09/07/2024
We have appointed Mark Gifford to the role of Chief Executive of First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO). Mark will join our organisation, which owns 11,500 homes in Oldham and surrounding areas, in the autumn. He brings with him many successful years of senior leadership experience in both the public a...
17/06/2024
We are sharing important messages for smokers who live in our neighbourhoods, to help keep them safe from fire in the home. It’s a shocking fact that smoking is one of the top causes of accidental fires in the home, and the number one cause of accidental fire deaths in the home.Keeping customers...
10/06/2024
It is Carers Week and this year’s theme is ‘putting carers on the map’. We want to get a conversation going about the vital work that carers of all ages in our community do to support family and friends who couldn’t manage without their help, and how we can assist customers and colleagues who wor...
07/06/2024
Delivering homes we are proud of and improving lives is what we are all about and we are delighted to have invested £51 million and built 124 new affordable, sustainable homes in the financial year 2023/2024 to tackle the shortage locally. In addition, 324 homes across 11 projects are already on...
05/06/2024
On World Environment Day we are celebrating our fantastic Customer Sustainability Champions, who are playing a key role making our homes, neighbourhoods and business greener. The 18-strong group is made up of customers – a mix of tenants and leaseholders - all passionate about helping us tackle c...
05/06/2024
We are delighted to have brought more new, affordable homes to the borough, now our £3.7m scheme of 14 affordable and energy efficient homes in Failsworth is complete. Customers have started to move into the super-green properties built on a former brownfield site on Hardman Street, which had sto...
03/06/2024
Our Directions employment service is now delivering the FREE Support to Succeed coaching programme to people in Oldham looking to make a difference in their lives. Who is the Support to Succeed programme aimed at? Support to Succeed provides individual, one-to-one support for people who are not c...
22/05/2024
Work to make our customers’ homes and communities and our business greener has taken another step forward – we have retained Silver status with improved performance in our annual SHIFT assessment. This is an audit of how we are performing against a series of sustainability targets including carbo...
13/05/2024
We are supporting Stop Loan Shark Week to highlight to our customers and communities the dangers of illegal money lending. This year’s theme is ‘No Blame, No Shame’ for anyone who has borrowed from a loan shark. Illegal money lenders are experts at deception and often pose as a friendly face, win...
13/05/2024
We are buzzing to be bringing more nature friendly zones to our neighbourhoods this month, as we support No Mow May. This is the national movement to make enormous gains for nature, communities and the climate by giving grass cutting a break. If you are passing through our Barker Street or Eldon...