Clear Futures helps shape Liverpool’s SEND school estate through strategic partnership

Liverpool City Council has completed the third and final phase of redevelopment at Bank View School in Speke — a milestone that builds on earlier phases delivered in strategic partnership with Clear Futures.

The completion of Bank View School, located in the former Parklands High School building in Speke, has seen a series of phased refurbishments combine to provide all-age school places for over 250 pupils with complex learning difficulties.

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The transformation of Bank View School, located in the former Parklands High School building, forms part of the city’s wider programme to expand and improve provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Across the three schools involved — Bank View, Millstead Primary and Palmerston School — the phased refurbishments have created more than 450 high-quality school places for pupils with complex learning needs.

This ambitious programme began in early 2023, when the Council identified an urgent need to provide additional SEND capacity within the city. Clear Futures worked closely with the Council’s education team to prioritise delivery and fast-track the first phases of work. With a strategic partnership and established Tier 1 supply chain already in place, Clear Futures rapidly mobilised Robertson Construction North West and Seddon Construction to carry out essential refurbishments and install classrooms, ensuring all three schools opened on time for September 2023.

At Bank View School, Robertson completed a rapid nine-week refurbishment to create 60 school places, followed by further works delivered safely within the live school environment. Seddon supported delivery at both Millstead and Palmerston Schools — providing temporary modular units, followed by full refurbishments that significantly expanded capacity.

Pupils at all three schools were able to start in time for September 2023, which meant they could receive education within their area and Liverpool City Council’s key deadline was met.

In creating extra local SEND places at Bank View, Millstead and Palmerston, the Council has saved in excess of £20 million over a five-year period, by avoiding the need to fund education for these pupils outside the city. In addition, children and young people with SEND can now learn locally, in specialist environments designed around their needs.

In a recent statement, Cllr Joanne Kennedy, Cabinet Member for Employment, Educational Attainment and Skills at Liverpool City Council, reflected on the council’s 2023 commitment to significantly expand high-quality SEND school places and highlighted the completion of work at Millstead Primary, Palmerston College and Bank View High School. Read more: https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/10m-regeneration-of-send-school-complete/

Keith Edwards, Partnership Director, Clear Futures, said:

Our partnership with Liverpool City Council allowed us to move quickly and deliver the first two phases of this vital programme at pace.

The power of Clear Futures’ flexible strategic partnership enabled this. With our procurement-ready route to market and Tier 1 partners in place, we helped ensure that pupils could start the academic year in new, high-quality facilities. Meeting this deadline was critical for the city, when initial market options could not deliver within the required timeframe.

With the final phase of Bank View School now complete, it’s fantastic to see these schools transforming lives and supporting inclusive education for local families.”

Bolton Library Refurbishment wins Regeneration and Conservation Project of the Year

We’re delighted to announce that Bolton Library Restoration and Refurbishment has won the Regeneration and Conservation Award at the North West Regional Construction Awards 2025

Built in the 1930s and part of the wider Bolton Museum, Archives and Aquarium, Bolton Library was restored to it’s former splendour as part of a programme of town centre regeneration projects that were funded by Town Centre Levelling Up Funding, and delivered through the Strategic Partnership between Bolton Council and Clear Futures. The library service has already seen a dramatic increase in usage since reopening, with new and old visitors being attracted from a wider demographic. The new cafe area is supporting footfall not just to the library, but to the museum and aquarium as well, and is becoming a focal meeting point for local people. 

In announcing the award TV personality Lucy Meacock said, ‘Whilst the competition was very strong in this category, judges were unanimous in their choice for a project that has not only modernised and lovingly restored a building back to it’s former glory, but has produced a facility that is having an incredibly positive impact upon the community.”

Councillor Akhtar Zaman, Deputy Leader, Bolton Council said “Regeneration is not just about bricks and mortar, it is about improving the lives of our residents by offering better services, experiences, and opportunities. The newly renovated Bolton Library is a perfect example of this, creating a modern, versatile, and welcoming space that offers something for all ages.”

Bolton Council’s Executive Cabinet Member for Culture, Cllr Nadeem Ayub, said “It’s really important that we support local people and provide accessible services for all, increasing opportunities and helping to give residents a better quality of life. The new library is the perfect central hub for students, residents, visitors and new businesses with brand new innovative facilities and a new café to enjoy.”

On winning the award, Dr Adrian Mcloughlin, Head of Capital Projects at Bolton Council said “Well done to Sam Elliot and her amazing Library and Museum team, and a huge thank you to our fantastic partner Clear Futures for their support and shared ambition throughout the project. A true example of what public sector collaboration can achieve. We are proud to be putting Bolton on the map for excellence in construction and community impact.”

Keith Edwards, Clear Futures Partnership Director commented “This award is testament to the hard work, the vision, the dedication and the determination of an entire team, who worked together to secure £23m of Town Centre Levelling Up Funding for four projects, including the restoration of the Grade II listed Le Mans library building. Thanks to the incredible work of our delivery partners including Robertson Construction, The Creative Core and JMA Architects we have since created a facility that has enhanced the buildings rich heritage in a way that reflects the changing ways in which communities use their local libraires for learning, creativity, health & wellbeing, and digital inclusion.  This is a project we are all immensely proud of.”  

Find out more: our strategic partnership with Bolton Council

Clear Futures and Bolton Council have been working in partnership since 2019 to boost the town centre’s role as a key player in the Greater Manchester economy. This is coupled with a wider aspiration to attract more high-growth companies that will create the additional jobs, knowledge, skills and technology needed to compete in a global economy.

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Empowering Young Women: Clear Futures Delivers Big Sister Mentoring in Liverpool

Two women from the Clear Futures team have completed the Girls Out Loud Big Sister mentoring programme in Liverpool, delivering tailored, one-to-one support for two Year 9 girls from St Julie’s Catholic High School.

The Big Sister programme empowers teenage girls through positive role models, helping them build confidence and resilience. In Liverpool, we work with Liverpool City Council as part of a strategic partnership to address local challenges and support long-term, sustainable development.

Our mentors completed two training workshops before delivering ten one-to-one mentoring sessions and three themed workshops — a total of 32 hours of direct support focused on confidence building, decision-making, and wellbeing.

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At a graduation event at the school in July, Rachel Salter, Head of Project Management Office at Clear Futures, said:

“I’m proud to have supported my mentee over the programme and helped to empower her to deal with life’s challenges and improve her outcomes in the future.”

Lilly Hein-Hartmann, Project Manager added: “It’s been fantastic mentoring a young lady who is making crucial decisions in her life. I’m honoured to have had this opportunity to help at this pivotal moment – when thinking about her future, dreams, and ambitions. Often enough, we all deeply know what we want, but can be put off – sometimes it’s just a case of hearing the positivity from someone else.”

The long-term impact of the mentoring was clear in the words of one Year 9 mentee from St Julie’s Catholic High School, who said:

“Even though the programme has finished, I will still remember the advice from my Big Sister, as her words will always help and support me.”

Our strategic partnership with Liverpool

Clear Futures and Liverpool City Council began working together to deliver education projects at pace to provide modern learning spaces for local young people. As our partnership develops, we will explore opportunities to drive net zero action and provide strategic support to the Council to support local key priorities.

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Restoring a Sussex Icon: Newhaven Fort Reopens After £7.5m Transformation

Following a year-long closure, Newhaven Fort has reopened its gates after a major £7.5 million restoration – with Clear Futures playing a key role in delivering a more accessible, sustainable and visitor-ready future for this iconic coastal landmark.

The reopening was recently marked by a visit from The Duke of Gloucester, who toured the upgraded site and unveiled a commemorative plaque. The event highlighted the extensive works carried out to preserve the historic fort and re-establish it as a central part of Newhaven’s visitor economy.

Built in 1871, the fort is the largest defensive structure ever constructed in Sussex and a Scheduled Monument. Over the years, it had suffered from exposure to the elements, with key areas closed to the public for safety reasons. Lewes District Council, secured UK Government funding to bring the fort back to life.

Clear Futures supported the delivery of the project by managing procurement and providing a streamlined, expert-led supply chain. Local SME HOP Consultants led structural engineering works, drawing on their heritage expertise and coordinating local contractors to ensure the majority of project spend remained close to Newhaven.

The restoration addressed both the historic integrity and future viability of the site. Two major gun emplacements and the battery command post have been made safe and reopened, along with the casemates – underground vaults now hosting refreshed exhibitions. For the first time, visitors can also explore the Battery Observation Post, which had previously been off-limits.

Visitor experience has been a key focus. The Romney Hut in the parade square has been restored and re-clad for use as an event space, while a new bespoke adventure playground has been installed. The café, shop, office, and ticketing areas have all been upgraded to improve accessibility and flow for guests.
Sustainability has been integrated throughout, including the installation of energy-efficient LED lighting in the tunnels. These upgrades ensure the site is both environmentally conscious and futureproofed for generations to come.

Enhanced visitor experience at Newhaven Fort (image: Victoria Dawe)

Newhaven Fort is now operated by Wave Leisure, offering a year-round destination for families, schools, and history enthusiasts. All standard tickets now provide unlimited return visits for 12 months, and new attractions – including a 1970s-themed escape room – are planned for 2025.

With its sweeping views of the Sussex coast, rich military history, and refreshed facilities, the fort is once again a key feature of the South Coast’s heritage landscape – and a powerful example of what collaborative, community-focused regeneration can achieve.

Refurbished gun emplacement (image: Victoria Dawe)

Find out more: our strategic partnership with Eastbourne & Lewes

Eastbourne & Lewes Council’s partnership with Clear Futures focuses on developing long-term sustainable outcomes for the area. To date, the partnership has centred around in-depth strategic support, including research into decarbonising the social housing stock and supporting the development of their Local Plan.

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Jubilee Centre gets an early Christmas present

As visitors at Bolton’s flagship Jubilee Community Centre and Pool gathered to enjoy their Christmas Fayre on Thursday, they received an early Christmas present with the donation of £5,000.00 from Clear Futures to help fund a new outdoor woodwork and craft workshop.

The Jubilee Centre was opened in June 2023 and was specifically designed to offer leisure and support services to people with autism and learning disabilities, providing respite for families and enabling people to develop their independence and life skills.

Clear Futures has been working in a strategic partnership with Bolton Council since 2019 and have worked with several local and regional contractors to deliver a number of key projects for Bolton  including the Jubilee Centre, the recently refurbished Bolton Library and the extension to the food hall at Bolton Market.

Keith Edwards, Partnership Director at Clear Futures, said, “We are immensely proud of the new Jubilee Centre as a project. It is a stunning care facility and seeing the positive difference and joy that the facilities and staff bring to visitors daily is truly inspirational. Core to our approach is to maximise the community and local economic benefits that the Council’s capital projects deliver for Bolton, and the Jubilee Centre provided an amazing  48% of social value against a target of 20%. The funding and support we are providing to help Bolton Cares deliver this new workshop for the community is another example of our commitment to Bolton, and the lasting legacies we strive to provide from all the projects we manage on behalf of the Council.”

Nestled in the heart of Bolton on Crompton Way, the Jubilee Centre boasts a state-of-the-art Hydrotherapy pool to support a range of abilities, as well as sensory and rebound rooms and community spaces that can be booked for everyone to enjoy. The centre is a key asset to the work that Bolton Cares provides.

Speaking at the presentation of the cheque on Thursday, Rhian Stone, Managing Director of Bolton Cares Group, commented: “We’re incredibly grateful to the team at Clear Futures for its donation to the Jubilee Community Centre and Pool. The centre is a vital asset to people with physical and learning difficulties across Bolton and without the support of companies like Clear Futures, we’d be limited on the improvements we can make to both the facility and the services on offer. The people we welcome into the centre are talented and passionate, and we’re delighted that we can support their interest in woodworking and crafts with the introduction of the new outdoor workshop. We’re excited to see what will be created when the workshop opens and would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved to helping make it happen.”

For more information about the Jubilee Community Centre and Pool, visit: https://boltoncares.org.uk/our-services/jubilee-community-centre-and-pool/

Bolton Central Library project delivers £500k in social value

With its reopening in January, Bolton Central Library has entered into a new chapter following a £4.4m transformation by Robertson Construction North West on behalf of Clear Futures for Bolton Council, while delivering £500k in social value.

Built in the 1930’s and part of the wider Bolton Museum, Archives and Aquarium, the library underwent a restoration and refurbishment to provide new creative and cultural spaces that modernise and adapt the building to meet changing user requirements and serving the wider needs of the community.

While reading, book borrowing and library fundamentals remain, the new spaces focus on users’ priorities, including digital facilities, education and employment information, business support, cultural and creative activities, and health and wellbeing.

The Grade 2 listed building benefits from the provision of additional mezzanine level floor spaces, a new café, and upgraded children and adult library spaces. The project has created a flexible central library plaza space, providing the opportunity for events such as performances, author visits and storytelling alongside a welcoming space for a variety of local community and wellbeing groups.

Committed to creating a meaningful and lasting legacy through community wealth building, Robertson delivered over half a million pounds of social value. This was achieved through using local supply chain, where possible, employing 17 local people, three trainees and 10 apprentices. Robertson supported the Council’s ‘Building Future Skills in Construction Bolton Programme’ by providing work placements to support participants in getting work-ready. Bolton College and local schools also benefited from career sessions and construction-based educational activities.

As part of a Clear Futures Community Neighbourhood Project, Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene was selected to benefit from a refurbishment to its kitchen and new youth and community spaces, valued at £10k.

The centre provides modern, multi-use and welcoming youth space and an inclusive, safe place for the community to meet. The new kitchen area has enabled the community outreach programme to expand and offers much-needed support to local residents by delivering cookery education classes, raising awareness of healthy eating and food hygiene. It now provides facilities for families to come together to cook healthy meals in a safe place and signposts people towards college food training courses. 

Dirk Pittaway, Managing Director, Robertson Construction North West, said: “Bolton Central Library’s transformation is greatly enriching users’ experience since its official opening. The high-quality cutting-edge spaces foster creativity, learning and community engagement.

“The library plays such an important role for the community and is a treasured part of Bolton’s history and heritage. Which is why throughout the project we remained respectful of the building’s unique character, making sure that authentic, architectural features remained.

“The transformation delivered by this project goes beyond the building and was far reaching into the local community.”

Cllr Akhtar Zaman, Deputy Leader, Bolton Council, said:“Regeneration is not just about bricks and mortar, it is about improving the lives of our residents by offering better services, experiences, and opportunities.

“The newly renovated Bolton Library is a perfect example of this, creating a modern, versatile, and welcoming space that offers something for all ages.

“Alongside the many benefits of the physical refurbishment, Robertson and Clear Futures have worked with us to support the wider community, create new jobs and boost skills.”

Funded by the Towns Fund scheme led by the Department for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing, Bolton Central Library is one of many projects being delivered for Bolton Council through a strategic partnership with Clear Futures, a long-term procurement and management vehicle for the UK public sector.

Keith Edwards, Bolton Partnership Director, Clear Futures, commented: “Delivering sustainable solutions to the built environment with expertise, efficiency and value, Clear Futures is proud to support the public sector in strengthening communities. “Bolton Council is a valued strategic partner with a desire to drive economic and social growth, while providing quality services and facilities for the community it serves, which are epitomised by the magnificent Bolton Central Library project.”

Bolton Library: delivering improved outcomes

A £4.4m restoration and refurbishment has provided new creative and cultural spaces that modernise and adapt the building to meet changing user requirements and serve the wider needs of the community.

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Tackling homelessness in Liverpool 

Clear Futures supported Liverpool’s leading homeless and housing charity during Christmas 2023 with 52 hours of volunteering and a £1200 cash donation. 

Volunteers from Clear Futures along with Seddon and Robertson Construction (Tier 1 Supply Chain Partners) came together to support the charity’s Donation and Essential Items Provision Service. Donning Christmas hats and impersonating Santa’s little helpers, volunteers rolled up their sleeves to unload and sort incoming donations, put together food parcels and create household starter packs.  

Clear Futures’ partnership with Liverpool City Council addresses the long-term needs of the area through strategic support, project development and delivering meaningful social value activities that will have a long-term impact. 

Giving our support to the Whitechapel Centre enables them to support over 4,300 people who were experiencing homelessness, help over 2000 of these people into the right accommodation for their needs, and prevent over 1700 individuals from becoming homeless through advice and interventions. 

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Volunteers are essential to The Whitechapel Centre. They are the lifeblood of our organisation. We certainly couldn’t support the communities we serve without them. We would like to thank Seddon, Robertson and Clear Futures for volunteering their time today and for their much-needed manpower on the run up to the Christmas holidays.

Ruth McCaughley, Fundraising Manager, The Whitechapel Centre

Strategic support for Special Educational Needs in Liverpool

Clear Futures and Liverpool Council have worked in partnership to deliver projects at pace to provide modern learning spaces for young people with special educational needs. We lent strategic support to prioritise the needs of SEN pupils and fast track an initial phase of refurbishments to three schools, providing a total of 512 SEN school places. Our work continues with the construction of new facilities in phase 2.

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Our strategic partnership with Liverpool

Clear Futures and Liverpool City Council began working together to deliver education projects at pace to provide modern learning spaces for local young people. As our partnership develops, we will explore opportunities to drive net zero action and provide strategic support to the Council to support local key priorities.

Learn more about our partnership
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A Community Neighbourhood Project to benefit the residents of Bolton

Clear Futures and our supply chain partners follow a collaborative approach to delivering projects and look for ways to maximise outcomes for local communities and residents by delivering impactful social value. Clear Futures and supply chain partner Robertson Construction are working on several regeneration projects on behalf of Bolton Council, including the Library and Wellsprings projects funded by the Towns Fund scheme led by the Department for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing.

As part of the commitment to leaving additional legacy in the communities where we work, we agreed to deliver a transformational Community Neighbourhood project. 

“Clear Futures and Robertson Construction are key council partners helping us to deliver a number of projects that will transform our town centre and improve the lives of our residents. The outstanding work they have done at Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene shows a wider commitment to supporting the local community and creating a lasting legacy. Alongside this, the Building Future Skills In Construction Programme is providing local people with valuable workplace experience.”

– Bolton Council Deputy Leader, Cllr Akhtar Zaman

Dirk Pittaway, Regional Managing Director, Robertson Construction North West said:

“At Robertson, we are committed to adding value for our customers by delivering social value, which really makes a difference in the communities where we operate.  

“The Community Neighbourhood project enabled us to work with our supply chain partners, getting support from trades and excess materials from one of our live projects to support Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene to improve the service they offer the local community. 

It’s important to us and our customers that the social value we deliver is meaningful. With Bolton Council undertaking several regeneration projects to benefit the wider community, we have been working closely to support its ‘Building Future Skills In Construction Bolton Programme’. As part of the programme, we provide two-week work placements on our sites that  support and train people to get work-ready. Completing the programme gives participants references along with their work experience and skills that will help them into employment.”

The Community Neighbourhood Project got underway in Autumn 2022, when the team met with different community and voluntary organisations in Bolton to identify a suitable project where a ‘DIY SOS’ style project, worth around £10k, could be delivered to improve spaces where local residents meet, socialise and receive support. 

A small application process was held with the help of Bolton CVS to review the deliverability of the projects. Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene was selected as the ‘Community Neighbourhood Project’ due to the wide-reaching impact the transformed spaces will have on residents. Two other projects stood out and as a result, Bolton Deaf Society and Hall i’ th’ Wood Community Garden were each awarded £500 to support their projects. 

A renovation to help people in need

Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene needed new spaces to continue and expand its community outreach. We completed a refurbishment that provides a fresh, more welcoming youth space and an inclusive, safe place for the community to meet. The new kitchen means the community group can offer much-needed support to local residents and can now give cookery education classes, raising awareness of healthy eating and fresh ingredients to make the most of food hampers. The church has wider ambitions to roll out training courses in food hygiene and Clear Futures and Robertson Construction have supported them with introductions to Bolton College so they can refer individuals for additional training and qualifications. 

Beth Ford, Pastor at Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene, said:

“Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene is located in the centre of a housing estate in Bolton, which reflects a hugely diverse community of people. During the last year, we have been deeply saddened to recognise the increasing needs of people in our community, mainly as a result of increasing costs of living. We began to work closely with several partners in Bolton, including the Council, Bolton Community and Voluntary Services, Bolton at Home and Urban Outreach. Collectively, we continue to make every effort to reach those people most in need, and in doing so, we also attempt to bring our community closer together. We recognise that we are better together!”

The renovations of our kitchen and youth space have been an absolute blessing – not just to us, but to those people in our community that we already serve and to those we hope to meet in the coming months.

– Beth Ford, District Youth Pastor for the Church of the Nazarene, British Isles South District and Pastor at Brownlow Fold Church of the Nazarene

“We have so many plans to utilise our newly refurbished spaces, including running basic cookery classes, offering our space for 1-2-1 counselling and support, providing a safe, interactive space for our local youth, and bringing more partners together to make Bolton a great place to live. 

We are more than delighted with the renovations and cannot thank Clear Futures and Robertson Construction enough for this wonderful opportunity to do so much more in our community. In early September, we will celebrate the first birthday of our community café, Roots in Fresh Ground, which opened at the end of August 2022. The new kitchen ensures we can not only continue with this amazing café, through which we are meeting with so many people in our community, but hopefully, we can also celebrate so much more in the coming months and years ahead.”

The youth space is now a cleaner and more modern area designed to help keep local young people off the streets through group activities and as a hub to host clubs for the young people. The Community Neighbourhood Project has upgraded the lighting, redecorated the space and installed a TV screen, making the space more comfortable and inviting. A priority is to increase the number of young people accessing the building and offer a safe and inclusive environment with a true community feeling.

Project details

  • 116 hours of volunteering over a 5-day period.
  • Brand new kitchen installed, funded by donations-in-kind from Robertson Construction North West and its supply chain.
  • Subcontractor Reds Joinery volunteered to remove existing kitchen and install the new units.
  • Subcontractor Ameon carried out electrical testing and installed new energy and cost-efficient LED bulbs. 
  • Removing older storage units and a brand new TV and installation in the youth space funded by Robertson Construction North West.
  • Painting and decorating of the youth space, including cleaning, and replacing carpet tiles, funded by Clear Futures.
  • Movable stainless steel kitchen island for interactive workshops, funded by Clear Futures.
Clear Futures Community Neighbourhood Project

Our strategic partnership with Bolton Council

Clear Futures and Bolton Council have been working in partnership since 2019 to boost the town centre’s role as a key player in the Greater Manchester economy. This is coupled with a wider aspiration to attract more high-growth companies that will create the additional jobs, knowledge, skills and technology needed to compete in a global economy.

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Supporting Bolton families at Christmas

Clear Futures, along with Seddon, has given a helping hand to Bolton charity Urban Outreach, to deliver Christmas hampers that will feed more than 1,500 families.

Contractors Robertson Group, Eric Wright Group and Willmott Dixon in Bolton also turned up to offer their services.

Families are nominated for the hampers by someone such as a support working with them and the group then work to get them a hamper on two distribution days, including December 23, where a fresh option is included.

The fresh option is for families to enjoy Christmas day with fresh meat and fruit included along with chicken and sausages with halal options also available. The non fresh options included schloer, custard, gravy, chocolate mints, cranberry sauce, crisps and savoury crackers as well as pulling crackers for families to have fun.

Laura Bagley from Christmas Dinner On Jesus said: “We hope that it is something more than just food.

“Hopefully it will take out some of the worry and some of the stress of Christmas.

“I think what we hope most of all is that it has a much bigger impact such as the joy that comes from it and for people to know they can get help.

“We’ve worked on 600 in one day and it’s just over a third of what we need in total.

“We hope that it makes people feel less lonely and they realise that they are thought about and cared for.”

This is the eleventh year of Christmas Dinner With Jesus.

Laura said she had noticed more people needing help this year than other years as families were embarassed to ask for help if they had not been in a situation to need it.

She said: “Everybody is usually nominated as they don’t like to ask for help themselves and we are seeing in the current crisis that more people are needing this and we want to help take the worry away.

“We’re happy to do this and we want people to enjoy Christmas.”

Between April and September in 2021, 724 food parcels went out to children in Bolton, a 61 per cent rise from the year before.

With this figure set to rise yet again this year, the support Urban Outreach provides is becoming increasingly vital for many in the community.

This is a great charitable initiative from Seddon and Clear Futures. It was wonderful to see these two companies acting for the good of the community, especially at Christmas time.

Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Akhtar Zaman

Urban Outreach provides food for disadvantaged adults and young people in Bolton as well as support.

Nicola Hodkinson, owner and director of Seddon, said: “Community forms a key pillar of our values at Seddon. We have been based in and worked across the Bolton area for 125 years, making events like this one very close to our hearts. With families facing a cost-of-living crisis this year, the work that Urban Outreach is doing is invaluable to the community.”

Now more than ever it is so important to Clear Futures that we drive forward economic recovery and growth in our communities through the infrastructure projects and services we deliver.

Keith Edwards, Clear Futures Partnerships Director
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Collaborative partnership generating social value in Bolton

The new Jubilee Centre is being delivered in Bolton through a partnership between Clear Futures, Bolton Cares Ltd and Bolton Council. It will give much-needed support and opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in the town.

Watch to learn more about this facility, as well as how the Clear Futures partnership is delivering wider improvements across Bolton with local social value an integral part of every project.

Our strategic partnership with Bolton Council

Clear Futures and Bolton Council have been working in partnership since 2019 to boost the town centre’s role as a key player in the Greater Manchester economy. This is coupled with a wider aspiration to attract more high-growth companies that will create the additional jobs, knowledge, skills and technology needed to compete in a global economy.

See what we’ve achieved