Great Places continues partnership with Oldham Athletic Community Trust, to support youth delivery within Oldham

The partnership will specifically support youth provision delivered with the local area, which will now continue to deliver youth engagement opportunities on a weekly basis to young people aged 8 to 18 on a free-of-charge basis, activities include gaming, table tennis and football.

Over the past 12 months, there have been some outstanding highlights, these are:

• Young People completed a project called the climb, which saw them engage in five separate workshops. The workshops included leadership and also cooking.
• They ran a bonfire and firework safety workshop for all participants.
• A group were selected to play against a team from another project, then visited Boundary Park to watch an Oldham Athletic game.
• Three different groups visited Boundary Park to watch a game.
• They ran a vaping intervention workshop, highlighting the risks and dangers of vaping.

Leanne Keane, Community and Partnerships Manager for Great Places Housing Group said: 

Great Places is pleased to be working in partnership with Oldham Athletic Community Trust. We have a commitment to try and improve the lives of the people who live in our homes and our communities. Engaging the community at a young age will help to influence their aspirations and have an impact on the future in the longer term. The sessions that have been carried out over the past year with the young people tackle the issues that our young people are facing at this current time and with the number of people attending each week it shows it’s a well-needed provision.

Martin Vose, OACT Head of Community, commented: 

We are delighted to continue to work alongside Great Places Housing to support our weekly youth engagement session. The funding from Great Places allows us to look ahead and plan long term, providing much-needed reassurance and security to the project and in turn the young people who attend.

For more information on the Oldham Athletic Community Trusts delivery please email Martin.Vose@oact.org.uk.