One Oldham Fund | Developing Recovery Communities

The One Oldham Fund is a strategic single investment fund that uses pooled resources for the voluntary, community, faith & social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in Oldham. This investment from Oldham Council is intended to improve outcomes for individuals in structured treatment plans recovering from substance & alcohol abuse & to support VCFSE organisations to make a contribution to those outcomes over time.

Applications meet at least one of the following priorities:

  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
  • To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families

 

Grant Funding Awarded to Organisations 2023 - 2024
OrganisationFunding AwardedPriorities the project fit in with
Forward Thinkers North£1,000.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
  • To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Portraits of Recovery£10,000.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
  • To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
Sarah’s Community Challenges Project£1,000.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham 
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Syngesis CIC£1,000.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham 
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
The Sanctuary Trust£1,000.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
  • To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families

 

Grant Funding Awarded to Organisations 2022 - 2023
OrganisationFunding AwardedPriorities the project fit in with
Manchester City Mission £4,182.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
  • To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Rochdale Dawah Centre£4,975.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham
  • To increase the visibility of recovery from substance & alcohol misuse & support social integration networks  
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families
Syngesis CIC£5,000.00
  • The development & expansion of recovery communities & peer support networks for substance & alcohol misuse in Oldham  
  • Improved networks of social connections so that people facing social exclusion through substance & alcohol misuse have the opportunity to live healthy & fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages social integration, builds their abstinence & wellbeing & is led & organised by their peers & families