The organisation’s themes: Ageing Well, Being Included/Social Inclusion, Citizenship/Community Development, Education and Personal Development, Emotional Wellbeing, Environmental Protection or Improvement, Equality and Diversity, Health, Keeping Active and Involved, Leisure and Hobbies, Mental Wellbeing, Music, Physical Activity, The Arts/Arts and Crafts
Who the organisation is for: All
Organisation description: We are a community-based organisation with CIC status. Founded in 2014 we promote heritage, culture and arts activities that build on and contribute to Bolton’s identity and resilience. We have curated Arts and Music Festivals, events including guided walks and cabaret nights, , research and archive projects. IN 2018/19 we created a Bill Naughton Festival celebrating the life and work of Bolton’s most successful author. We work in partnership with many others including Bolton Libraries and Museums Service, University of Bolton, schools and specialist interest groups (eg Transforming Lives Group). We are funded from a range of sources including private sponsorship, donations and fund-raising, Bolton’s Community Fund and the National Lottery (HLF and ACE). Before Covid we organised monthly Cultural Cabaret Nights (at Courtyard 36) and Modern Jazz Nights (at the Olympus Restaurant). Since Covid we have created a number of on-line events and activities including a series of on-line walks, a monthly literary magazine ‘Worktown Words’, photography competitions and events celebrating World Poetry Day and the launch of Poetry from the Platform (an anthology celebrating adaptations to Platform 5 to create community-run meeting and exhibition facilities). In 22 /23 we developed a seriers of short radio plays highlighting the work of community groups in Bolton. For two years we have been producing'Side Door'. a quarterly arts and culture programme for Bolton FM. We are now (August 2024) planning a Festival of Ideas for 2025 looking at the future for post-industrial towns like Bolton and the role of creativity and culture in their revival.
Where the organisation operates: Breightmet & Little Lever, Central and Great Lever, Chorley Roads, Farnworth & Kearsley, Halliwell & Crompton, Horwich & Blackrod, Rumworth, Turton, Westhoughton, Unsure
Location: 160 Bromwich Street, 2 St George's Rd, Bolton, BL2 1LL
Email: dave.morgan@livefromworktown.org.uk
Phone: 07954996826
Website: http://www.livefromworktown.org.uk
