Oldham

Oldham Council wanted us to share the following statement with you as VCFSE partners in the borough.

As you may already be aware, the Independent Review into historic child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oldham was published on Monday 20 June.

Oldham Council fully accepts the findings of this report which you can read in full on the GMCA (Greater Manchester Combined Authority) website at Review of Historic CSE in Oldham

The time has come for Oldham Social Entrepreneurs Network to define an action plan for the Oldham Social Enterprise Place application. They have gathered the content from all previous events and workshops and have distilled your vision for Oldham to an one year feasible action plan .

They are inviting all Oldham based Social Enterprises to join them and contribute your feedback to the action plan. The event is for everyone that is actively involved in a social enterprise, irrelevant if you have been in any of the previous events or not.

Agenda

Since September 2021, two dozen people have been meeting to change the story of poverty in Oldham for good. They include from residents with experience of poverty and hardship, as well as those with the power, authority and influence to do something about it.

Creative Women forms part of our exciting A Whole New Way of Thinking About Neighbourhoods and is the first event to kick start Roving Listeners Transformative Community Building programme in Oldham - starting in Higgenshaw.

​The Transformative Community Building programmes encourage people to see their unlimited potential and harness imaginative and creative ideas that lead to powerful change within individuals and neighbourhoods.

​Their ethos is to harness the potential and spark imagination within neighbourhoods, by starting with the people who live there.

Centre of Wellbeing, Training and Culture are hosting a FREE weekly sessions for Women every Tuesday from 11am - 1pm.

Join them and build your confidence. There will be different weekly sessions for every week.

For more information, contact M Sarwar, phone 07930 306933 or email admin@cw-tc.co.uk

Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) combines volunteering and DIY by challenging young people aged 14-24 to learn trade skills by helping to fix local community buildings in need of improvement.

Volunteer It Yourself (VIY), a CIC are offering 2+ days of free trades skills experience opportunities to local young people in Tameside aged 14-24, particularly those who are not engaged in education or employment or at risk of becoming disengaged.

Green Spaces Fund

Green funding could help improve your community 

Following its announcement earlier this year, the £2.6m Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund is now open to applications, seeking community projects that will make a real difference to their local area. 

The fund makes small and large grants available for community groups wanting to create new spaces or improve existing ones in their local area, particularly where there is currently poor local access to good quality green space.