A £603 Bolton’s Fund Micro Grant renewed an established community allotment, helping people garden safely, affordably and alongside others.

A £1,950 Bolton’s Fund Micro Grant enabled Kidz 2 Cookz CIC to exceed its plans, delivering 10 free workshops for 154 children and family members across Bolton.

Saving Threads rehomed more than 600 items of school uniform free of charge, supporting over 70 Bolton families and reducing clothing waste. Nearly 150 volunteer hours contributed to the success of the programme.

A £5,000 Bolton’s Fund: Small Grant funded five Bolton women to join the first UK Funding Futures Empower Her pilot, combining personal development, wellbeing and enterprise skills.

Bolton CVS is pleased to be able to offer Free Winter Vaccination Conversation Training and a funding opportunity for VCSE organisations.

Bolton CVS is pleased to offer free Talk Cancer training for staff and volunteers from voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations working in Bolton, alongside a funding opportunity for participating organisations.

Last month, the Live Well Delivery team came together with local VCSE groups to host the “Breightmet Show” – a free, family-friendly event for the local community to enjoy.

We’re incredibly proud to be a part of the Be One Homes Manbassador Programme, which aims to further help advocate for men’s mental health, increasing awareness of the support available for men’s wellbeing within the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector in Bolton. 

Bolton CVS are delighted to announce we have recently achieved the Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation (VCQA), demonstrating the quality of our offer and impact in supporting local voluntary, community and social enterprise sector across Bolton.

Last week, Wednesday 8 July 2026, 120 leaders and staff from across Greater Manchester’s voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, local and combined authority, NHS, transport, and research, came together to mark a renewed nine-year collaboration agreement that sets out how they will work together to improve things for residents, communities, places and the environment.

Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (CVS) is delighted to celebrate staff member, Michael Phipps, who has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List 2026 for services to young people. 

Bolton CVS are pleased to be supporting the LiveWell Project Team in Breightmet to share this opportunity for a VCSE organisation to lead a local Community Reporters project.

Launching in April 2026, this is one of the largest investments in community-led development in England — shifting power so that communities shape what happens next. We’re thrilled to share that thanks to National Lottery players, 10GM, on behalf of Greater Manchester Live Well, will receive £16.5 million over four years from The National Lottery Community Fund, the UK’s largest community funder.

We’re inviting Bolton’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to take part in the next State of the Sector study. The study is launching across Greater Manchester this spring.

Following the retirement of our previous Chair of Trustees, Rev. Phil Mason, we are pleased to announce that Dr (h.c) Leigh Vallance has been appointed as the new Chair of Trustees at Bolton CVS by the Trustee Board.

We are pleased to announce an important leadership transition within our local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. Dawn Yates-Obé, current Chief Executive of Bolton CVS and Director of 10GM, will be taking up the role of Chief Executive Officer at BACKUP North West, following the departure of Maura Jackson.

At our Annual General Meeting, members of Bolton CVS agreed to co-opt Dr. (h.c.) Leigh Vallance to the Board of Trustees, and as part of our Trustee Week celebrations, we wanted to do a formal introduction!

The Greater Manchester voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) Leadership Group are saddened and shocked to learn of the collapse of Manchester Pride, which not only affects the LGBT+ community but also the wider VCFSE sector.

We are deeply shocked and saddened by yesterday’s violent attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, Manchester.

The Community Cohesion & Resilience Programme (CCRP) recently enabled four voluntary, community, and social enterprise partnerships to deliver projects that build community relationships and work to prevent and counter harmful narratives.