INDIVIDUALS and groups across Oldham are invited to join a community project to create a patchwork quilt representing ‘Togetherness’. Stitch is a creative community project from…
View More Individuals and groups asked to sew patches of positivity for ‘Togetherness’ project
LONELINESS has affected a lot of people during lockdown but thanks to funding from First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO), a local community group in High…
View More Coronavirus hasn’t stopped ROCA recipients growing for gold in High Crompton
OLDHAM MPs Debbie Abrahams and Jim McMahon have paid tribute to the hard work and dedication shown by local community and voluntary sector groups in…
View More Oldham MPs thank community and voluntary sector for response to Covid-19
AFTER 36 days and more than 200 miles Dave Fairbrother took off his ice hockey kit for the final time. But even after his marathon…
View More Storm-trouper! Ice man Dave has marathon charity challenge licked
WHILE lockdown has seen a boom in people tending their gardens, this type of work has continued as normal for Oldham College’s Horticulture apprentices. Two…
View More Lockdown can’t ‘park’ Kim and Mark’s horticulture apprentice ambitions
LOCAL MPs Debbie Abrahams and Jim McMahon are hosting an online support session for community and voluntary sector organisations based in Saddleworth and Oldham. The…
View More MPs to host support webinar for community and voluntary organisations in Oldham and Saddleworth
Oldham Council is saying a blooming great thank you to the borough’s NHS heroes and key workers. Our multi award-winning horticultural staff have transformed the…
View More ‘Blooming’ great thank you to key workers in Oldham town centre
A letter to the editor from the Oldham & Saddleworth Green Party Shocking figures from End Child Poverty coalition* show that 38% of Oldham children…
View More Letter to the editor: Rising child poverty in Oldham – who is responsible?
Oldham Council is supporting the #SafeStreetsSaveLives campaign and is inviting residents to get involved. Over the coming weeks and months, it is going to be…
View More Get involved to help shape safer streets in Oldham
TWO members of Dunwood Park Nordic Walkers have discovered a footpath they did not know existed. Jean and John Norman were out exploring and found…
View More Footpath find by Nordic Walking duo