In The Community

A group of Bolton’s women leaders got together to discuss how to help aspiring local women and encourage girls to achieve. The Leaders’ Lunch at the Mayor’s Parlour was attended by some of the 22 women identified by the SheInspires Awards’ movement as influential and important to the town. Explained organiser Gulnaz Brennan: “They are women, often at the top of their profession or field, who can make a difference to life in Bolton - and especially to women and girls - with their example and inspiration.” However, she pointed out such women need help and support, too. “It can be a…

BOLTON Town Hall will be illuminated orange tomorrow night to shine as a beacon against domestic abuse and violence. And residents and organisation throughout Bolton are being encouraged to follow suit and dress or light up their rooms or buildings in orange in solidarity. Bolton at Home's Valley House will light up orange, as part of the of the 16 Days of Activism international campaign, which started this year on 25 November, with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December which is Human Rights Day. "Orange the World" is a theme inspired by…