Neighbourhood news Autumn 2026

Read what’s been happening across our neighbourhoods over the past few months.

Central – Alt and Glodwick, Coldhurst - Barker Street and St Mary’s, Coldhurst –Godson Street and Clarkwell, Holts Village, Higginshaw and Egerton Street

• Residents joined FCHO and partners for two Love Parks Week litter pick events at St Mary's and Oldham Edge.
• FCHO, the council and OL1 Oldham came together for a clean-up of Barker Street where three and half large skips were filled with litter and fly tipped items.
• Calm Ahead is delivering three Youth Connect 5 courses at FCHO’s Alt Community Centre for children with neurodivergent conditions like autism and ADHD and their carers.

West – Chadderton North and Central, Chadderton South, Coldhurst - BurnleyStreet, Busk and West Street, Werneth

• A design project for young girls to shape safer and more inclusive public spaces was delivered by FCHO and contractor Ridge LLP at our Nelson Way Community Centre.
• Free FCHO-funded digital inclusion drop-in sessions, run by Inclusive Bytes CIC, are taking place every Wednesday at Spindles Shopping Centre until February 2027.
• FCHO is supporting new digital inclusion projects launching soon in Chadderton and Werneth that are designed to help residents develop digital skills.

East – Derker, Greenacres, Littlemoor, Saddleworth and Lees, Sholver

• FCHO worked with Oldham Play Action Group to deliver a community engagement project called Playing with Urban Design that uses play to shape local green spaces.
• Nearly 80 new saplings will be planted across Derker and Littlemoor by FCHO this winter following £43,000 of funding from the City of Trees project.
• Oldham Athletic Community Trust will receive £2,000 from FCHO to buy four portable floodlights so youngsters can play football at Mayfield Primary School through the winter months.

South – Failsworth, Hollinwood, Medlock Vale, Eldon Street and Hathershaw

• A reverse graffiti campaign by FCHO on Eldon Street has helped encourage responsible waste disposal and helped tackle fly-tipping.
• The first 29 homes for social rent and shared ownership at FCHO's Fitton Hill development have been completed.
• Northern Lily opened up its community orchard in Failsworth for an FCHO-funded Pick, Press and Play project that allowed residents to pick and keep fresh fruit.
   
  North – Royton North and High Crompton, Royton South, Shaw and Crompton
• Spring flowering bulbs will be planted in Royton and Shaw this winter as part of FCHO's ongoing biodiversity improvement programme across our communities.
• Kate Ridings is FCHO's September Hidden Hero in recognition of her dedication in keeping Royton Linear Park clean and tidy through regular litter picks with her mum.
   
  Rochdale borough – Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale
• FCHO’s new Bury Old Road housing development is to be called Murphy Close after eight-year-old local school pupil Ava McEvoy won a competition to name the site.
• Middleton will see 24 new affordable family homes following FCHO investing £6.79 million to build the properties in Greenhill Road.