Today is the annual #InternationalMensDay 2018, a day celebrated on 19 November every year. The date coincides with the birthday of the father of Dr Jerome Teelucksingh, a doctor from Trinidad and Tobago who relaunched International Men’s Day in 1999. What does it celebrate? The aim of International Men’s Day is to celebrate positive male role…
Wanderers midfielder and number seven, Erhun Oztumer was recently at Highfield Primary School in Farnworth to be present and take part in a ‘Daily Mile’ session. The session allows the children some time out of their regular school day and work in the classroom, to run or walk around the school field and ensure they…
The EFL Kids Cup took place yesterday at Powerleague Bolton. With 42 teams represented by 37 schools from across Bolton, it was a fantastic turnout with some great football displayed. An all-Westhoughton final saw St James’ Daisy Hill narrowly beat Sacred Heart 1-0. St James’ Daisy Hill will now go on to represent Bolton Wanderers…
Ten participants from the Healthy Goals for Life project, funded by BUPA UK Foundation represented Bolton Wanderers Community Trust in the Lancashire Super 1s Cricket Competition. This was their first 8 a-side tournament, and for the majority of the team members, the first experience of representing a Club in competitive sport. The difference in the…
Prior to this weekend’s Sky Bet Championship home fixture with Hull City (Saturday 27 October), we will be hosting our next Family, Faith, Football event. Our theme will be ‘Football SHIRTS’ and we have a fun packed programme with a football focus, fun activities and special guests including ‘Super’ John McGinlay, Lofty and Dave ‘Statto’…
The Lancashire Cricket Foundation and Bolton Wanderers Community Trust (BWCT) are now working together in a unique partnership to deliver the Bolton Super 1s Hub. Super 1s is a Lord’s Taverners programme designed to give cricketing opportunities, both coaching and competitive, to young disabled people aged 12 to 25 years old. The programme not only…
Bolton Wanderers Community Trust are today pleased to release their 2018 Impact Report, highlighting the outstanding work carried out by the charity over the 12 months. Through sport and positive engagement the Community Trust provide quality experiences to the wider community, focusing on narrowing the gap of disadvantage in Health, Education, Disability and Inclusion. Highlights…
Would you like your pupils to be involved in a local OBSTACLE COURSE to raise money for a local children’s charity? Sound like a good idea? Well, we are hosting The Bitesize Battlefield Challenge at Canon Slade School in Bolton on April 27 and April 28 2019, with the objective to raise funds for Bolton…
The family run Commercial Agent based in Horwich has recently come on board as a Community Partner and they will be supporting the Community Trust’s disability provision across Bolton. Operations Lead at the Trust Richard Slater said this of the new partnership: “Their generous support of our disability programmes will go towards ensuring that children…
Last Thursday (30 August), the Community Trust’s annual Charity Golf Day took place at Bolton Golf Club, with 20 teams taking part in another hugely successful event. After 18 holes of golf which took four hours on a course that was in tremendous condition in glorious sunshine, the winning team was ‘Richard Hurst’. The vast…
