Dawn Yates Obe

Dawn joined the Bolton CVS team, as CEO, in April 2021 to contribute to supporting the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector in Bolton to do what they exist to do; as well as they possibly can. Alongside 20+ years of community centred work (plus the important formative years as a volunteer!) across social housing, higher education and local authority sectors; Dawn has facilitated development programmes and supported leaders from VCSE, statutory and private sectors as an EMCC accredited coach.  

As a member of senior strategic boards across Bolton, Dawn is passionate about collaborative and inclusive approaches to bringing about positive change with the people of Bolton and Greater Manchester, where the contributions of all cross-sector partners and stakeholders are valued equally.  Dawn is a Director of 10GM, with Bolton CVS being one of the founding partners.