Oldham
Enabling people to be their best
Through the Onward Community Fund, we have gone beyond housing by granting over £43.9k to 23 local projects across Greater Manchester and Cheshire East since March last year. For further details about how you could get support, please email socialinvestment@onward.co.uk.
We have supported a number of local projects in Oldham through the Fund that engaged with young people over the Summer holidays, including activities at Poppy Road and Oasis Secondary School.
The Fund is also supporting the delivery of sports sessions in the area, with ABC Boxing’s free sessions every Tuesday at Vestacre Stadium and Coldhurst Community Group’s sessions every Sunday at Kick Sonic Sports Complex.
As part of our retrofit project in Oldham North, in partnership with our contractors we are supporting employment and training for local residents, providing work experience placements for students and gifting five laptops to customers as part of Onward Digital Connect.
Providing homes our customers love
Since April last year, we have made improvements to our existing homes in Oldham through an energy efficiency project to make 46 homes warmer, quieter and more affordable. A total of 47 homes will benefit from the project.
Over this period, we have also made improvements to our existing homes across Greater Manchester and Cheshire East, including 300 new kitchens, 320 new bathrooms, 106 new roofs, 628 new doors and 136 new boilers, as well as the installation of new windows in 324 homes.
Creating places people are proud of
With the help of residents, our suppliers and partners, we refurbished The Park Community Hub, a thriving, multi-purpose space that is enabling the community in Hollinwood, Oldham to host a range of activities alongside services delivered by local partners.
Alongside our retrofit project in Oldham North we have cleared fly tipping, swept streets and cleared debris.
In Wetwood, our customers told us they needed a safe environment to take their young children who enjoy being outdoors. We consulted local people to identify a suitable location for a new playground, and together with customers, colleagues and contractor Playdale, we transformed an unused space on Westwood Drive into Gresham Green Play Area, with an agility style playground. A local customer said: “I am really pleased that Onward Homes took our suggestion onboard to develop the play area. My young children can now play safely on the playground.”
We are also working with Oldham Council to renew Limeside Park and reduce antisocial behaviour in the area.