20/05/2025
This weekend, green-fingered customers, colleagues, and residents came together at Waterhead Park’s Veg in the Park—a vibrant community growing hub in Oldham—for the second Sky Gardening Workshop. Sky Gardening is a free competition taking place across Greater Manchester this summer, giving our c...
19/05/2025
We are pleased to share that we have increased our no mow zones by 25% this summer as part of our commitment to supporting the borough’s environment. No Mow May is a national movement to make enormous gains for nature, communities and the climate by giving grass cutting a break. The area - equiva...
19/05/2025
Work to make our customers’ homes and communities and our business greener has taken another step forward – we have retained silver status in our annual SHIFT assessment. The annual independent SHIFT assessment is an audit of how we are performing against a series of sustainability targets includ...
13/05/2025
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s theme is ‘community’, celebrating the power and importance of connection and belonging. We know how important this is and today we’re hearing from our Live Well and Stronger Communities teams which have worked with local partners to spread the f...
12/05/2025
Work to transform a disused piece of our land at Failsworth into a community garden will reach a first anniversary milestone soon with crops now in the ground. Artichoke, beetroot, garlic and potatoes will be the first vegetables harvested thanks to the efforts of the Day Drive Project Group. It...
12/05/2025
We’re excited to announce that today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, and we’re hitting the ground running with a free programme to help customers with their mental health issues. The pilot initiative will allow ten customers to attend confidential weekly sessions over an eight-we...
09/05/2025
We are pleased to share that we have supported two communities with funding so they could celebrate VE Day in style on Thursday. Our customers and colleagues came together in Tensing Street Community Centre and Daisy Hill at Veg in the Park for a 40s themed traditional afternoon tea and street pa...
01/05/2025
22/04/2025
We were proud to welcome Oldham Council Leader, Arooj Shah to our flagship £20 million West Vale development recently, where she ceremonially handed over the keys to some of our newest residents. Councillor Shah was joined by Oldham Council Chief Executive Shelley Kipling for a tour of the 88-hom...
15/04/2025
In a strong show of partnership working, Oldham Council, Greater Manchester Police, and our ASB team have taken decisive action to protect residents from ongoing anti-social behaviour in Chadderton. Following repeated noise complaints and serious concerns about the safety of a property on Middlet...