Bolton Newt held our annual Christmas Event in Breightmet, our 'Santa's Christmas Grotto' which wouldn't have been possible without our amazing volunteer's made up from local residents. We had roasting marshmallow's, Greenhalgh biscuits, selection boxes from santa (thanks to a kind donation from Bolton At Home), arts and crafts, a fully decorated site, a visit from the Christmas Yeti (thanks Frankie). We handed out over 160 selection boxes and the remainder was distributed to

In Spring 2025 we applied for funding to the CVS which was approved under the Bolton's Fund, this allowed us to host an entirely free two day Halloween event at the Garstang Hub. In the run up to Halloween, the entire site has been transformed with beds removed, an outdoor shack built, a new extended pirate ship and hundreds of hours of volunteer hours put into improving the site. On Friday the 31st we held our first day of Halloween joined by Taylors Theatre Academy who put

Back in August 2025, Newt's Pirate Ship was looking worse for wear, with rotting planks and in need of a new frame, we decided to rebuild the ship from scratch by removing the boards and creating a brand new frame. Not content with this, we decided to expand and create a brand new decking around the ship and expand this even further with a new addition of a climbing frame for the skeletons that also doubled as a cover for our projector in Halloween. A massive thank you goes o