Author Archives: JimfromOldham

Another successful community litter pick done yesterday, even with the foul weather we managed to get through the Shaw Street area of Royton and amass a fair few bags! We’ve been out now a fair few times in Royton, the councillors are really putting in the hard work to make the town clean and wellContinue reading “Another successful community litter pick”

Team GB have as always been excellent during the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Matt Walls’ heroics on the cycling track have made all of us in Oldham incredibly proud. Together with Debbie Abrahams and Angela Rayner we’ve written to Oldham Council to ask that Matt be given the Freedom of the Borough – the highestContinue reading “Golden Matthew Walls!”

It was a pleasure to attend a visit to the Shree Swaminarayan Temple construction site with council leader Cllr Arooj Shah this week. It has been two years since we met at the new temple site on Copster Hill Road at the ground-breaking ceremony in 2019. However, when Covid hit it led to delays inContinue reading “The Shree Swaminarayan Temple construction”

Our #nhs workers are amazing, working around the clock to deliver the vaccine roll out – literally come rain or shine! It was a pleasure to meet the mobile team at St Chads, Limeside, and to be talked through the work they do. At this centre residents can access the Pfizer vaccine. They are hereContinue reading “Vaccinations on Limeside”

I took the opportunity to meet with the wonderful volunteers at Oldham Street Angels to see the work they do to help homeless people in our community. Homeless people too often fall through the cracks and have complex problems. I heard many personal stories and it is clear to me that if we fail toContinue reading “Street Angels”

Oldham is home to thousands of Kashmir heritage people, though it is thousands of miles away for those who have family connections it is something which matters a great deal. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights found breaches in both Pakistan and India administered territory. While the UN reported that Pakistan had acceptedContinue reading “Two Years of Lockdown in Kashmir”

The sun was shining on Royton Park this afternoon as Oldham Play Action Group present a special Thank You to Rose, who founded the group 40 years ago. They’ve done so much for our community and today easily over a thousand youngsters and parents attended throughout the course of the day. The day was possibleContinue reading “40 Years of Oldham Play Action Group”