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A support officer at Oldham College has helped to raise £11,000 for various charities – including POINT in Oldham.
Date Published 20/09/2018
Oldham’s Olympic gold medalist Nicola White has been speaking to students at Oldham College, in a bid to inspire them to get active.
Date Published 19/09/2018
An event for Peace Week by a support group for women in Oldham has been hailed a success.
Oldham Community Leisure has announced plans to take part in National Fitness Day, the UK’s largest physical activity celebration, spearheaded by ukactive.
People in Oldham are being encouraged to apply for a grant to help improve their local area.
Date Published 18/09/2018
Homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley is celebrating Recycle Week 2018 – 24-to-30 September – by hosting a series of workshops and demonstrations leading up to their Reduce, Reuse &...
Last week, one of OSFC’s notable alumni, Shazar Tariq, joined Economics students to speak about his journey from studying Economics at OSFC to becoming an Economic Advisor in...
Date Published 17/09/2018
Time is running out to get yourself signed up for the most colourful event of Oldham’s social calender – the Dr Kershaw’s Colour Blast!
Date Published 14/09/2018
A Chadderton health centre is asking patients for their co-operation following the failure of phone lines into its two GP practices.
Men actively overcoming and reducing isolation are getting back on track with new friends at the Maori Men’s Group.
Acacia Seward has defied the odds to become a true sporting superstar just a year after the terrorist attack that threatened to take it all away from her.
How do you take your brew? This National Air Ambulance Week (September 10-16 ), the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) are asking you to join its life-saving crew for a...
With just a week to go until the glitzy presentation evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamers are now being urged not to miss out on their chance to celebrate with their...
Oldham Council is looking for the views of residents to help shape its Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).
Hats off to Fullcircle - a girls' community project group that provides innovative services to a wide range of residents across the local community.
Date Published 13/09/2018
Three Manchester Science Festival events will take place in Oldham this year.
Saddleworth air cadets have touched down after a space Odyssey that has taken them from Oldham to orbit.
National charity Action on Hearing Loss are warning students of the hidden danger of Freshers’ week.
Ambition for Ageing is calling for 'age-friendly' ideas ahead of a launch aimed at getting Oldham talking.
Four Oldham golfers teed off in a dusk-to-dawn challenge in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
With just over a week to go until the glitzy presentation evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamers are now being urged not to miss out on their chance to celebrate...
Oldham council is urging residents to respond to a consultation ahead of changes to their council tax reduction scheme.
Date Published 12/09/2018
Calling all pie fans! Holland’s Pies has launched a search for five pie and pud tasters to join an elite Pie Panel to taste and review its proper tasty range!
Volunteers from Human Aid UK visited the Royal Oldham Hospital children’s ward with gifts to share the joy of Eid with children who are unwell.
Action Oldham Fund is celebrating its fifth birthday tomorrow (Wednesday).
A newly-available flu vaccine this winter could prevent 700 deaths, over 2,000 hospitalisations and 30,000 GP consultations in those aged 65 and over in England.
They're back by popular demand - the band of pious puppets that will be delivering a church service in Greenacres.
Date Published 11/09/2018
Help group Spoons is continuing to support and care for parents and babies experiencing neonatal intensive care.
The search for world peace reaches Oldham’s doorstep in this year’s Peace Day Celebration.
How to counsel someone with mental health problems should be taught in the same way we train people to save lives through CPR.
With less than two weeks to go until the glitzy presentation evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamers are now being urged not to miss out on their chance to celebrate...
Volunteers and local residents continue to flock to Veg in the Park, a community growing hub based in Waterhead Park.
Date Published 10/09/2018
The biggest and best 60s show, which is currently touring the UK, returns to Manchester Opera House for one night only on Saturday, November 10.
There were words of praise from the Mayor of Oldham as the Debt Advice Service and Oldham Libraries launched their bid to make Oldham’s future brighter.
New research has revealed Britain’s biggest fears in an effort to find fearless young learners.
Get yourself down to the Oldham Coliseum on Monday (September 17) as theatre staff are hosting a free event for mothers, fathers, sons and daughters to share their stories about...
Chadderton's Summer Brunch Club welcomed back their regulars to an end of holiday party.
The annual Tameside Job Fair is returning to Ashton and jobseekers will have a range of opportunities from local organisations to find out about.
Greater Manchester will join a global initiative to mark today's World Suicide Prevention Day with an inaugural public candlelit vigil, hosted by the Salford mental health charity...
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is welcoming two Manchester theatre organisations, Fine Comb Theatre and Rogue Bones Theatre Company, to join the team as Associate Companies.
Date Published 07/09/2018
A new photography exhibition exposing the lives, struggles, happiness and triumphs of people living with mental illness, opens for the first time at Gallery Oldham on Saturday...
Anatomy Lab Live is back, and inviting you to a Valentines meal sure to tug at the heartstrings - this is definitely your chance to bring dissection to date night!
Support Parkinson's UK at an evening of comedy, brass and song - and a proper pie supper!
A nine-month-old former rescue dog that was looked after by a Shaw doggie foster carer has landed on her paws after qualifying as a police sniffer dog.
With just two weeks to go until the glitzy presentation evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamers are now being urged not to miss out on their chance to celebrate with their...
An X Factor favourite is set to feature at a Royton Family Fun Day in aid of cancer charities.
Date Published 06/09/2018
With the growing unemployment rate in Greater Manchester, local training and education specialist Seetec is working towards helping the young generation by providing them with all...
House Crowd Developments, the Cheshire-based property development and investment company, has announced the construction of 54 new homes in Oldham.
With less than three weeks to go until the glitzy presentation evening at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamers are now being urged not to miss out on their chance to celebrate...
Staff and pupils at Hollinwood Academy, part of the New Bridge Multi Academy Trust in Oldham, have been celebrating the outcome of their first Ofsted inspection.
Date Published 05/09/2018
Over 200 people turned out to celebrate Mahdlo being awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.
Featuring songs from the smash hit Bollywood film Sholay, the world première production of comedy drama Dishoom! comes to Oldham next month.
An IT consultancy in Oldham will mark its 15th year in business with a charity football match on September 13.
