Giving young
people a place
to belong.
An 8,500 sq ft specialist education and wellbeing centre, delivered in 12 weeks. Opened by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and supported by Bolton Council.
Function and hope, built into every square foot.
Navigators NESTA Bolton is a specialist education and wellbeing centre designed to support young people who have become disengaged from mainstream education. The 8,500 sq ft facility provides a structured, safe environment — combining vocational training, physical wellbeing, and pastoral support under one roof.
Our team completed the full overhaul of the raw industrial space in just 12 weeks — delivering a gym, fitness suite, vocational training workshops, breakout and welfare rooms, a presentation theatre, and a bespoke illustrated map installation celebrating the communities Navigators serves across Greater Manchester.
This is the second Navigators site we have worked on together. The partnership reflects a shared conviction: that the quality of a space directly shapes the quality of the outcomes it produces. Every material choice, every layout decision, was made with the young people who would use it in mind.
From raw industrial shell to fully operational specialist education centre — on programme and to specification.
Gym and fitness suite, vocational workshops, presentation theatre, welfare rooms, and a bespoke community art installation.
Opened by Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, with the support of Bolton Council — reflecting the regional significance of the Navigators programme.
A 17,000 sq ft Navigators site in Wythenshawe is in delivery — the largest in the programme to date, building on the Bolton blueprint.
12 weeks. Raw shell to ready.
The same space — before and after a 12-week programme of works.
Andy Burnham on Navigators.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester speaks on the opening of the Bolton NESTA site and the importance of the Navigators programme for young people across the region.
The doors open.
Navigators Wythenshawe.
17,000 sq ft.
The largest Navigators site to date is in delivery in Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Building on the Bolton blueprint, the 17,000 sq ft facility will serve one of the region's most underserved communities. Opening in 2025.