Upcoming changes to UCAN centres | News

We’re making some important changes to our UCAN centres to serve more of our customers and communities and make the most of our resources. Here’s what’s happening and why.

 

*New* Bolton UCAN Centre, coming soon 

We’re opening a new UCAN centre service in Bolton Town Centre at the Market Place. It’ll be located together with our Working Wardrobe offer, providing more accessible support to our community overall.

 

Initially, it’ll be open three/four days per week, with plans to expand to full-time hours, including late-night openings, by 1 April 2025. 

We’ll provide more information about this soon. 

 

Changes to Pop-Up UCAN centres

We've now closed our Great Holme Pop-Up UCAN Centre, and we'll soon be closing the one in Kearsley. However, we’re opening a new one near Farnworth Town Centre from October 2024.

This flexible approach means we can move to more places and help more people over time. 

 

New opening times for static UCAN centres

To support these other changes, we need to adjust the opening times at Breightmet, Deane, New Bury, Tonge Moor, and Withins UCAN centres. However, at least one of our range of centres will be open each weekday. 

Stay up to date with the latest details at www.boltonathome.org.uk/ucan.

 

More on why we’re making these changes 

We want to use our resources in the best way possible to help more people in our communities. 

Housing providers across the country are having to work harder to manage their finances because of the tough economic conditions of the last few years. This means we’ve had to rethink how some of our services are provided. 

We want to make sure our services provide better value for money for our customers, and this includes our UCAN centre services. By focusing on where our services are most needed and accessible, we can ensure that more customers receive the support they need. 

 

What visitors can expect at our UCAN centres

• A friendly welcome
• Help finding a job
• Free use of the internet and computers
• Training courses
• Access to social activities and community groups
• Assistance with housing issues and benefits
• Health and wellbeing support and advice
• Help with money matters
• Free use of the phone
• And much more.

 

Detailed opening times and locations

UCAN centres:

Bolton (*new*): 
Unit 27B,
The Market Place Shopping Centre,
BL1 2AL

Opening date TBC, then open:

• Tuesdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3pm.
• Thursdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3pm.
• First Thursday of each month, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
• Fridays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon.

Deane:
2 Oriel Street,
BL3 5PD

From 7 October, open:

• Tuesdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

New Bury:
59 George Street,
BL4 9PU

For the week starting 30 September, open:

• Thursday, 9:30am to12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

From 7 October, open:

• Mondays and Thursdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

Tonge Moor:
The Old Tonge Moor Library,
Tonge Moor Road,
BL2 2LE

For the week starting 30 September, open:

• Thursday, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

From 7 October, open: 

• Mondays and Thursdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

 
Withins:
39 Kentmere Road,
BL2 5JG

From 30 September, open:

• Tuesdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.

Pop-Up UCAN centres:

Breightmet:
Deepdale Community Centre,
1 Deepdale Rd,
BL2 6PH

• Thursdays, 12:30pm to 3:00pm.
  
  

Farnworth Focus Team:
Hesketh House,
Hesketh Walk,
BL4 9EY

We’ll share more information about this initiative soon.

From 8 October, it’ll open:

• Tuesdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.
• Wednesdays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon.
• Fridays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon and 12:30pm to 3:00pm.
  
  

Great Lever:
Great Holme Housing Hub,
17 Marlbrook Walk,
BL3 2SQ

Now closed.

We’ll share more information about our work at Great Holme soon.

Great Lever:
Slaterfield Community Centre,
18 Carrington Drive,
BL3 6YE

From 7 October, open:

• Fridays, 9:30am to 12:00 noon.

 

Little Lever:
Little Lever Library,
63 Market St,
Little Lever,
BL3 1HH

New opening arrangements TBC.

Kearsley:
Roosevelt Road Community Centre,
BL4 8EA

From 7 October, it’ll close.

Westhoughton:
John Holt Community Centre,
Birch Ave,
Westhoughton,
BL5 2NR

New opening arrangements TBC.

 

Our commitment

We’re dedicated to providing a warm welcome and personalised support at all our UCAN centre venues. Our goal is to ensure our services are helpful and easy to access, helping with housing issues, finding work, using the internet, personal development, health and wellbeing, and more.

Our teams look forward to seeing you, and we appreciate your help in guiding others to our UCAN centres, where they can receive the support they need.