The Network

Moving together in Bolton

Learn about the work happening within Bolton to support active lives for all

diverse group of people walking in a park surrounded my trees and grass

See Bolton’s adult activity levels related to key demographic data such as gender, age and disability.

Explore Bolton’s strategy to Keep Bolton Moving

Active Lives data (academic year 2022-23) also shows that 74.9% of children and young people (CYP) in Bolton moving, achieving at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day, this equates to 34,200 CYP moving.

More information about CYP’s physical activity levels.

Place Partnerships

Place Partnerships aim to reduce inactivity and health inequalities. To do this we take a place-based, approach that brings together people, communities, and organisations to create sustainable solutions to inactivity.

Read about Bolton’s Place Partnership

Local Strategy

Bolton’s local strategy – Let’s Keep Bolton Moving

Let’s Keep Bolton Moving supports and encourages the people of Bolton to positively change their lives through the five ways to wellbeing – Connect, Keep Learning, Be Active, Take Notice, and Giving.

Download the Let’s Keep Bolton Moving Strategy

Walking in Bolton

Across Greater Manchester, there is a clear recognition of the importance of walking to population scale change in physical activity and there is widespread understanding of the critical role of walking – for leisure, for travel and for everyday activity.

Walking Routes

There are several curated walks in Bolton, visit the GM Walking website to discover new routes in your borough.

visit gmwalking.co.uk

Walking Groups

Find active walking groups in your area

Find walking groups at gmawalking.org.uk

Together Fund in Bolton

GM Moving has been working with Sport England to identify, support, and offer funding to community groups and organisations passionate about tackling inequalities surrounding access to sport and physical activity opportunities for priority audiences within their local areas.

In Bolton, the following projects benefitted from the funding and have been successful in engaging their communities and improving physical activity levels:

Blackrob Sports and Community Centre
North Bolton Runners
BWFC Disability
Turgan Swimming Club
Metro Boxing Club
Supported Steps CIC
Bolton Hot Wheels
Changing Life Directions
Castle Hill Jui Jitsu
Red Rose Rollers
New LPS
Markland Hill Racquets Club
Harwood Golf Club
Horwich Rise Social
Hafway
Kaalmo Welfare Trust (KWT)
Stand Up Sisters CIC

Partners

In Bolton a range of partners are working to support people to be more active and to design moving, physical activity and sport back into daily life.

Bolton Community Leisure Trust

The Trust, working with Serco Leisure, manages five leisure and sports facilities across Bolton; Bolton One, Jason Kenny Centre, Horwich, Farnworth, Westhoughton and Leverhulme.

Bolton Community Voluntary Services

Bolton CVS: working together to develop a diverse, strong and effective voluntary and community sector in Bolton.

Bolton Arena

Bolton Arena offers an array of world-class gyms, tennis, business, football, gymnastics, conference and events facilities. The mission is to inspire people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to follow a lifelong passion for sport and healthy lifestyles through the provision of excellent sport and exercise facilities and sports programmes which are accessible to all.

Bolton Wanderers in the Community

‘Bolton Wanderers in the Community’ is the charitable trust of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. Their mission is to use the power of Bolton Wanderers Football Club to inspire, support and deliver positive change. Through intervention, prevention and targeted engagement they create sustainable pathways that transform lives. By working together they connect people, enabling communities to thrive and succeed.

Bolton School Games Organisers

School Games Organisers (SGOs) have several key roles: to coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to recruit, train and deploy a suitable workforce, and to support the development of club opportunities for all young people. In Bolton, the SGOs are Brian Richardson and Bernadette O’Hare.

Transport for Greater Manchester

TfGM have a number of schemes aimed at making active travel the number one choice for travelling to work, to school and to the shops. This includes ‘The Bee Network’ connecting up areas and communities in Greater Manchester, making it easy, safe and attractive for people to travel on foot or by bike for everyday trips.