Bolton Community Champion Simon Newby
Simon Newby
Community Champion for Queens Park and Central, Astley Bridge, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Bromley Cross, Halliwell, Farnworth South, Great Lever, Farnworth North, Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor, Horwich South and Blackrod, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, Rumworth, Smithills, Tonge with the Haulgh, Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill, Westhoughton South, Horwich North
My name is Simon and I became a Community Champion to provide a positive role model for Single parents, I became a lone parent to three children in 2019 which has totally changed my life currently one of the 16% of lone parent families led by a father, I am a digital co-ordinator for SEND with Gingerbread and I run two support groups virtually for single parents ( Co-Parenting and Special needs) , I will be setting up a local gingerbread group covering Bolton and Horwich soon , I currently work in IT and have over 20 years experiance in global IT management.
My Skill areas are Special needs Children and young people, Single\lone Parenting and IT.
My interests are - Walking, Mine exploring, Steam Mining technolgy ,Traveling.
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