18/12/2025
The winners of First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO)’s Budding Neighbourhoods summer gardening competition 2025 have been announced.
The popular online event allows FCHO customers to enter three categories to showcase their horticultural skills and win vouchers.
The categories this year were: Sustaina...
18/12/2025
Our Customer and Communities Committee came together last month for a comprehensive meeting, focusing on the strategies, services and performance that matter most.
Bringing together customers, Board members and colleagues, the session provided an important opportunity to review...
17/12/2025
We will close at 12.30pm on Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will remain closed until 9am on Monday 5 January 2026.
We hope everyone celebrating Christmas has a wonderful time, and we'll see you all in January 2026!
While we are closed you can check your rent and charges, make payments, update your...
12/12/2025
FCHO staff who have accrued hundreds of years’ service with us were honoured at a recent afternoon tea event with the Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Eddie Moores.
The 28 employees have been with FCHO for between 10 and 45 years and those able to attend were given awards by the mayor and FCHO chief e...
11/12/2025
FCHO colleagues from across the organisation joined a group of customers last month for a two-day service design course delivered by Dave Skinner and Design Patterns for Social Housing at Primrose Place.
The training forms part of our Customer and Communities Strategy, aimed at improving servic...
10/12/2025
Last month, our Customer Sustainability Working Group met at First Place for a detailed update on sustainability projects. The meeting was attended by a mix of involved customers, along with colleagues from our stronger communities team, sustainability&nbs...
10/12/2025
We’re delighted to announce the completion of five brand-new sustainable family homes at Damson Green, Middleton, just in time for Christmas.
This £1.3m development, delivered by FCHO in partnership with J Walker Homes, has transformed a former car park. The three and four-bedroom homes are affor...
09/12/2025
Great news! First Choice Homes Oldham has been shortlisted for another sector award, this time for our Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) wave two retrofit programme.
We are one of ten on a shortlist for the Best Retrofit Innovation or Project at the Housing Innovation Awards 2026.
The re...
04/12/2025
One of our longest serving employees has retired after nearly 38 years’ service. Leigh Rourke started on the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) just days after leaving school aged 16 in 1987.
The 55-year-old worked her way around nearly all the departments of FCHO and its p...