Long-term partnership: 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.
At the outset of the partnership, Clear Futures and Bolton Council developed a strategic asset management plan that has underpinned long-term property decisions that support front line service delivery. Clear Futures has supported Bolton Council to secure around £75m of grant funding for regeneration and sustainability projects.
Project management support has seen numerous refurbishment, construction and decarbonisation works completed along with social value activities that address specific local needs and create long term benefit.
Strategic support
Strategic partnering to deliver value locally
Clear Futures gave strategic support to Bolton Council, reviewing assets and FM services, and ensuring the supply chain was procured locally to deliver more value to the borough.
Driving social value
Boosting Bolton’s levelling up ambitions
Working in strategic partnership, Clear Futures brought the additional capabilities Bolton Council needed to secure £22m of Levelling Up funding and deliver schemes that underpin the town’s regeneration ambitions.
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Decarbonisation
High school energy refurbishment
268 t CO₂e carbon savings | £38,000 operational savings | £1.4m funding secured
Our strategic partnership with Bolton Council provides quick access to expertise in energy retrofits, through which they have made significant reductions to carbon emissions and energy bills at Ladybridge High School.
Regeneration project delivery
Increasing town centre footfall
Bolton Market extension and partial refurbishment
Creating a new food hall for independent traders provides a space where people can meet and socialise in the evenings, which previously was not an option, improves the area for local people. The ultimate aim is to increase both the number of visitors and the amount of time they spend there. Designed to bring the community together.
Delivering improved outcomes for the town
Bolton Library refurbishment
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.
Transforming adult care
The Jubilee Centre is a new state-of-the-art day centre
Clear Futures worked in partnership with Bolton Cares Ltd and Bolton Council to deliver the project. It replaces outdated facilities, providing vital support and improving opportunities for adults with learning disabilities across the town.
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Supply chain development and management
Working in partnership with Bolton Council, we support local businesses by sharing our supply chain opportunities with Business Bolton, the council’s business engagement and navigation team. Our long-term partnership is focused on achieving economic prosperity for local individuals and businesses. Sign up to their newsletter to keep up to date with opportunities Business Bolton (list-manage.com)
If you have any enquiries, please get in touch: businessbolton@bolton.gov.uk / 01204 336222
Long-term, local social impact
£9m of social value 2019-2022
In the first four years of our long-term strategic partnership, Clear Futures and Bolton Council delivered £9m worth of social value in the borough, ranging from local employment, to developing SMEs and giving education and skills opportunities to young people.
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£500k of social value from Bolton Library project
With its reopening in January 2024, the transformation Bolton Central Library marked £500k in social value delivered. Clear Futures and Tier 1 Supply Chain partner Robertson were committed to creating a meaningful and lasting legacy through community wealth building on this project as well as throughout our long-term partnership with Bolton Council.
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Delivering disability facilities with integral social value
Watch to see how our Tier 1 Supply Chain partner delivered social value alongside the construction of this facility. And how the Clear Futures partnership is delivering wider improvements across Bolton, with local social value an integral part of every project.
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Community Neighbourhood Project to benefit residents
116 hours of volunteering over 5 days
Read more to find out how Tier 1 Supply Chain parnter Robertson Construction refurbished a community centre with a new kitchen and youth space.
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