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

After a few weeks of stripping rotten raised beds, salvaging wood, and renovating most of the site, we decided to hold an open day as we...

In 2019, Bolton NEWT assumed management of a neglected Bolton At Home plot, overrun with fly-tipping and brambles. Through dedicated...

As part of the funding under our 'Houses to Homes' project for Leverhulme Park, funded under the GMEF green spaces project, we had...

This year we held our 'free entry' Christmas event at the Garstang Hub. As people entered the site, they had the opportunity to plant...

This had been our most successful Halloween event since our first hosting, all the way back in 2018. Over the last few years we had built...

As part of our project this year to improve greenspace at Leverhulme Park, by June we had already slashed, bashed, cut and sowed habitats...

As part of our ambitious project under the Greater Manchester Environment Fund we pledged to make 100 features (bird, bat, owl, hedgehog...

Today we held our Woodland trust hedgerow planting session with Blackshaw Primary School. The free community pack consists of 120...