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

Please click here to see our first Community Plan

To find out what we have done since then to deliver our plan you can:

Click here to read our Annual Plan Review from 2016

Click here to read our Annual Plan Review from 2017

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

More…

Get involved

We want to create a better community in Goldthorpe and Bolton on Dearne.

Please click here if you would like to get involved

Local News

June 13 2018

FREE Six Week Online Basics Course

Barnsley Council’s Digital Champions are running one of our FREE 6-week Online Basics Courses at Goldthorpe Library from July 24th– Aug 28th Here’s a bit of information about the course content; Classes cover: Week 1 – Using a mouse and keyboard / using a touchscreen Week 2 – Using the internet and searching Week 3 – […]

April 12 2018

Dinosaur Day Phoenix Park, Thurnscoe

This event has been organised by Big Local Thurnscoe and will take place on 15th April 12.00pm to 16.00pm in Phoenix Park, Barrowfield Lane, Thurnscoe, S63 0BD. This will be a fun packed afternoon with everyone welcome and lots of things to see and do including; Meet our roaming T-Rex Dinosaur and baby dinosaurs with their […]

April 9 2018

Business Plans for Big Local Projects

As part of our review of the Big Local Plan and subsequent assessment by Local Trust it was recommended that a Business Plan is produced for each of our 2 major projects that are funded through Big Local. The Partnership Board has requested that Business Plans are produced for Dearne Community Housing and for Dearne Valley […]