FCHO community investment activity



These grants/contributions have been made as part of FCHO’s community investment activities.

If you are a funding organisation using this page as part of your funding checks and need further information on any of the grants/contributions listed, please contact CI@fcho.co.uk for assistance.

If you are a non-profit and are delivering into/intend to deliver community activity in an FCHO neighbourhood, please contact CI@fcho.co.uk.

 

Grants and Contributions 2025/2026

Our average grant amount was £1,385 and our grant amounts ranged from between £500 to £5,000. The total amount of funding distributed the financial year was £23,514. A total of 17 awards (grants and match donations) were made which is roughly the same as the previous year.

 

Who?

What?

Where?

OL1 Oldham

Great British Spring Clean event costs

Coldhurst

Park Estate Residents Association

Community consultation and community led event

Chadderton North

Inclusive Bytes CIC

Digital literacy support pop-ups

Multiple

Oldham Athletic Community Trust

Young people's football project

Derker

Failsworth Walking Group

Young people's skills portfolio project

N/A

Quality of Life Foundation

Nelson Way community consultation activities

Chadderton

Friends of Royton Linear Park

Oldham College natural space improvement project

Royton

Veg in the Park CIC

Community planting workshops

Waterhead

Spark Oldham

Children and families’ activities

Waterhead

Fullcircle NW CIC

Chadderton place making pilot planning

Chadderton

Fullcircle NW CIC

Summer activity support

N/A

OPAG

Pop-up play activities

Chadderton

OPAG

Summer activity support

Oldham wide

Calm Ahead CIC

Mental health Barker Street pilot

Coldhurst

In My Shoes

Disability Theatre Project (match to Arts Council grant)

Multiple Oldham locations

Men Behaving Dadly

Community environmental activities

Waterhead

 

FCHO Grants and Contributions 2024/2025

Our average grant amount was £1,367 and our grant amounts ranged from between £750 to £2,250. We have made fewer grants than in the last financial year but with an overall increase in the value of those grants. After last year’s review of grant making there is also a focus in this year’s grants on community research and development support for partnerships/pilots with a view to external funding.

 

Who?

What?

Where?

OL1 Oldham

Barker Street multi-media project

Coldhurst

Become United

Community Recycling Project

Multiple Oldham

SAWN

Women’s Urgent Support Service matched donation

Multiple Oldham

Day Drive Project

Day Drive Community Planting Space Development - Stage 1

Failsworth West

Day Drive Project

Day Drive Community Planting Space Development - Stage 2

Failsworth West

HMR Circle

Volunteer Driver Service Pilot

Shaw

Calm Ahead CIC

Community Led action and Mental Health & Wellbeing Pilot

Alexandra

Northern Lily

Oldham Nature in Neighbourhoods Network pilot

Multiple Oldham

Yuvanis Foundation

Equipment for Pride in Place activities

Chadderton Central

Men Behaving Dadly

Equipment for Pride in Place activities

Waterhead

Inclusive Bytes

Oldham Community Digital and Data Trust support

Multiple Oldham

In Parallel Productions

Community Impact Podcast/Video pilot

Multiple Oldham

Oldham Greenhills

Get Online Week celebration/activities

Alexandra

Inclusive Bytes

Get Online Week celebration/activities

Multiple Oldham

Greenacres Community Centre/Re:sew

Recycle Week celebration/activities

Waterhead

OPAG

Recycle Week celebration/activities

Waterhead

Northern Lily

Recycle Week celebration/activities

Failsworth West

Failsworth Walking Group

Recycle Week celebration/activities

Failsworth West

Funky Fitness and Fun

International Day of Disabled Persons celebration/activities

Saddleworth South

Mahdlo

Young people’s workforce ‘diversity in outreach’ research

Multiple Oldham

OL1 Oldham

Richmond Academy/West Street Litter Pick Support

Coldhurst

Friends of Smithy Bridge School

Support for various small community projects

Smithy Bridge

Inclusive Bytes

Contribution to the Oldham Community Device Lending Library

Multiple Oldham

Inclusive Bytes

Digital literacy research

Multiple Oldham