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We’ve teamed-up with local visual arts duo Illuminos to bring a socially distanced pop-up arts project to the borough featuring a vintage Mini Cooper. The ‘Mini Moments’ initiative will see the old-style 1990 Mini touring the borough to project images and video featuring people’s good news on homes and buildings.

Tenants and residents- your Winter 2020/21 issue of TAP4 is here! Grab a brew and see what's new:

You can read issue six of TAP4 by clicking here.

A leaflet from Public Health England is available to download in English, Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, and Turkish and answers these commonly-asked questions:

• What are the side effects?
• Can I catch COVID-19 from the vaccine?
• Can I go back to normal activities after having my vaccine?
• What do I do next?
• What should I do if I am not well when it is my next appointment?
• Will the vaccine protect me?
• Can I give COVID-19 to anyone, now I have had the vaccine?

Bolton’s Fund is backing young people to lead their own climate projects and help make the place they live cleaner and greener.

We're creating seven new job opportunities, with more to follow, as part of the government’s Kickstart scheme for young people at risk of long-term unemployment.

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It’s part of Bolton at Home Group’s Asset Management Strategy to have an active approach to the management of properties and it’s recognised that there are occasions where selling a property is the best option after a detailed assessment.

Community groups and young people in Bolton are being encouraged to apply for a share of £50,000 worth of funding for projects to reduce the impact of climate change.

Live in Bolton? Please give your opinions, climate priorities and ideas to reduce emissions and shape plans so Bolton’s a healthier, cleaner and greener place within 10 years.

Here's a direct link to the survey: https://bit.ly/3o8EoBd. It will close on Friday 29 January.

We're enouraging people living in Greater Manchester to top up their weekly income by applying for a multi-million-pound pot of unclaimed government funds. 

Latest figures released from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, along with Greater Manchester Housing Providers, suggests as many as 43,000 local residents could be eligible to benefit from £76 million of unclaimed Pension Credit.

Over 150 volunteers from Bolton have come forward to help a local charity make food deliveries to families in need during lockdown. The volunteer drivers will deliver lunch parcels to around 2,000 schoolchildren in the borough who would otherwise receive a free school meal.

Dozens of charities across Bolton received a combined £14,000 to help them say a festive “thank you” to their volunteers and staff for all their hard work in 2020.

Congratulations to two of our colleagues, Daniel Fitton and Hayley Lord, who were recognised for their commitment to both themselves and those they work with during 2020’s Direct Works Forum virtual awards ceremony, held on Monday 7 December

Motiv8, a Greater Manchester programme that we run in Bolton and Wigan for people to overcome barriers and get back on track, has been highly commended in this year’s UK Housing Awards.

We support the national social media campaign #SharkFreeSurfing. It’s led by the England Illegal Money Lending Team to encourage loan shark victims and the wider community to report illegal money lending activity. The risks are real and the dangers are growing, especially online. So it’s really important we know the signs and what to do to protect ourselves and our loved ones. 

Charities and community organisations can access a total of £225,000 in funding to help give Bolton children the best possible start in life.

We'll be able to help more people at risk of homelessness through a new fund that will buy properties to create quality affordable homes across Greater Manchester. They will be leased to housing providers in the Let Us partnership like us, so we can provide more families and individuals with a settled home and a secure tenancy. 

In support of Small Business Saturday (5 December) and the Shop Local campaign all year round, here's a handy guide to some local small businesses and ideas for festive gifts:Support local businesses this Christmas.pdf [pdf] 634KB

Ahead of International Volunteer Day on 5 December- we’d like to say a big thank you to all who’ve been (and still are) volunteering at the frontline of the COVID-19 response, addressing the challenges posed by the pandemic, making sure everyone’s safe, and being there in other ways for people and our planet.

Grants totalling £250,000 are now available from Bolton’s Fund to help improve people’s health and wellbeing.

Complete surveys. Improve your neighbourhood. Get rewarded. Say hello to our brand-new Resident Voices Channel.

Learn more, than see how to become a member today.

Residents and organisations are encouraged to dress or light up their rooms or buildings in orange this Sunday evening (29 November) in solidarity against domestic abuse and violence.

We’re asking for you to play a part in shaping our environmental plans for the next 10 years by answering a climate emergency survey. Complete the survey here: https://bit.ly/3o8EoBd.

Grants of up to £200 are available so community groups can thank their members and volunteers for all their hard work this year. The funding comes thanks to a generous donation from MBDA and will be distributed by Bolton’s Fund.

We’re helping older tenants feel less isolated and lonely during lockdown, through a new music and arts project called Armchair Adventures.