The One Oldham Fund is a strategic single investment fund that uses pooled resources for the voluntary, community, faith & social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in Oldham. This investment from Oldham Council is intended to improve outcomes for individuals in structured treatment plans recovering from substance & alcohol abuse & to support VCFSE organisations to make a contribution to those outcomes over time.
Applications meet at least one of the following priorities:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Awarded Projects 2023 - 2024
Forward Thinkers North
Project Name: Active Recovery and Development – ‘What More Do We Need?’
Amount awarded: £1,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Portraits of Recovery
Project Name: To the Sun, Moon and Stars..
Amount awarded: £10,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
Sarah’s Community Challenges Project
Project Name: S.C.C.P.’s Clear Horizons Family Support Hub
Amount awarded: £1,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Syngesis CIC
Project Name: RESOLVE TOGETHER - AGAIN
Amount awarded: £1,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Salvation Army
Project Name: Dad’s lads n daughters
Amount awarded: £1,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
The Sanctuary Trust
Project Name: The Bigger Picture
Amount awarded: £1,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
WIFI North West CIC
Project Name: … PROJECT NAME…
Amount awarded: £1,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Awarded Projects 2022 - 2023
Manchester City Mission
Project Name: Operation Joy
Amount awarded: £4,812.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Rochdale Dawah Centre
Project Name: BAME Alcohol & Drug Misuse Video & Pack Project
Amount awarded: £4,975.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Syngesis CIC
Project Name: RESOLVE TOGETHER
Amount awarded: £5,000.00
Priorities That the Project Supports:
- The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
- Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families