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Women in Neighbourhoods (WiN) was established to help and support women in Bolton communities. We work on three key principles: EDUCATE, EMPOWER & CELEBRATE, delivering a variety of sessions ranging from art, IT, healthy lifestyle, mindfulness, fitness at community venues. We have recently launched a new initiative: LET’S MOVE – MY WAY with the aim of encouraging and promoting activity beneficial to both physical and mental well-being. This can be in the form of dancing, yoga, walking and other activities. Some sessions will be conducted on-line, by necessity under current lockdown regulations, but we hope that as the rules begin…

We are delighted to announce that our project #FoodBox has been approved and has recently funding from Department for Digital Media, Culture & Sports via The National Lottery. The project will connect families online, distribute food packs and address the issues of food poverty and isolation, particularly addressing needs of women in BAME communities in Bolton.

Ambition for Ageing Bolton in Partnership with WiN (Women in Neighbourhoods) Celebrates Senior Women’s Positive Contributions in Bolton Community #IWA2017 Ambition for Ageing Bolton are celebrating ‘ Outstanding Senior Woman Award.People living in Tonge with the Haulgh, Halliwell or Crompton in Bolton nominated older women in their neighbourhood who inspired them with their work and commitment in community.Six ladies made to the finalists and Winner will be announced on IWA 2017, on 12 May in a gala celebration. There will be 17 other categories and some our Senior ladies are finalists in other categories too! Finalists of Outstanding Senior Woman…

I am 76 years old and I have lived in Bolton all my life, I have two daughters and five grandchildren. With a lifetime’s love of history I joined Halliwell Local History Society 30 years ago and have enjoyed every minute of the time since then. I have been Secretary for the past 25+ years and since I retired this has filled my time. Over the past 10 years a colleague and I have catalogued our vast collection of photographs (2500+), maps, artefacts and books and these are now on a searchable database. I deal with enquiries via our website…

Samatiben, ‘Sue’ arrived in the UK from Nairobi in 1965, at the age of 26 years, to get married. She quickly became involved in community work, teaching English, translating and generally helping people just arrived in the UK who needed help with a variety of official documentation. Amongst a variety of things that Sue has taken on, she spent 26 years as a hospital link worker, becoming especially involved in parent craft classes. In 2008 she received an MBE from the Queen for her community work and her efforts have also been recognised with other awards, including a Parliamentary Award,…

Olwyn is the chair of The Golden Oldies, an older people’s wellbeing group in Tonge Fold. Before Olwyn came along the group was about to fold due to ill health and lack of confidence in existing members. Since she joined she has turned the group around, working tirelessly to ensure needs of residents in the local area are met. She chairs the Golden Oldies Community Group, and since she joined, has given the group a clear sense of direction, namely supporting the constitution of the group in order to source funding and improve and secure the future of the centre.Olwyn…

To celebrate the occasion and to showcase some of the positive contributions older people make to our community in Bolton we would like to invite you to attend: Super Seniors Premier Screening on Tuesday 24th October at The Light Cinema, Bolton Market Place Shopping Centre. 10:15-11:00. Super Seniors is a short film which has been produced by Women in Neighbourhoods in association with  Ambition for Ageing and stars local Ambition for Ageing ambassadors: Mavis Bates, Margaret Koppens, Samatiben Desai, Olwyn Holgate, Linda Marland. You will all have chance to meet and greet the stars afterwards! To book a place on…

We are delighted and honoured to have Lady Kishwar Desai as our Ambassador. Lady Kishwar Desai, is an author, playwright and a columnist. She started her career as a print journalist and worked as a political reporter, moving on to television and broadcast media after a while, where she worked for over two decades. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa Book Award in 2010 for Best First Novel and has been translated into over 25 languages. It was also shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Kishwar is…