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As a co-operative Borough, Oldham is committed to developing a co-operative future where residents, partners and staff work together to improve the borough and create a confident, healthy ambitious place

About everybody doing their bit and everybody benefitting

Working to empower residents to take greater control of their own lives, their health and their communities

‘Growing Oldham: Feeding Ambition’

• Building healthy, thriving and co-operative communities
• A vision for the future of food in Oldham – inspiring everyone to do their bit to grow the Borough
• Creating the climate for growing Oldham and skilling up neighbourhoods
• Highlighting our ambitions to audiences both within and outside of the Borough

• Supporting communities in Oldham to thrive through social interaction to produce sustainable, affordable and healthy food at scale in Oldham working through opportunities around education, schools, and communities in business
• Centre of excellence for research, enterprise and employment co-produced with communities, – bringing together technical expertise, environmental expertise and thriving communities. “Eden of the North”

Key challenges:

1. Confidence

2. Connections

3. Reputation

Locally, regionally and nationally - if we tackle these we can unlock opportunities and investment

Education and skills

Building community assets

Maximising opportunity

Exchanging knowledge