Darren Armstrong CEO of Be Strong was made homeless at 14yrs old, was in prison at 16yrs old and then 12 years of violence, drugs and chaos followed. However at 28yrs old, Darren went to church, became a Christian and is now CEO of a successful charity investing time and energy rehabilitating broken men’s lives. Darren currently mentors and teaches vulnerable adults how to become great men of God and community leaders.

In The Gym

The Be Strong Project is all about helping individuals exercise positive control over their life choices. That’s why we adopt a holistic treatment approach tailored to a particular individuals’ needs. Dopamine is a euphoria inducing protein and long term exercise alters the number of dopamine receptors in the brain and drugs have a less euphoric…

Healthy Eating Workshop!

Personal Development Workshop Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is vital in the journey of recovery. Be Strong team members learn about nutrition and cooking in personal development workshops. Healthy eating workshops are an integral part of the Be Strong process to complement gym fitness and other personal development activities. All participants on the Be Strong project…

Continous Improvement Par Excellence!

Be Strong and Bolton Wanderers joined forces to bring together men from all over Bolton to play football to combat the decline in mens health across the borough. I must say it was a very well organised and friendly environment. The Be Strong project is committed to empowering individuals to commit to their health and…

Personal Development Workshop

    Be Strong had another fantastic Personal Development Workshop for the 3rd week running and the workshops are getting bigger every week a mixture of clients from Bolton Probation and St Lukes drop in centre are attending the gym and personal development sessions. These sessions are delivered by Sean Reddaway, a very experienced and…

Launch Article – Bolton News

A FORMER drug addict is on a mission to help offenders turn their lives around by launching a new support network. Darren Armstrong, who funded his habit by committing robberies and thefts, spent years in and out of prison. But in 2004 he attended Kings Church in Knowsley Street in Bolton which he says helped…