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 Hop to It! Easter fun awaits at the Spindles Kids Club
 
Happy Easter! Head on over to the Spindles tomorrow (Friday 18 April) and you'll see the Easter Bunny hopping around with sweet treats throughout the day. 🐰
 
Bring the whole family between 12-4pm for the Good Friday Kids Club and enjoy face painting outside the Perfume Shop, crafts near Subway and retro arcade games opposite River Island.
 
The centre will be closed on Easter Sunday and then reopens on Easter Monday from 10.30am-4.30pm.

 

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Join us as we celebrate 80 years since Victory in Europe Day 
 
Let’s remember, reflect and celebrate together.
 
Abbi-Kaye (Viva la Vintage) will be performing classic wartime hits at Tommyfield Market on VE Day, Thursday 8 May, at 10am, 12pm and 2pm.

Visit Spindles (outside Next) to sign our commemorative card and leave a message of thanks.

Tommyfield Market and Yorkshire Street will be decked out in red, white and blue bunting to bring the celebrations to life.
 
And we’ll be lighting up the Civic Centre for the very last time as a tribute to those who served and as a goodbye to a local landmark.
 
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Literacy project is giving young children in Oldham the best start
 
More than 170 children are currently taking part in the Making it REAL (Raising, Early, Achievement in Literacy) programme, funded by Oldham Council Family Hubs, from 22 schools and settings across Oldham.
 
Children and families take part in a series of home visits and literacy events throughout the year.
 
At Beever Primary School in St Mary's, children have been learning about minibeasts and they hosted an Ugly Bug Ball as one of the literacy events.
 
Activities were set up around the room linked to early literacy development and children dressed up for the occasion as various bugs and insects.
 
Jasmina Gawkowska praised the difference the programme has made for her four-year-old daughter Eliana Coffey.
 
"It's brilliant, It's really nice to see that she has got such a good rapport wit her teachers," she said.
 
"She's better behaved and she's making progress with her writing and reading. I would definitely recommend it."
 
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Work to begin on £12.9m Visitor Centre and and Forestry Skills Centre
 
We’re set to begin construction on the exciting new Visitor Centre and Forestry Skills Centre at Northern Roots, a key part of the project to transform 160 acres of green space in the heart of Oldham into the UK’s largest urban farm and eco-park.
 
The council has secured £12.9 million from the national government’s Town Deal and Levelling Up Fund Round 2 to deliver this transformative next phase.
 
The work marks the next stage of the council project, which has been developed in close partnership with the Northern Roots charity and has already gained regional and national recognition.
 
Set in the beautiful woodland at the northern end of the site, the Visitor Centre will feature a café, shop, production kitchen, exhibition and performance space, as well as learning and meeting facilities.
 
Meanwhile, the Forestry Skills Centre, will provide residents with vocational learning opportunities linked to a range of technical and land-based skills and qualifications.
 
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Caring residents 'Step into the NHS' with help from free eight week course
 
Twenty three Oldham residents are proud to be on the pathway to a career with the NHS after completing the Step into the NHS course at the Millennium Cultural Centre on Featherstall Road.
 
Roles include those in customer service and business administration, healthcare support and laboratory technician positions.
 
The successful course, delivered by the NHS in partnership with Get Oldham Working the free council service helping people to find work and training, teaches participants about health and safety, wellbeing, equality, diversity and NHS values, as well as communication and teamwork.
 
Cheryl Bates, Special Project Lead for Get Oldham Working, said: "This course has seen people go onto midwifery college and pursue careers in nursing.
 
"It gives people an insight into what it's like to work for the NHS. One has gone on to work in the pathology lab at Salford Royal, another became a theatre nurse and another is working in a children's home."
 
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Calling female entrepreneurs in Oldham 📣
 
Lifted Ventures, in partnership with Oldham Council, Action Together, and The Ethnic Minority Policy Forum Group, is excited to launch Athena Labs Oldham, a three-month programme empowering ethnic minority female founders.
 
This is your opportunity to join the programme offers expert-led workshops on business growth and funding, one-to-one coaching and investor connections and a final showcase to pitch to regional investors.

Applications close on Sunday 18 May.
 
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Are you a Year 13 pupil who recently left education? We want to hear from you
 
By filling in a quick survey, your thoughts and comments will help us to support others in the same situation as you.
 
Your responses will be shared anonymously with colleges, training providers and sixth forms.
 
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Free Fussy Eaters workshop to help make mealtimes easier
 
Do you struggle to get your child to eat a varied and balanced diet? Do you find mealtimes a battle? 
 
If this sounds like you, our Parenting Team are here to help with a free two-hour discussion group for parents of children aged 2-9.
 
The Positive Parenting Fussy Eaters group will be held 1-3pm on Wednesday 4 June at First Choice Homes, 22 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1BE. 
To register, please email [email protected] 

 

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