Charities In Bolton

Greater Manchester Moving is a Greater Manchester charity committed to changing lives through moving more, sport and physical activity. We play a strategic leadership role in support of GM Moving, the Greater Manchester wide movement, for movement. We lead, support and connect the Greater Manchester system in creating the conditions to enable Active Lives for All.

Working together to develop a diverse, strong and effective voluntary and community sector in Bolton.Current work includes:- Group Development- Small Grants Administration on behalf of Bolton Council- Promotion of Volunteering Opportunities- Community Engagement in Health- Forums: Health & Social Care; Volunteering; Voluntary & Community Sector- Training Programme- The Bolton Hub

The charity operates across Lancashire providing support to people over 55 and their carers. Services include: Promoting Independent Living, Day and Community based Support for those with memory concerns, Health and Wellbeing and raising money for and from charitable activities. Some services which support all adults are also delivered where the majority of beneficiaries are older people.

We aim to enable young people aged 8 to 25 especially from disadvantaged circumstances to realise their full potential. This is achieved by a range of universal and targeted programmes designed by young people to meet their needs. In 2002, we opened a state of the art youth facility from where 3,400 young people access sport, mentoring and arts activities "under one roof", seven days per week.

Home-Start HOST provides a range of support to families in Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Bolton, largely through volunteer home visiting support for families with a wide range of needs. Additional services include parent infant mental health support, infant feeding peer support, speech & language development and support for dads in the perinatal period.

Advice casework representation for people subject to immigration control.Support groups affected by immigration control e.g. the destitute, women, unaccompanied children/young people.Raising awareness, improving understanding and practice, providing training, workshops, and events. Work with others to secure/develop advice provision Campaign to support people under threat of deportation.

PROVIDES EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION AND A RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE, OR ARE, EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC ABUSE. TO RAISE PERSONAL AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY.

Mustard Tree operates across Greater Manchester, providing food, clothing furniture and training for individuals in need. Our beneficiaries include those experiencing or at risk of homelessness, those recovering from addictions, ex-offenders, refugees, asylum seekers and those with mental health issues. We run various programmes helping people re-find their confidence, motivation and employment.

Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton aims to provide free, confidential, impartial and independent adviceand information for the benefit of the local community, to exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services and to ensure individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge or aninability to express their needs effectively

The Bond Board Limited provides promissory bonds, tenancy support and other assistance to people who are homeless or inadequately housed in Greater Manchester and the North West.

The charity activities include drug and alcohol rehabilitation, residential support / dispersed housing support in the community and a drop-in-centre for homeless people. Equally, it provides social enterprise, supporting people back into employment. It also educates the public about addiction and social exclusion.

Contact is a dynamic arts organisation and charity based in Manchester with young people at its heart. We work locally, nationally, and internationally to provide life changing opportunities for the next generation of creative leaders, artists, and audiences, redefining theatre for the 21st Century and presenting and producing a diverse artistic program in our building and beyond.

The People's History Museum is the national museum of democracy. We are the only museum dedicated to telling the story of the development of democracy in Britain. We engage, inspire and inform all audiences by showing that 'there have always been ideas worth fighting for'.

The Charity operates: to promote community participation in healthy recreation; to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities; and to advance the education of the public.

Age UK Bolton is a local self-financing charity, established in 1947 to promote the well-being of all older people (50+) in the metropolitan borough of Bolton.We are also part of the influential national Age UK Federation, recognised as the leading provider of services to, and campaigner with and on behalf of, older people in the voluntary sector.

We provide education, training, volunteering and associated support for excluded adults in Greater Manchester. Our services are aimed at adults who have been through some form of resettlement process related to substance misuse, homelessness, mental illnes, or offending behaviour. We also provide resources /training for other organisations in our field. (Formerly known as MERC and NEARIS.)

The objects for which the Charity is established are to promote for the benefit of the public in GreaterManchester the provision of services and support to females with multiple and complex needs, with a viewto the preservation and protection of the well-being of such females and the preservation of public order(the Objects).

Zion Arts Centre Ltd t/a Z-arts is committed to inspiring and enabling generations of young people from Manchester and beyond to use creativity to reach their potential. We offer a wide range of creative activities across all art forms including visual art, drama, music and dance as well as a varied theatre programme specifically aimed at children and family audiences.

Advancement of education in the subject of service provision for children,young perople and families with a view to improving their care and quality of life.

Zero Waste and environmental awareness education and information; food surplus redistribution to beneficiary organisations and food awareness work including cookery and vegetable growing for the wider community. Employability training and work experience activities engaging local people in volunteering and apprenticeships.

Mother Helpage UK was registered in 2007 with registration number 1119287. Mother Helpage UK was re-registered in 2012 because of the amendments of its governing documents.Charity Activities:- Emergency response- Disaster preparedness training- Health, Security, Education, Safe Water, Housing- Advocacy- Fair Trade- Youth development- Knife & Drugs Crime Prevention

WE ARE A VOLUNTARY CARE ORGANISATION MEETING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES AS A PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. PROJECTS: WINTER WATCH, STREET LIFE, REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT ALONE (RUNA), REACH OUT, MALE OFFENDER .EVES SPACE. FRIENDS OF FUN FOOD, STORE HOUSE,LOCAL WELFARE PROVISION.

George House Trust provides services to people living with HIV, which enable them to feel empowered and better able to live healthily with HIV. We raise awareness of HIV and encourage all sexually active people in the North West to know their HIV status. We challenge HIV stigma and discrimination and promote a better understanding of HIV.

Fix It UK Ltd enables young people from Wigan and the surrounding areas to meet the opportunities and responsibilities of society today, by offering them training in Motor Vehicle Studies, Basic Construction and personal development programmes that build confidence, motivation and personal, social and life skills.

Wigan Family Welfare offer advocacy and counselling to both adults and children. It provides mental health advocacy, independent mental health advocacy, children's advocacy and supports a self advocacy group for people with Learning Disabilities . The counselling it provides is in a variety of settings from certain Secondary Schools to Sure Start Children's Centres.