About Us
Our Main Project - Bury CAP Debt Centre
The Bury Project was set up, by Churches Together in Bury, in 2019 to promote wellbeing for people in Bury (Greater Manchester) and its surrounding district.
We have charitable status and are registered as a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation).
Our main project is the Bury CAP Debt Centre, working with Christians Against Poverty to give help (free of charge) to people in difficulty with debt. The Debt Centre Manager works with local trained volunteers and we receive support from many individuals and local churches.
Whilst we operate under a Christian ethos we welcome and respect clients from all backgrounds. Debt can have a crippling effect on individual wellbeing and family life, and it is a joy to see people overcoming their difficulties and becoming debt free.
Our History
In 2019 some Christians in Bury (Greater Manchester) got together to consider setting up a CAP Debt Centre in Bury, working in conjunction with Christians Against Poverty (a national Christian charity) helping people from any background or faith to become debt free. A previous debt centre in nearby Radcliffe was not able to continue, but the need for help with debt remained.
The outcome - Churches Together in Bury helped set up a new Charitable Organisation, The Bury Project, with a mandate to alleviate poverty in the area, and CAP national head office came to an arrangement to work with a new debt centre under the umbrella of The Bury Project.
Since 2019 the Debt Centre Manager has worked together with trained local volunteers to help many people (households) with debt issues. Demand for the debt centre remains strong and most clients have complex needs which demand a holistic approach, personal to their individual circumstances. We have therefore sought to get a good balance between helping more people and also helping each one effectively.
Our Mission
The Bury Project is set up for the relief of poverty for persons living in and around Bury and district.
Whilst the Bury CAP Debt Centre is our main delivery point,
there is scope for other projects for the relief of poverty to be set up, depending on local needs and resources.