Bolster Community

Many thanks to CEO of @BolsterCom Mrs Jacinta Linden who visited Violet Hill on Friday to inform our S2 Year Group of their work. Our boys will be helping raise money for Bolster’s valuable work in the lead up to Christmas

Economy Minister Dr @CArchibald_SF has visited @BolsterCom in Newry to hear how the Apprenticeship Inclusion Challenge Fund is transforming opportunities for young people with SEN by opening doors into future careers with an apprenticeship. ➡️Read more: bolstercommunity.org/minister-for-t…

📢 Are you involved in delivering family support services in Northern Ireland? We want to hear from you! Please complete a short survey to share: ✅ Info on current services ✅ Views on the future direction of family support 👉 Survey here: surveymonkey.com/r/FamilySuppor…

🎉Congratulations to Dr Mary Bonnar from Marina Surgery, Newry & District GP Federation, on winning the ‘Healthcare Hero’ Award at the recent Bolster Community Everyday Heroes Conference! 👏✨ #BolsterCommunity #EverydayHeroes #HealthcareHero #EmpoweringGP

As part of our second interim evaluation report of the Dormant Assets NI Phase 1 Grant Programme, which was commissioned by the National Lottery Community Fund (@TNLComFund), a series of case studies on grant holders have been created to explore the impact and outcomes of the support. For example, @BolsterCom is a charity and social enterprise based in #Newry and #Kilkeel, which secured £100,000 funding from the programme to diversify their income streams and strengthen their expertise in business development and marketing. In the case study, staff at Bolster Community reveal how the opportunity to focus on sustainability and longer-term growth as a result of the Dormant Assets funding has had a transformational impact on their organisation. Indeed, generated income now accounts for over half of the organisation’s overall income, while previously this had been around 30%. Read the full case study here 👇 tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/media/Dormant-… #ThirdSector #voluntary #charities #socialenterprise #communitysector @thirdsector @NICVA @SocialEnt_UK @NCVO @CharityCommNI