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12/06/2022
Customers living in more than two hundred First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO)-owned homes are set to receive energy efficiency improvements, thanks to a new £1.6m investment project which launched this month. The programme of green upgrades has been made possible thanks to a £1million grant from th...
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07/06/2022
A 13-tonne excavator, five-tonne dumper truck, five skips and eight hours of hard work. That’s what it took to clear a huge amount of rubbish dumped on a strip of FCHO-owned land behind Cherry Avenue in Alt at the end of May. Old mattresses, kids’ toys and lots of household waste were among the i...
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01/06/2022
It’s Volunteers Week and we’re putting the spotlight on our brilliant volunteers to celebrate your work and thank you for making a difference in your communities. We’re also spreading the word about how you can get involved and volunteer if you want to! Naomi Martin-Smith, our Learning and Develo...
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19/05/2022
Royton Linear Park is putting down roots with 50 new fruit trees and bushes, funded by our community grant initiative. The array of saplings - many of which were planted by volunteers at the park's Springwatch event this weekend - now make up a beautiful fruit trail for locals to enjoy.The projec...
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13/05/2022
More than 1,200 communal fire doors have been installed and fire stopping work has been carried out in 551 homes – these are just some of the important interventions delivered by our Fire Safety Programme in the financial year 2021/22. In the period April 2021 – April 2022 we have invested over £...
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12/05/2022
Our customers are being invited to share their views on smoking for the chance to win £350 worth of shopping vouchers. The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has launched a new survey to better understand how smoking affects people living in social housing. The survey is open t...
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11/05/2022
We are pleased to announce that we have signed a £1.5m deal to secure six new homes in Heywood, helping to increase the amount of affordable housing in the area. We are working with Greater Manchester developer, House Crowd Developments to deliver six four-bedroom homes for affordable rent at The...
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11/05/2022
Six-year-old schoolboy, Thomas Stewart is cleaning up his community with regular litter picks, and his A* efforts have been praised by our Neighbourhood Care team. Dismayed at the amount of rubbish left in his local area where he wanted to play, Thomas, from South Chadderton, started litter picki...
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28/04/2022
We're continuing to help tackle the shortage of affordable housing locally by investing more than £20m over the past 12 months to build 84 new homes, with 146 homes currently on site. Plans are also underway to commence with a further 259 in 2022/23. The properties will help us to achieve our amb...
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14/04/2022
Do you want to shape services to make them better for you, your family and other First Choice Homes Oldham customers? If the answer’s yes, then join our Customer Voice Panel (CVP) this month and make a difference to how our services are delivered to you, your home and community. We are hosting tw...