Big news for Oldham sport that after years of campaigning, we’re seeing real investment coming into the projects local people have fought hard for.
From restoring the West End Street pitches in Coldhurst (thanks in no small part to the work of Cllrs Jabbar and Malik) led by Oldham Community Leisure putting them back into community use where it belongs; and investment in grassroots clubs like Avro FC on Limeside who work with hundreds of young people each week, who are both in line for a share of the £4.5m Community Regeneration Partnership funding alongside many other groups across the borough.
And of course the inspiring proposal to create the £70m SportsTown at Boundary Park just down the road, forming part of a new mayoral development corporation, this is central to building opportunities for the next generation.
Taken with the recent reopening of Chapel Road pitches by Oldham Sixth Form College and the recent investment by Chadderton FC (with more great ideas to go even further, as I saw on a recent visit) there is a lot going on to boost local sport we can be really proud of.
None of this happens by accident. Thank you to the volunteers and sports leaders who make it happen, and to Oldham Council and the Mayor of Greater Manchester for backing so many of these projects.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 