BOLTON COMMUNITY ADVICE

This funding will support Bolton Advice Centre to deliver information guidance and advice on a wide range of issues to the local community in Bolton. Issues covered will include advice and guidance on benefits homelessness immigration debt and ....more

This funding will support Bolton Advice Centre to deliver information guidance and advice on a wide range of issues to the local community in Bolton. Issues covered will include advice and guidance on benefits homelessness immigration debt and disabilities. The service will have a direct impact on the social economic and mental wellbeing on local people across Bolton. The town centre base is open 5 days per week and support is offered to all local people in the area. Established in 1982 Bolton Advice Centre (BAC) is the longest standing voluntary community organisation in Bolton. BAC have been supporting local people for over 40 years. A locally recognised long standing charity BAC state they have helped a substantial number of the most disadvantaged and hard to reach sections of the community. The organisation state they have had a positive impact and have helped to improve the financial physical and mental wellbeing for many local people needing advice information and guidance on a range of issues.

The funding will be used to encourage people from different backgrounds back into the community to utilise local services including public transport leisure facilities and cultural activities.

Recruitment and training of Community Champions

Marketing costs to promote crop in Centre

The centre offers advice to the whole community. Most people need guidance around employment benefits mental health poverty or domestic violence. The centre is proactively working to target older people immigrants and refugees by providing hot meals ....more

The centre offers advice to the whole community. Most people need guidance around employment benefits mental health poverty or domestic violence. The centre is proactively working to target older people immigrants and refugees by providing hot meals and then introducing their services. The support will help to tackle poverty and deprivation.

To support and improve service user's confidence of using digital technology, especially those harder to reach

To help raise awareness in our community of how to be better protected from Covid-19