27/07/2021
Today four of our customers are making history by becoming part of a ‘Climate Jury’ – the first of its kind – to help tackle climate change in their homes and neighbourhoods. The Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury is made up of 30 tenants from FCHO and four other northern housing associations:...
26/07/2021
Our latest housing development in Royton has reached an important milestone this week, with the roof nearing completion at our High Barn Phase 2 scheme. Now the roof timbers of the building are in place, the 16 one-bedroom apartments have moved another stage closer to completion. Our development...
19/07/2021
“Know how to spot a scam and protect yourself,” is the advice from Kelly Webb, our Operations Director of our Customer First Team this week. There’s been a rise in scammers exploiting the pressures that the pandemic is putting people under, and there has been a significant increase in the number...
08/07/2021
Scoop your pet's poop and look after your local area, is the message from our Neighbourhood Care team this week. It comes as our teams have been finding more and more dog fouling on footpaths and in communal areas and green spaces where they work.Dog dirt is not only unpleasant for everyone, it’s...
05/07/2021
Our work to redevelop the West Vale neighbourhood, where two iconic tower blocks currently stand, has moved up a gear with north-west-based, Crossfield Living set to build 88 new homes at the site. Our plans to transform the area west of Oldham town centre and create a place where people, familie...
01/07/2021
Royton mums-to-be and families on low incomes will be able to buy more nutritious food for their money, thanks to a pilot scheme we're running in partnership with Oldham Council and food redistribution charity, The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT). Starting on 7 July, eligible pregnant women and fa...
28/06/2021
Our Neighbourhood Care team is now using new battery operated cleaning equipment in our communal blocks to help improve our service to you and help reduce our environmental impact. Customer feedback provided by our Neighbourhood Champions informed us that you would like to see the standard of cle...
24/06/2021
Customers have started to move into new homes at our latest development in the Royley neighbourhood of Royton. Our £2.8m development has transformed the former brownfield site and delivered 15 new family homes to help meet local housing need. The scheme, which received £555K grant funding from Ho...
21/06/2021
Our Neighbourhood Care team is saddened to find that vandals have killed off a young tree in the St Mary’s neighbourhood, just three months after it was planted there. The multi-stem silver birch tree planted on Egerton Street has been poisoned. Our team has assessed the damage and concluded that...