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Guide to Digital Support in Bolton

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What is DES?

DES means Digital, Employment & Skills

This website is here to help you find, understand and access information that will help enable you to gain or work towards new employment, locate new opportunities for learning or to develop and expand your current skills.

At DES, we understand that everyone using this website will be here for something different, so we've broken it up into six easy to navigate sections:

Latest news

Our Better Skills, Better Health, Better Futures event is coming to Victoria Square in June

27 May 2025

Join us for the Better Skills, Better Health, Better Futures Fair on Thursday 19 June between 10am and 2pm in Victoria Square, Bolton.

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UKSPF Community Digital Inclusion Project

1 May 2025

Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2025-26 UK Shared Prosperity Fund Grants to support Community Digital Inclusion.

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Bolton Job and Careers Fair is returning this June 2024

3 May 2024

Join us for the Bolton Job and Careers Fair on Wednesday 19 June between 10am and 2pm at The Albert Halls.

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