Goldthorpe & Bolton on Dearne Big Local
Our Vision & Priorities
Our vision for the future is to make Goldthorpe and Bolton on Dearne a great place to live and work. We want to create a better community and our priorities are:
- Good education and training prospects
- Quality and affordable homes to live in
- Improved local facilities
- A supportive and actively involved community
To find out what we have done since then to deliver our plan you can:
What is Big Local?
Big Local is a programme funded by the National Lottery that;
- Brings support and investment to the residents of Goldthorpe and Bolton on Dearne to make your community a better place to live
- Puts residents in charge and all residents views are important
- Gives funding of £1 million for the community to spend within a 10 year timespan and local residents decide how to spend it
Get involved
We want to create a better community in Goldthorpe and Bolton on Dearne.
Local News
- Big Local Community Event
- Big Local Plan
- Big Local Projects
- Dearne Arts Festival
- Local Events
- The Dearne Playhouse
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Big Local Update
The last few months have been so difficult for our community and with the Covid-19 outbreak causing heartache and problems for many people it has been a struggle to continue with our work. These are certainly the most challenging times that most of us have lived through but hopefully with the relaxing of some restrictions […]
Giving our Community a helping hand
Over the summer months Big Local has been very busy helping groups in our commumity to put on events and has also helped a number of newly formed community groups to become established. Our Support Worker has also worked with organisations to bring a number of events to Goldthorpe including the increasingly popular Dearne Community […]
Dearne Community Arts Festival 2019
This much anticipated event will be held on 28th September 2019 at the Astrea Academy (formerly Dearne ALC). As part of this years festival a number of local groups and organisations will be creating a Mosaic at a number of sessions, to be held at different locations within Goldthorpe. The aim of these sessions will […]
Big Local Community Gallery
Highlights from the Dearne Community Arts Festival 2017 The Dearne Community Arts Festival is the culmination of eight months’ hard work! A group of interested local residents and representatives from local community groups met back in January 2017 to discuss the idea of a local arts’ festival to champion creativity and celebrate the talent in […]
The Great Get Together Picnic inspired by Jo Cox
The Snap Tin Cafe a Community Cafe in Goldthorpe