About the Club

Bolton Lads & Girls Club is the biggest youth centre in the UK.  A registered charity (#1051292), we are based right in the heart of Bolton town centre.  The Club is open 7 days-a-week, 52 weeks-a-year and welcomes all young people aged 8-21 years old.

‘Bolton Lads Club’ was founded in 1889 by a group of local businessmen who felt the need to support young lads who worked in some of the town’s mills.  Back then, the facility wasn’t much, but it was somewhere safe in which these young lads could spend their free time.

In 2002, Bolton Lads & Girls Club moved to its new home on Spa Road in Bolton town centre.  The new facility cost £5million and to this day remains a building that is fresh, modern, exciting and above all, fit for purpose.  
As well as the basic 7 nights-a-week youth club service, the Club also provides dozens of other projects for the town’s young people; The Mentoring Project, Sport, Pathways 2 Success, Residentials, Outreach & School Holiday Project to name just a few.

Supported by a team of around 50 staff, and an army of over 400 volunteers, the Club prides itself on being innovative, fun and without a doubt, the leading youth centre in the country.

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