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Through taking a holistic community wide approach, BYB@Blackrod supports children and young people up to 18 years of age within our Blackrod community to have a love of learning and life, feel cared for, supported, respected and safe.

We do this through putting ourselves at the heart of our community, through facilitating community activity and promoting community cohesion. We will provide localised activities, support local organisations, develop exceptional partnerships and work with the community to empower those within it. We facilitate the release of social capital to truly make a difference and support children to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Caritas Diocese of Salford (‘Caritas Salford’) is the social action agency of the Catholic Diocese of Salford. We are proud of our history of supporting people in poverty or situations of vulnerability through a diverse range of projects and services. We operate a Young Parents’ Accommodation Service supporting those between the ages of 16 - 25 years old.

Support at home and in the community. We are particularly focused on activities. Monthly Social Nights at Railway Club on Green Lane, all welcome

To participate in crafts and help members develop their skills through mutual support to share ideas and socialise through craft activities . To raise funds for Bolton Carers Support.

The support we provide is based around building resilience. We do this by providing:
• Fortnightly thematic personal development sessions that work towards building resilience of young carers. We have an 8-12 year group and a 13-18 year group meeting on alternative weeks.
• 1-1 sessions that build and support social, emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
• One annual day trip per age group each year. The young carers will design and choose where they go.

To make a referral please fill out one of our referral forms that can be accessed by contacting Jessica.smith@crossroadstogether.org.uk

For more information please visit our website: https://www.crossroadstogether.org.uk/young-carers-bolton/

Deafblind UK is a national charity supporting people with sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want.
We help people to live with deafblindness by making connections, building their confidence and independence.
Living with combined sight and hearing loss can be frightening. Our team of experts is here every step of the way to reassure, advise or just to be someone to turn to if there is no one else.

Our services include:
Helpline
Wellbeing and emotional support
Care and support
Supported living
Befriending
Social groups
Technology
Open Hand magazine
Holidays
Empowering support

Fairtrade in Bolton is a volunteering group which exists to promote the justice and goodness of fair trade We meet bi-monthly to plan events and activities. Meetings are on various weekdays at 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. All are welcome to join us. We are supported by Bolton Council.

Friends of Queens Park is an independent body of local residents and park users, working closely with Bolton Council on subjects concerning the maintenance and development of the park. Also to promote wide range events and initiatives, including health and fitness related activities, the arts and environmental issues.

George House Trust provides support services to people living with HIV, their carers, partners and families. Their comprehensive range of services includes the following:
• One to one support
• Volunteer support
• Advice and advocacy
• Information
• Support groups
• Events and courses
• Support for carers and children
• Financial support

Greater Manchester Chamber Communities Foundation (GMCCF) supports the prevention of poverty in Greater Manchester by providing services to individuals and communities in need or charities or other organisations working to prevent poverty in Greater Manchester. We provide facilities to the residents of Greater Manchester in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents of Greater Manchester.
Our vision is one of happy and safe communities where no one is isolated, left out, vulnerable or unable to fulfill their potential due to their adverse social or economic conditions. We want communities where people are treated the same and feel able to contribute to help make their community a better place to live. Our mission is to help individuals and communities in poverty or at risk of being in poverty get access to services, which help them create a future that is safe, fair and free from poverty. We will also provide facilities to individuals, which provide community-based recreation and leisure actives, helping to improve the conditions of life for our residents. Our social mission is to collaborate with charities and other organisations to collectively assist in the delivery of services to help prevent poverty in Greater Manchester.

We have been set up by the government which means we are a statutory body. We listen to the experiences of health and care services from the whole community with the aim of providing a voice for people to have their say. The aim is to ensure people’s voices are heard by those providing and making decisions about local health and care services.