow and production projects that will have a lasting and positive effect through the community and our efforts, while utilising as many reclaimed materials as possible. To work alongside other agencies to provide hands on educational projects for our local schools, assistance to our residents where required and make our project accessible to the community as a whole.