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Who We Are

Bolton CDP was established to be the catalyst in communities to empower them to use their assets to improve their health and wellbeing as individuals, families and communities. Our focus is on the ethnic minority communities of Bolton and Greater Manchester.

We are happy to be supported by members of the community which includes local councillors, faith leaders, community and voluntary sector organisations, education, housing and local authority representatives. This rich network enables us support the ethnic minority groups in achieving their aspirations.

Bolton CDP is led by a passionate team of trustees with years of experience working with the community at the grassroot level.

Our Objectives

Bolton CDP is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of members of the ethnic minority groups through:

Training and retraining of members of the ethnic minority groups to play active roles and contribute positivel to leadership opportunities at all levels of society.
Training and retrainig of members of the ethnic minority groups in entreprenuership in order to develop local economy and raise local aspirations and wellbeing.
Enabling members of the ethnic minority groups to develop confidence and access to opportunities through volunteering
Creating awareness and advocacy to promote health and wellbeing of members of the ethnic minority groups through workshops, seminars and campaigns.
Actively engaging members of the ethnic minority groups on enviromental development projects.

What are community assets:

Local Economy
Gifts and talents of the citizens
Associations like small community groups
Institutions that are non governmental
Governmental Institutions
Physical assets like land, buildings etc.

How we work:

Bolton CDP is dedicated to making sure that citizens are the center of community development. We achieve this by;

Gathering stories from the community residents, on how they were able to collectively achieve success in a past community challange.
What is available within the community. Both human and non human assets.
Linking and mobilising the identified community assets, towards meeting the identified need.
Citizens of the community leading on community initiatives and utilising the mobilised assets
Identifying and mobilising other partners both local and external in order to support the citizen lead initiatives.
Sustainable community lead projects.

Who we are

Who We Are

Our Objectives

Training and retraining of members of the ethnic minority groups to play active roles and contribute positivel to leadership opportunities at all levels of society.

Training and retrainig of members of the ethnic minority groups in entreprenuership in order to develop local economy and raise local aspirations and wellbeing.

Enabling members of the ethnic minority groups to develop confidence and access to opportunities through volunteering

Creating awareness and advocacy to promote health and wellbeing of members of the ethnic minority groups through workshops, seminars and campaigns.

Actively engaging members of the ethnic minority groups on enviromental development projects.

What are community assets:

Local Economy

Gifts and talents of the citizens

Associations like small community groups

Institutions that are non governmental

Governmental Institutions

Physical assets like land, buildings etc.

How we work:

Gathering stories from the community residents, on how they were able to collectively achieve success in a past community challange.

What is available within the community. Both human and non human assets.

Linking and mobilising the identified community assets, towards meeting the identified need.

Citizens of the community leading on community initiatives and utilising the mobilised assets

Identifying and mobilising other partners both local and external in order to support the citizen lead initiatives.

Sustainable community lead projects.