Oldham.gov.uk
by Eamonn Keane
1. About Oldham
1.1. Crime and safety
1.2. Funding
1.3. Neighbourhoods
1.3.1. Chadderton
1.3.2. Shaw and Crompton
1.3.3. Saddleworth and Lees
1.3.4. Failsworth and Hollinwood
1.3.5. Green Streets
1.3.6. Royton
1.3.7. East Oldham
1.3.8. In your area
1.3.9. West Oldham
1.3.10. Love where you live
1.3.10.1. Green schemes
1.3.10.1.1. Green dividend fund
1.3.10.1.2. Generation Oldham
1.3.10.1.3. Street trees fund
1.3.10.2. Get involved
1.4. Profile of Oldham
1.5. Welcome to Oldham
1.5.1. Welcome to Oldham: New residents
2. About the council
2.1. Councillors and leadership
2.1.1. Ward surgeries
2.1.2. The Mayor
2.1.2.1. Donate to the Mayor's charities
2.1.2.2. About the Mayor
2.1.2.3. How is the Mayor chosen
2.1.2.4. Heritage and Civic Centre tours
2.1.2.5. Invite the Mayor to an event
2.1.2.6. Receiving the Mayor events
2.1.2.7. The Mayors 1000 Photography competition
2.1.2.8. Upcoming Mayoral events
2.1.2.9. Coat of Arms
2.1.2.10. Past Mayors
2.1.2.11. The Youth Mayor
2.1.2.12. Awards
2.1.2.12.1. Honorary freeman of the borough
2.1.2.12.2. Honorary Alderman of the borough
2.1.2.12.3. Civic appreciation award
2.1.3. MPs and MEPs
2.1.3.1. MPs
2.1.3.2. MEPs
2.1.4. Cabinet
2.1.5. Chief Executive and Executive Management team
2.1.6. Overview and scrutiny
2.1.7. District Partnerships
2.1.8. Councillor Annual reports
2.1.9. The leader of the council
2.1.9.1. The leader's annual reports
2.1.10. Full Council
2.1.11. Officers of the council
2.1.12. The role of a Councillor
2.1.13. Find a Councillor
2.1.14. Cabinet and chairs
2.1.15. Become a councillor
2.1.16. Role of a councillor
2.1.17. Councillors' allowances
2.1.18. Officers of the council
2.1.19. Mayor Greater Manchester
2.1.20. Parish councils
2.1.21. Councillor political makeup
2.2. Elections
2.2.1. Election notices
2.2.2. General election 2017
2.2.3. Register to vote
2.2.4. Election results
2.2.5. Polling stations
2.2.6. Postal/Proxy voting
2.2.7. Become a Councillor
2.2.8. Work during an election
2.2.9. Election day tips
2.3. News and consultations
2.3.1. News
2.3.1.1. Latest news
2.3.1.2. Borough Life
2.3.1.3. Family Life
2.3.2. Social media
2.3.3. Public notices
2.3.4. Public notices
2.3.5. Consultation
2.3.5.1. Consultation portal
2.3.5.2. Engaging with citizens
2.3.6. E-Petitions
2.4. Budgets and spending
2.4.1. Audits, inspections and assessements
2.4.2. Council spending records
2.4.3. Salaries and allowances
2.4.3.1. Executive salaries
2.4.3.2. Councillors' allowances
2.4.3.3. Pay policy
2.4.4. Budget consultation video
2.4.5. Big budget consultation
2.4.6. How are we doing
2.4.6.1. How are we doing (Customer Services)
2.4.6.2. How are we doing (roads and pavements)
2.4.6.3. How are we doing (Bins and recycling)
2.4.6.4. How are we doing (parks and street cleaning)
2.4.6.5. How are we doing (social care)
2.4.6.6. How are we doing (Libraries sports and leisure)
2.4.6.7. Lets talk budget
2.4.7. Council Tax and Budget Information 2018/19
2.4.8. Gross Expenditure and income
2.4.9. Local government transparency code
2.4.10. Financial publications
2.4.11. Lets talk budget
2.5. Strategies, plans and policies
2.5.1. Strategies
2.5.1.1. Housing
2.5.1.2. Environment
2.5.1.2.1. Environmental policy
2.5.1.2.2. Air quality management
2.5.1.2.3. Sustainability projects
2.5.1.2.4. Climate change
2.5.1.3. Children and families
2.5.1.3.1. Travel to school
2.5.1.3.2. Looked after children
2.5.1.3.3. Participation and engagement
2.5.1.3.4. Aiming high
2.5.1.3.5. Placement information
2.5.1.3.6. Family and friends care policy
2.5.1.3.7. Vision for residential services
2.5.1.3.8. Children and young people aged 0-25 with SEND
2.5.1.3.9. Oldham's autism strategy
2.5.1.4. Health strategies and reports
2.5.1.4.1. The Oldham public health public charter
2.5.1.4.2. Oldham public health annual report
2.5.1.4.3. Child and adolsecent mental health strategy
2.5.1.4.4. Oldham locality plan for health and social care transformation
2.5.1.4.5. Oldham adult care information and advice strategy 2015-18
2.5.1.4.6. Adult social care provider failure policy and procedure
2.5.1.4.7. Public health intelligence privacy notice
2.5.1.4.8. Adult social care accomodation and top up arrangements
2.5.1.4.9. adult social services local account
2.5.1.4.10. Think local act personal (TLAP)
2.5.1.4.11. Understanding Oldham's health and adult social care market
2.5.1.4.12. Right Start Pre-school children's oral health strategy 2018-2021
2.5.2. Plans
2.5.2.1. Corporate planning
2.5.2.1.1. Corporate plan
2.5.2.1.2. Key decision document
2.5.2.2. Community issues
2.5.2.2.1. Safe and strong communities plan
2.5.2.2.2. Domestic violence strategy 2017-2020
2.5.2.2.3. Registrar's annual service plan
2.5.2.2.4. Libraries
2.5.2.3. Emergencies
2.5.2.3.1. Council responsibilities
2.5.2.3.2. Business continuity
2.5.2.3.3. Preparing for emergencies
2.5.2.3.4. Evacuations
2.5.2.3.5. Floods
2.5.2.3.6. What to do in an emergency
2.5.2.3.7. Heatwave
2.5.2.3.8. Flu pandemic
2.5.2.3.9. Terrorism
2.5.2.4. The Oldham Plan
2.5.2.5. Local Plan
2.5.2.5.1. Adopted plans and guidance
2.5.2.5.2. Supporting evidence
2.5.2.5.3. Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
2.5.2.5.4. Consultation
2.5.2.5.5. Documents in the Local Plan
2.5.2.6. Oldham registration services
2.5.2.7. Council Tax reduction team
2.5.3. Policies
2.5.3.1. Pay policy statement
2.5.3.2. Flag flying policy
2.5.3.3. Enforcement policy
2.5.3.4. Local welfare provision
2.5.3.5. Modern slavery act 2015 - transparency statement
2.6. Data protection and freedom of information
2.6.1. Cookie policy
2.6.2. Open data
2.6.2.1. Transparency code
2.6.2.2. Terms and licensing
2.6.2.3. Other data sets
2.6.3. Privacy notice
2.6.4. Your data rights
2.6.5. Freedom of information
2.6.6. Reuse of information
2.6.7. Data protection officer and further information
2.7. Consultation
2.7.1. Engaging with citizens: A guide for practitioners
2.7.2. Local Democracy Week
2.8. MPs and MEPs
2.9. Co-operative Oldham
2.9.1. Co-operative council
2.9.2. Your Oldham
2.9.3. The Oldham Partnership
2.10. Meetings
2.10.1. Live Council meetings online
2.10.2. Ask a question
2.11. Contact
2.11.1. Report a problem
2.11.2. Emergency contact details
2.11.3. Access Oldham
2.11.4. Councillors
2.11.5. Complaints and feedback
2.11.5.1. Council complaints and feedback
2.11.5.2. Councillor complaints and feedback
2.11.5.3. School complaints
2.11.5.4. Services for children and families complaints
2.11.5.5. Talk to your Councillor
2.11.6. Media queries
2.11.7. MPs and MEPs
2.11.8. Social media
2.11.9. Mailing list
2.12. Council constitution
3. Benefits and money
3.1. Housing benefit
3.2. Council Tax reduction (for people on low income)
3.3. Get money off your Council Tax
3.3.1. Single person discount
3.3.2. Council tax reduction (low income)
3.3.3. Empty properties
3.3.4. Students
3.3.5. Young people
3.3.6. Severely mentally impaired people
3.3.7. People with disabilities
3.3.8. Properties in need of major repair
3.3.9. Carers
3.3.10. Residents in homes/hospital
3.3.11. People in detention (prisoners)
3.3.12. Second Adult Rebate
3.3.13. Second homes
3.3.14. Annexes
3.3.15. Religious community members
3.3.16. Visiting forces
3.4. Ask for help with benefits
3.5. Change of circumstances
3.6. Universal credit
3.7. Emergency support - Local Welfare Provision
3.8. Children and family benefits
3.9. Education grants and allowances
3.9.1. Free school meals
3.9.2. Student allowances
3.9.3. Student travel
3.9.3.1. Discount passes
3.9.3.2. Additional support
3.9.3.3. Courses outside Greater Manchester
3.9.3.4. Fares for disabled students
3.9.3.5. Application for College Travel Assistance
3.9.3.6. Application for a free school travel pass
3.9.3.7. Free school travel pass appeal form
3.9.3.8. Home to school transport form
3.9.3.9. Home to school transport SEND / temporary medical condition
3.9.4. Children and family benefits
3.10. Benefit fraud
3.10.1. Report benefit fraud
3.10.2. Types of benefit fraud
3.10.3. Administrative review policy
3.10.4. Interview under cuation
3.10.5. Formal caution interview
3.11. Appeal a decision
3.12. Benefits cap
3.13. Over-payments
3.14. Employment and jobseeker benefits
3.15. Health and social care benefits
3.16. Housing grants, loans and benefits
3.16.1. Affordable warmth
3.16.1.1. Warm Homes Oldham
3.16.1.2. Help and support
3.16.1.3. Strategies
3.16.1.4. Full central heating grants
3.16.2. Disabled facilities grant
3.16.3. Home improve loan
3.16.4. Housing benefit
3.16.5. Fair Home Contents Insurance
3.16.6. Difficulty paying your water bill
3.17. Make the most of your money
3.17.1. Money matters
3.17.2. Jobs, training and courses
3.17.3. Housing
3.17.4. Family and emotional support
3.17.5. Ways to spend less
3.17.6. Free activities
3.17.7. Help and advice about gambling
3.18. Personal benefits information
3.19. Benefits Calculator
4. Births, marriages and deaths
4.1. Births registration
4.2. Deaths
4.2.1. Register a death
4.2.2. Cemeteries, graves and memorials
4.2.2.1. Graves and memorials
4.2.2.2. Cemeteries
4.2.2.3. Buying a grave or cremation
4.2.2.4. Transferring grave rights
4.2.3. Arrange a funeral
4.2.4. Council Tax
4.2.5. Stillbirths
4.2.6. Coroners
4.2.7. Wills
4.2.8. Search records
4.2.9. Public health funerals
4.3. Marriages and civil partnerships
4.3.1. How to get married
4.3.2. Civil partnerships
4.3.3. Getting married at Chadderton Town hall
4.3.4. Wedding fees list
4.3.4.1. Approved wedding venues
4.3.5. Eligibility and special circumstances
4.4. Request a certificate
4.5. Venues
4.5.1. Approved wedding venues in Oldham
4.5.2. Queen Elizabeth Hall
4.5.3. Failsworth Town Hall
4.6. Citizenship
4.6.1. Apply for citizenship
4.6.2. Citizenship ceremonies
4.6.3. Settlement checking
4.7. Naming cermonies
5. Business
5.1. Invest in Oldham
5.1.1. Regeneration
5.1.1.1. Town centre masterplan
5.1.1.2. Investment schemes
5.1.1.2.1. Why Oldham?
5.1.1.2.2. Investment and regeneration
5.1.1.2.3. Location and transport
5.1.1.2.4. Retail Catchment
5.1.1.2.5. Key statistics
5.1.1.3. Development opportunities
5.1.1.3.1. Town centre sites
5.1.1.3.2. Wider Borough sites
5.1.1.3.3. Residential developments
5.1.1.3.4. Site map
5.1.1.3.5. Featured properties
5.1.1.3.6. Available properties
5.1.1.4. Support and assistance
5.1.1.5. Key documents
5.1.1.6. Strategic Investment Framework
5.1.1.7. About the team
5.1.2. Business
5.1.2.1. How we can support you
5.1.2.2. Start up support
5.1.2.3. Growth and relocation support
5.1.2.4. Finance
5.1.2.5. Commercial property
5.1.2.6. Business events calendar
5.1.2.7. Innova Foster
5.1.3. Skills and training
5.1.3.1. How we can support you
5.1.3.2. Free recruitment service
5.1.3.3. Apprenticeships
5.1.3.4. Training support
5.1.3.5. Work and skills strategy
5.1.4. Council and partner services
5.1.4.1. Libraries
5.1.4.2. Business rates
5.1.4.3. Licensing
5.1.4.4. Environmental health
5.1.4.5. Trading standards
5.1.4.6. Planning
5.1.4.7. Building control
5.1.4.8. Security and CCTV
5.1.4.9. HM Revenue and customs
5.1.5. Visitors
5.1.5.1. HM Revenue
5.1.5.2. Key facts
5.1.5.3. Visit Oldham
5.2. Licensing
5.2.1. Hackney carriages and private hire
5.2.2. Food, drink and entertainment
5.2.3. Gambling and lotteries
5.2.4. Trade and industry
5.2.5. Animals
5.2.6. Transport and streets
5.2.7. House to house street collections
5.2.8. Health and beauty
5.2.9. Corporate enforcement policy
5.2.10. Search public registers
5.2.11. Privacy notice
5.3. Business rates
5.3.1. Account enquiries
5.3.2. Pay business rates
5.3.3. Who pays business rates?
5.3.4. How business rates are calculated
5.3.5. Business rates relief
5.3.6. Revaluation
5.3.7. Appeal business rates
5.3.8. Frequently requested business information
5.3.9. Business rates explanatory notes
5.4. Oldham enterprise trust
5.5. Business waste
5.6. Food safety
5.6.1. Food safety advice
5.6.2. Make a food complaint
5.6.3. Food safety inspections
5.6.4. Food hygiene rating
5.6.5. Register a food business
5.6.6. Apply for premises approval
5.7. Procurement
5.8. Health and safety
5.8.1. Getting started
5.8.2. Inspections
5.8.3. Prosecutions
5.8.4. Premises and facilities
5.8.4.1. Body art / Acupuncture
5.8.4.2. Cooling towers
5.8.4.3. Equipment at work
5.8.4.4. Hairdressers and barbers
5.8.5. Report an accident
5.9. Early payment scheme
5.10. Oldham Work and Skills Strategy 2016-20
6. Council tax
6.1. Pay your council tax
6.1.1. Direct debit
6.1.2. Pay online
6.1.3. pay by phone
6.1.4. Pay in person
6.1.5. Pay by internet or telephone banking
6.2. Council tax competition
6.3. Get money off your Council Tax
6.3.1. Single person discount
6.3.2. Council tax reduction team (low income)
6.3.3. Empty properties
6.3.4. Students
6.3.5. Young people
6.3.6. Severely mentally impaired people
6.3.7. People with disabilities
6.3.8. Property in need of major repairs
6.3.9. Carers
6.3.10. Residents in care homes / hospital
6.3.11. People in detention (prisoners)
6.3.12. Second adult rebate
6.3.13. Second homes
6.3.14. Annexes
6.3.15. Religious community members
6.3.16. Visiting forces
6.4. Account enquiries
6.5. Appeals
6.6. Bands and charges
6.7. Changing address
6.8. Unpaid Council Tax
6.9. What Council Tax pays for
6.10. Exempt properties
6.11. What to do when someone dies
7. Education
7.1. Schools and colleges
7.1.1. Admissions
7.1.1.1. Apply for a primary school place
7.1.1.2. Apply for a secondary school place
7.1.1.3. Changing schools
7.1.1.4. Admission arrangements (2019/20)
7.1.1.5. Admission arrangements 2020-21
7.1.1.6. Appeals
7.1.1.7. Schools adjudicator report
7.1.1.8. deferring or delaying school entry
7.1.1.9. Getting ready for school
7.1.1.10. Fair access protocols
7.1.1.11. Schools and education for armed forces families
7.1.1.12. Transition documents
7.1.1.13. Oldham's strategy for the provision of education places 2016-2020
7.1.1.14. Proposed expansion at North Chadderton Secondary Academy - consultation document
7.1.2. School Complaints
7.1.3. Find a school
7.1.3.1. Primary schools
7.1.3.2. Secondary schools
7.1.3.3. Post 16 education and training
7.1.3.4. Special schools
7.1.4. School governors
7.1.4.1. Oldham Governors Pulse
7.1.4.2. Clerks
7.1.5. Learning difficulties
7.1.6. Problems at school
7.1.6.1. Bullying
7.1.6.2. Exclusions
7.1.6.3. Children missing education
7.1.6.4. Truancy
7.1.7. Resources and support for schools
7.1.7.1. Community cohesion in schools programme
7.1.7.2. Cycling to school programme
7.1.7.3. Extended services
7.1.7.4. Supplementary schools
7.1.7.5. Schools and waste education
7.1.7.6. Road safety
7.1.8. School holidays
7.1.9. School performance
7.1.10. Sharing personal information
7.1.11. Schools forum
7.1.12. Alternative vocational experiences for young people
7.1.13. Home education
7.1.14. Resources and support
7.1.15. School closures
7.1.16. Vocational experiences for young people
7.1.17. Oldham's inclusion policy
7.1.18. Poor attendance penalty notices
7.2. Lifelong learning
7.3. Castleshaw Centre for Outdoor education
7.3.1. Book a visit
7.3.2. What to bring
7.3.3. Facilities
7.3.4. Staff at the Castleshaw Centre
7.3.5. Days out and adventures
7.3.6. Information for group leaders
7.4. Music tuition
7.4.1. Music for young people
7.4.2. Community and adult groups
7.4.3. Support for music students
7.4.4. Overseas tours
7.4.5. About the Music Service
7.4.6. Videos, sound clips and photos
7.5. Early years
7.5.1. Find childcare
7.6. Children's centres (right start)
7.6.1. Saddleworth West and Lees Children's Centre activities
7.6.2. Saddleworth North and South Children's Centre activities
7.6.3. Coldhurst Children's Centre activities
7.6.4. Failsworth Children's Centre activities
7.6.5. Hollinwood Children's Centre activities
7.6.6. Holly Grove Children's Centre activities
7.6.7. Medlock Vale Children's Centre activities
7.6.8. Royton Children's Centre activities
7.6.9. Shaw and Crompton Children's Centre activities
7.6.10. Spring Meadows Children's Centre activities
7.6.11. St James Children's Centre activities
7.6.12. Stanley Road Children's Centre activities
7.6.13. Stockbrook Children's Centre activities
7.6.14. Werneth Children's Centre activities
7.7. Children and family benefits
7.8. Working in childcare
7.9. Free early education
7.10. Support families to access the information they need
7.11. Consultations (early years)
7.12. Early Years SEND support
7.13. Free early education: Information for providers
7.13.1. Delivery of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
7.14. School readiness
7.14.1. Families
7.14.2. Schools and settings
7.14.3. Community
7.15. Education grants and allowances
7.15.1. Student travel
7.16. School holidays
7.17. Children with disabilities
7.18. School closures
7.19. Learning at Gallery Oldham
7.20. Oldham learning festival
8. Environment
8.1. Animals and pests
8.1.1. Dogs
8.1.1.1. Report a problem dog
8.1.1.2. Dog fouling
8.1.1.3. Dogs on leads
8.1.1.4. Stray animals
8.1.1.5. Dog exclusion areas
8.1.1.6. Dog neutering
8.1.1.7. Buying a puppy
8.1.1.8. Dogs left in unattended cars
8.1.1.9. Dog collars
8.1.1.10. Maximum number of dogs
8.1.2. Stray animals
8.1.3. Pest control
8.1.4. Animal welfare
8.1.4.1. Report animal cruelty
8.1.4.2. Advice
8.1.4.3. Animal welfare inspections
8.1.4.4. Animals on allotments
8.1.5. Animals and fireworks
8.1.6. Microchipping your pet
8.1.7. Licensing
8.2. Environmental health
8.2.1. Report a property
8.2.2. Drains and sewers
8.2.3. Asbestos
8.2.4. Contaminated land
8.2.5. Food safety
8.2.5.1. Food safety advice
8.2.5.2. Make a food complaint
8.2.5.3. Food safety inspections
8.2.5.4. Food hygiene rating scheme
8.2.5.5. Register a food business
8.2.5.6. Apply for premises approval
8.2.6. Health and safety
8.2.6.1. Getting started
8.2.6.2. Inspections
8.2.6.3. Prosecutions
8.2.6.4. Premises and facilities
8.2.6.4.1. Body art / acupuncture
8.2.6.4.2. Cooling towers
8.2.6.4.3. At risk of becoming homeless
8.2.6.4.4. Equipment at work
8.2.6.4.5. Hairdressers and barbers
8.2.6.5. Report an accident
8.2.7. Flytipping
8.3. Pollution
8.3.1. Noise nuisance
8.3.2. Air pollution
8.3.3. Light pollution
8.3.4. Smoke nuisance
8.3.5. Water pollution
8.3.6. Vehicle emissions
8.4. Environmental data
8.5. Fireworks
8.6. Environmental policies and plans
8.6.1. Environmental policy
8.6.2. Air quality management
8.6.3. Sustainability projects
8.6.4. Climate change
9. Housing
9.1. Benefits to help pay rent
9.2. Look for home to rent or buy
9.2.1. Renting
9.2.2. Buying
9.3. Housing advice and support
9.4. Grants, loans and help to improve your home
9.4.1. Affordable warmth
9.4.1.1. Warm homes Oldham
9.4.1.2. Help and support
9.4.1.3. Strategies
9.4.1.4. Full central heating grants
9.4.2. Disabled facilities grant
9.4.3. Home improve loan
9.4.4. Housing Benefit
9.4.5. Fair Home Contents Insurance
9.4.6. Difficulty paying your water bill
9.5. Private tenants and landlords
9.5.1. Tenant advice and duties
9.5.2. Landlord duties
9.5.3. House in multiple occupation
9.5.4. Selective licensing
9.5.5. Landlord portal
9.6. Homelessness
9.6.1. Drop-in shelters and food providers
9.6.2. Homelessness report
9.6.3. Let us know about someone rough sleeping
9.6.4. Homelessness - Your righs
9.6.5. Refer someone to us
9.7. Helpline / Response Service
9.8. Report a housing problem
9.9. Supporting people
9.10. Housing for armed forces personnel
9.11. Inspecting homes for immigration
9.12. Housing strategies and research
9.13. Greater Manchester Energy Smart Homes Project
9.14. Empty Homes
9.15. Advice to residents living in high rise tower blocks
9.16. Bringing empty homes back into use
10. Jobs
10.1. Latest vacancies
10.2. Teaching careers
10.2.1. Search for teaching jobs
10.2.2. Teach Oldham website
10.2.3. Primary teaching pool
10.2.4. Oldham Learning Festival
10.3. Volunteering
10.3.1. Conservation volunteers
10.3.2. Sports volunteers
10.3.3. Public sector volunteers
10.3.4. Action Together website
10.3.5. Do It Website
10.3.6. Buzy bee cafe
10.3.7. Become a school governor
10.3.8. Volunteer at Oldham Libraries
10.3.9. Reach volunteering
10.4. Working at Oldham Council
10.5. Get Oldham Working
10.5.1. What is Get Oldham Working?
10.5.2. Career advancement service
10.5.3. Skills for employment
10.5.4. Sign up for the Get Oldham Working register
10.5.5. Oldham Council Traineeship
10.5.6. Free recruitment Service
10.5.7. National Careers Service
10.6. Get Oldham Working jobs board
10.7. Ageing Well Oldham - Support for the over 50s
10.8. Career advancement service
10.9. Oldham Work and Skills strategy 2016 - 2020
10.10. Oldham's fair employment charter
11. Leisure and culture
11.1. Sports and leisure
11.1.1. Leisure centres, pools and football pitches
11.1.2. Youth sport
11.1.2.1. Coaching
11.1.2.2. Leadership training
11.1.2.3. Oldham Active
11.1.3. Club support
11.1.4. Outdoor activities
11.1.5. Fishing
11.1.6. Cycling
11.1.7. Grounds maintenance
11.1.8. Get Oldham Active
11.1.8.1. Walking
11.1.8.2. Cycling
11.1.8.3. Jogging
11.1.8.4. Parks and outdoors
11.1.8.5. Swimming
11.1.8.6. Yoga and pilates
11.1.8.7. Dance and movement
11.1.8.8. 5 Ways to wellbeing
11.1.8.9. Take the quiz
11.1.8.10. Where do I start?
11.1.8.11. Anyone can be active
11.1.8.12. 10 minute motivators
11.2. Whats on
11.3. Visit Oldham
11.4. Parks and greenspaces
11.4.1. Parks, countryside and canals
11.4.2. Playgrounds
11.4.3. Bloom and grow
11.4.4. Historic cemeteries
11.4.4.1. Chadderton cemetery
11.4.4.2. Greenacres cemetery
11.4.5. Grass cutting
11.4.6. Trees
11.4.7. Green Dividend Fund
11.5. Markets
11.5.1. Town centre markets
11.5.2. Royton market
11.5.3. Saddleworth markets
11.5.4. Shaw market
11.5.5. Become a market trader
11.5.6. Have your say about our markets
11.5.7. £5 Fridays
11.6. Events and activities
11.7. Arts and culture
11.7.1. Gallery Oldham
11.7.2. Coliseum Theatre
11.7.3. Saddleworth Museum
11.7.4. Oldham Theatre Workshop
11.7.5. Music Service
11.7.5.1. Contact the music service
11.7.5.2. About the music service
11.7.5.3. Support for the music students
11.7.5.4. Music and young people
11.7.5.5. Community and adult groups
11.7.5.6. Overseas tours
11.7.5.7. Pay invoices online
11.7.5.8. Videos, sound clips and photos
11.7.5.9. Music service on Tiwtter
11.7.5.10. Music service on Facebook
11.7.5.11. Events calendar
11.7.5.12. GM Music hub
11.7.6. The Arts Room
11.8. Allotments and gardening
11.8.1. Bloom and grow
11.8.2. Allotments
11.8.3. Composting
11.9. Local History
11.9.1. Contact
11.9.2. Events
11.9.3. Family history
11.9.3.1. Family history help
11.9.3.2. Local register offices
11.9.3.3. Sources
11.9.3.3.1. Census records
11.9.3.3.2. Internet and CD ROM
11.9.3.3.3. Historical maps
11.9.3.3.4. Election registers and Burgess rolls
11.9.3.3.5. Probate records
11.9.3.3.6. New communities
11.9.3.3.7. Trade and telephone directories
11.9.3.3.8. Memorial inscriptions
11.9.3.3.9. Military sources
11.9.3.3.10. Parish registers
11.9.3.3.11. Newspapers and obituaries
11.9.3.4. Ancestry Library
11.9.3.5. Oldham remembers
11.9.3.6. British Newspaper archive
11.9.3.7. Find my past
11.9.4. Archive Sources
11.9.5. Books for sale
11.9.6. Research guides
11.9.7. Education history
11.9.8. Bardsley / Park Bridge
11.9.9. Donate your archives
11.9.10. Charges
11.9.11. Blue plaques
11.9.12. Rolls of remembrance
11.9.13. Oldham Remembers
11.10. Tourist information
11.10.1. Visitor information centre
11.10.2. Visit Oldham website
11.10.3. Twin towns
11.11. Connect with nature in Greater Manchester
11.12. Holiday activities
12. Libraries
12.1. eBooks, Audiobooks and online reference
12.1.1. eBooks, audiobooks and eMagazines
12.1.2. Dictionaries, encyclopaedias and online reference
12.1.3. Business services at the library
12.1.4. Jobs and skills services at the library
12.1.5. Health information at the library
12.1.6. Children, young people and families at the library
12.1.7. Information for schools at the library
12.1.8. Family history
12.1.9. Theory test pro
12.1.10. Jack and lucy comic
12.2. What's on
12.2.1. live at the library
12.2.2. All library events
12.2.3. Health and wellbeing events
12.2.4. Events for children, young people and families
12.2.5. Information, learning and digital events
12.2.6. Events for jobseekers
12.2.7. Events for readers and writers
12.2.8. Events for businesses
12.2.9. Sensory room
12.2.10. SEND actvities
12.3. Find a library
12.4. Library charges
12.5. Join the library
12.6. Search the library catalogue
12.7. Renew a book
12.8. Home library service
12.9. Second hand books
12.10. Oldham libraries on facebook / Twitter
12.11. Sensory room
12.12. SEND Local Offer
13. Planning and building
13.1. Planning
13.1.1. Apply for planning permission
13.1.1.1. Apply
13.1.1.2. About the application process
13.1.1.3. Fees
13.1.1.4. Constraints
13.1.1.5. Validation checklists
13.1.1.6. Serve notice of application
13.1.2. Implement planning permission
13.1.3. Search for an application
13.1.4. Objections and comments
13.1.5. Section 106 planning obligations
13.1.6. Environmental impact assessments
13.1.7. Minerals and waste
13.1.8. Appeals
13.1.9. Contact planning
13.1.10. Hoardings and advertisement control
13.1.11. Watch planning meetings live
13.1.12. Enforcement
13.1.12.1. Enforcement register
13.1.12.2. Guide to planning enforcement
13.1.13. Contact
13.1.14. Trees and high hedges
13.1.14.1. Protected trees
13.1.14.2. High hedge complaints
13.1.14.3. Dangerous trees
13.1.15. Heritage
13.1.15.1. Planning for historic environment
13.1.15.2. Conservation areas
13.1.15.3. Listed buildings
13.1.15.4. Records search
13.1.15.5. Blue Plaques
13.1.15.6. Historic gardens
13.1.15.7. Scheduled monuments
13.2. Building control
13.2.1. Apply for approval
13.2.1.1. Contact building control
13.2.1.2. Extensions
13.2.1.3. Lofts
13.2.1.4. Retrospective approval
13.2.1.5. Alterations
13.2.1.6. Conservatories and porches
13.2.1.7. Chimneys and flues
13.2.1.8. Building control portal
13.2.1.9. Domestic electrical alterations
13.2.1.10. Drainage
13.2.1.11. Fire escape windows
13.2.1.12. Garages
13.2.1.13. New build dwellings
13.2.1.14. Party walls
13.2.1.15. roofing
13.2.1.16. Smoke alarms
13.2.1.17. Staircases
13.2.1.18. Underpinning foundations
13.2.1.19. Windows
13.2.1.20. Completion Certificates
13.2.1.21. Charges
13.2.2. Information for architects and developers
13.2.3. Contact building control
13.2.4. Choosing a builder
13.2.5. Enforcement
13.2.6. Report illegal building work
13.2.7. Search applications
13.2.8. Street naming and numbering process
13.2.9. Sewers and drains
13.3. Local plan
13.3.1. Adopted plans and guidance
13.3.2. Supporting evidence
13.3.3. Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
13.3.4. Consultation
13.3.5. Documents in the Local Plan
14. Bins, rubbish and recycling
14.1. Check your bin collection dates
14.2. Get a new bin, box or bag
14.2.1. Grey bin
14.2.2. Brown bin
14.2.3. Blue bin
14.2.4. Green bin
14.2.5. Black box
14.2.6. No Blo bag
14.3. Report missed collection
14.4. What goes in which bin
14.5. Unwanted bulky or large items
14.6. Putting your bins out
14.7. Household waste and recycling centres
14.8. Need help managing your rubbish?
14.9. Flytipping
14.10. Business waste
14.11. Keeping streets clean
14.11.1. Street cleaning
14.11.2. Fly tipping
14.11.3. Litter
14.11.4. Graffiti and fly-posting
14.12. Moving house
14.13. Help to put your bin out
14.14. How to recycle your food waste
14.15. Contact the waste team
14.16. Where to get compostable liners for your food caddy
14.17. Recycling banks
15. Roads, streets and pavements
15.1. Report a problem on a road or pavement
15.1.1. Report a pothole
15.1.2. Report a damaged pavement
15.1.3. Report an obstruction
15.1.4. Keeping streets clean
15.1.4.1. Street cleaning
15.1.4.2. Flytipping
15.1.4.3. Litter
15.1.4.4. Graffiti and fly-posting
15.1.5. Street lights
15.1.6. Grids, gully and manhole covers
15.1.7. Traffic signals
15.1.8. Road crossings
15.1.9. Street furniture
15.1.10. Verges
15.1.11. Yellow lines
15.1.12. Road signs
15.2. Roadworks
15.2.1. Map of roadworks
15.2.2. St Paul's methodist church roof collapse
15.2.3. Retaining wall work Standedge road
15.3. Public rights of way
15.4. Road safety
15.4.1. Physical road safey measures
15.4.2. Abnormal loads
15.4.3. Speed cameras
15.4.4. Parking outside schools
15.4.5. Speed limits
15.4.6. Road safety support
15.5. Traffic orders and road closures
15.6. Highway excavations
15.7. Road signs
15.8. Oldham highway improvements
15.9. Dropped kerbs
15.10. Bridges
15.11. Motorways and trunk roads
15.12. Street index
15.13. Street name plates
15.14. House numbers
15.15. Unadopted streets
15.16. Highways policies and strategies
15.17. Government grants for Oldham's roads
15.18. Highway Maintenance Challenge fund bid
16. Transport, parking and travel
16.1. Parking
16.1.1. Car parks
16.1.1.1. Oldham town centre
16.1.1.2. Chadderton
16.1.1.3. Crompton
16.1.1.4. Failsworth
16.1.1.5. Lees
16.1.1.6. Royton
16.1.1.7. Saddleworth
16.1.1.8. Shaw
16.1.1.9. Rest of Oldham
16.1.2. Free town centre parking
16.1.3. Parking tickets and fines
16.1.4. Disabled parking badges and spaces
16.1.5. Residential parking permits
16.1.6. Clamping and removal
16.1.7. Parking outside schools
16.1.8. Bus lane enforcement
16.1.9. Car park permits
16.1.10. PATROL Adjudication joint committee
16.2. Buses and bus passes
16.2.1. Plan your journey
16.2.2. Bus passes for people over 60
16.2.3. Disable bus pass
16.2.4. Discount passes (students)
16.3. Metrolink
16.4. Disabled and community transport
16.5. Cycling
16.6. Gritting and winter travel
16.6.1. Gritting routes
16.6.2. Grit bins
16.6.3. Grit sales
16.6.4. Clearing pavements yourself
16.6.5. Your questions answered
16.6.6. Getting ready for winter
16.7. Roadworks
16.8. Plan your journey
16.9. MOT tests
16.10. Home to school travel
16.10.1. Discount passes
16.10.2. Additional support
16.10.3. Courses outside Greater Manchester
16.10.4. Fares for disabled students
16.10.5. Application for college travel assistance
16.10.6. Application for a free school travel pass
16.10.7. Free school travel pass appeal form
16.10.8. Home to school transport appeal form
16.10.9. Home to school transport for SEND /temporary medical condition
16.11. Public toilets
17. My Account
18. Health and Social Care
18.1. Help to live at home
18.1.1. Care and support to live at home
18.1.2. Occupational therapy
18.1.3. Helpline / Response service
18.1.4. Meals and nutrition
18.1.4.1. Lunch clubs
18.1.4.2. Equipments
18.1.4.3. Wiltshire farm foods
18.1.4.4. Oakhouse Foods
18.1.5. Managing your home
18.1.5.1. Cleaning services
18.1.5.2. Shopping services
18.1.5.3. Handy van services
18.1.5.4. Laundry service
18.1.6. Equipment and adaptations
18.1.6.1. Equipment
18.1.6.2. Adaptations
18.1.6.3. Helpline / response services
18.1.6.4. Move to a more suitable home
18.1.6.5. Disabled facilities grant
18.1.7. Taking medication
18.1.8. Link centre
18.2. Ask for an assessment
18.3. Child protection
18.3.1. What is child abuse?
18.3.2. Report child abuse
18.3.3. Child protection conferences
18.3.4. Protection orders
18.3.5. Child employment
18.3.6. Child entertainment licences
18.3.7. Local safeguarding children board
18.3.8. Children and young people provider panel
18.4. Arranging and paying for your social care
18.4.1. What will I have to pay for care services?
18.4.2. Direct payments
18.4.3. Appeal social care charges
18.4.4. Viewing your personal file
18.4.5. Health and social care benefits
18.4.6. Advocacy
18.4.7. Managing your finances
18.4.8. Benefits and money
18.4.9. Self-funding guide
18.5. Looking after myself and keeping helthy and safe
18.5.1. Find a health service
18.5.2. Recovering from illness
18.5.2.1. Hospital stays
18.5.2.2. Short term illness
18.5.2.3. Intermediate care
18.5.2.4. Patient Opinion website
18.5.3. Drug and alcohol treatment services
18.5.4. Specialist health services
18.5.4.1. Palliative cancer care
18.5.4.2. Sexual health
18.5.4.3. NHS 111
18.5.4.4. NHS Choices
18.5.4.5. Dementia services
18.5.5. Stop smoking
18.5.6. Mental health
18.5.6.1. The mental health act explained
18.5.6.2. Service directory
18.5.6.3. Mental capacity act
18.5.6.4. Independent mental capacity advocates
18.5.6.5. Independent mental health act advocates
18.5.6.6. Dementia
18.5.7. NHS health check
18.5.8. Short breaks and respite
18.5.8.1. Children
18.5.8.2. Adults
18.5.8.3. Older people
18.5.9. Find a social care service
18.5.10. Stay warm in winter
18.5.11. Staying safe
18.5.11.1. Helpline / Response service
18.5.11.2. Falls prevention
18.5.11.3. Crime and safety
18.5.11.4. Report a concern or abuse
18.5.12. Assisted bathing scheme
18.5.13. Get Oldham Active
18.5.13.1. Walking
18.5.13.2. Cycling
18.5.13.3. Jogging
18.5.13.4. Parks and outdoors
18.5.13.5. Swimming
18.5.13.6. Yoga and pilates
18.5.13.7. Dance and movement
18.5.13.8. 5 Ways to wellbeing
18.5.13.9. Take the quiz
18.5.13.10. Where do I start
18.5.13.11. Anyone can be active
18.5.13.12. 10 minute motivators
18.5.14. Getting a flu jab
18.5.15. How are you? quiz
18.6. Disabilities and sensory loss
18.6.1. Link centre
18.6.2. Children and young people with SEND
18.6.2.1. Your local offer
18.6.2.1.1. What is the local offer
18.6.2.1.2. You said, we did - Local Offer review
18.6.2.1.3. Minutes, reports and statutory documents
18.6.2.1.4. Animations by young People
18.6.2.2. Ask for help or advice
18.6.2.2.1. Advice and support for parents
18.6.2.2.2. Report an incident or concern
18.6.2.3. Activities, leisure and short breaks
18.6.2.3.1. SEND activities for 0-25 year olds
18.6.2.3.2. Short breaks
18.6.2.3.3. What's on in Oldham
18.6.2.3.4. Free activities and places to go
18.6.2.3.5. Autism friendly activities
18.6.2.3.6. Library events for families, children and young families
18.6.2.4. Additional needs and disabilities
18.6.2.4.1. Autism and learning disabilities
18.6.2.4.2. Visual, hearing and speech support
18.6.2.4.3. Dyslexia
18.6.2.4.4. Down's syndrome
18.6.2.4.5. Dyspraxia
18.6.2.5. Education (SEND)
18.6.2.5.1. Early years childcare, education and support (0-5yrs)
18.6.2.5.2. Primary school education and support (5-11yrs)
18.6.2.5.3. Secondary school education and support (11-16yrs)
18.6.2.5.4. Post 16 education
18.6.2.5.5. SEND advice
18.6.2.6. Support, information, advice
18.6.2.7. Money matters (SEND)
18.6.2.7.1. Disability benefits (SEND)
18.6.2.7.2. Benefits if you can't work (SEND) - gov.uk website
18.6.2.7.3. Benefits for carers (SEND) - gov.uk website
18.6.2.7.4. Benefits for disabled students (SEND) - gov.uk website
18.6.2.7.5. Personal budgets: paying for services (SEND)
18.6.2.7.6. Apply for a grant or financial support (SEND)
18.6.2.7.7. Early years: additional SEND funding
18.6.2.7.8. Disability Access Fund (DAF)
18.6.2.7.9. Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
18.6.2.8. Health and emotional wellbeing
18.6.2.8.1. Health - list of service
18.6.2.8.2. Emotional health and mental wellbeing
18.6.2.9. Support for carers
18.6.2.10. Transport, travel and mobility (SEND)
18.6.2.10.1. Travel assistance to get to school or college
18.6.2.10.2. Travel if you can't use public transport
18.6.2.10.3. Concessionary fares for people with a disability
18.6.2.10.4. Travel, transport and mobility
18.6.2.10.5. Motability: lease cars for disabled people
18.6.2.10.6. Disabled parking (blue badges)
18.6.2.10.7. Travel training in Greater Manchester
18.6.2.10.8. Travel to school policy and strategy
18.6.2.11. Housing
18.6.2.11.1. Supported housing
18.6.2.11.2. Living at home
18.6.2.11.3. Equipment and adaptations
18.6.2.11.4. Central access point for supported accomodation
18.6.2.12. Training and employment
18.6.2.12.1. Adult education and training organisations
18.6.2.12.2. Find an apprenticeship
18.6.2.12.3. Job-seeking and work clubs
18.6.2.12.4. Get Oldham Working
18.6.2.12.5. greater.jobs
18.6.2.12.6. Groundwork (16+)
18.6.2.12.7. National careers service
18.6.2.12.8. Running your own business
18.6.2.12.9. Online and flexible learning
18.6.2.12.10. Lifelong learning (19+)
18.6.2.13. Apps and learning resources
18.6.2.13.1. Learning resources
18.6.2.13.2. Apps
18.6.2.13.3. Information and advice sheets (SEND)
18.6.2.14. Preparing for adulthood (14 - 25 years)
18.6.2.14.1. Preparing for life after school
18.6.2.14.2. Preparing for adulthood
18.6.2.14.3. Post 16 education
18.6.2.14.4. Training and development
18.6.2.14.5. Independent living
18.6.2.14.6. Health
18.6.2.14.7. Community inclusion
18.6.2.14.8. Resolve SEND disagreements
18.6.2.14.9. Transport, travel and mobility
18.6.2.15. Information for professionals
18.6.2.16. We'd love to hear from you
18.6.2.16.1. Local Offer feedback form
18.6.2.16.2. Add a new service or activity
18.6.2.16.3. Amend or remove your existing service or activity
18.6.2.16.4. Compliments and complaints
18.6.2.16.5. Add your child to our additional needs register
18.6.3. Sight, hearing and speech support
18.6.3.1. Speech and language support
18.6.3.2. Hearing support
18.6.3.3. Visual support
18.6.4. Transport
18.6.4.1. Bus passes for people over 60
18.6.4.2. Dial-a-ride & Ring & Ride
18.6.4.3. Disabled bus pass
18.6.4.4. Disabled parking (Blue Badge)
18.6.4.5. Motability cars
18.6.5. Learning disabilities and autism
18.6.5.1. Support services
18.6.5.2. short breaks and respite care
18.6.5.3. Shared lives
18.6.5.4. Accommodation options
18.6.5.5. Find a community group
18.6.6. Employment and disabilities
18.6.7. Radar keys and disabled toilets
18.6.8. Support groups
18.6.9. Find someone to speak on your behalf
18.6.10. Accessible information standard
18.6.11. caring for someone
18.6.11.1. Oldham's carers' service
18.6.11.2. Support groups
18.6.11.3. Financial help for carers
18.6.11.4. Young carers
18.6.11.5. Carer's assessments
18.6.11.6. Short breaks and respite care
18.6.11.7. Dementia
18.6.11.7.1. Dementia services
18.6.11.7.2. Trouble sleeping
18.6.11.7.3. Helping someone with dementia
18.6.11.8. Practical support
18.6.11.9. Help to live at home
18.6.11.9.1. Care and support to live at home
18.6.11.9.2. Occupational therapy
18.6.11.9.3. Helpline / Response Service
18.6.11.9.4. Meals and nutrition
18.6.11.9.5. Managing your home
18.6.11.9.6. Equipment and adaptations
18.6.11.9.7. Taking medication
18.6.11.9.8. Link centre
18.6.11.10. State of caring survey 2018
18.6.11.11. Oldham's Carers' Strategy 2018 - 2021
18.6.12. Living at home
18.6.12.1. *see help to live at home above*
18.7. Caring for someone
18.7.1. *see caring for someone above*
18.8. Choosing somewhere to live
18.8.1. Care homes
18.8.2. Housing with care and support
18.8.3. Live at home
18.8.3.1. *see help to live at home above*
18.9. Report a concern or abuse
18.10. Families and parenting
18.10.1. Family information services
18.10.1.1. Children and family benefits
18.10.1.2. Find childcare
18.10.1.2.1. *See above*
18.10.1.3. Family support services
18.10.1.4. Children and young people with SEND
18.10.1.5. Early years
18.10.2. Find childcare
18.10.2.1. *See above*
18.10.3. Children's centres
18.10.4. Family support service
18.10.4.1. Health and social care directory
18.10.5. Adoption and fostering
18.10.5.1. *see above*
18.10.6. Children in care and care leavers
18.10.6.1. Care leavers
18.10.6.2. Children's social services
18.10.6.3. Corporate parenting
18.10.6.4. Children in Care Council (External site)
18.10.6.5. Children in care survey
18.10.6.6. Care leavers survey
18.10.7. Teen pregnancy
18.10.8. Relationship support
18.10.9. Children and family benefits
18.10.10. Real nappy voucher
18.10.11. Family and friends care policy
18.10.12. Special guardianship
18.11. Getting out and about
18.11.1. Transport
18.11.2. Social and Leisure activities
18.11.2.1. Oldham Community Leisure sessions
18.11.2.2. Lunch clubs
18.11.2.3. Adult day care service
18.11.2.4. Day care
18.11.2.5. Find a community group
18.11.3. Shopping and errands
18.11.3.1. AgeUK shopping service
18.11.3.2. Accompanied shopping
18.11.3.3. Promobility
18.11.4. Volunteering
18.11.4.1. *See above*
18.11.5. Get Oldham Active
18.11.5.1. *see above*
18.12. Care leavers
18.12.1. Your money
18.12.2. Your home
18.12.3. Your health and wellbeing
18.12.4. Your education and work life
18.12.5. Your passport to independent living
18.12.6. Your rights
18.13. Armed forces personnel support
18.13.1. Our resolution
18.13.2. Health and wellbeing
18.13.3. Discounts
18.13.4. Leisure services
18.13.5. Help finding work
18.13.6. Support agencies
18.13.7. Rolls of remembrance
18.13.8. Oldham Remembers
18.13.9. Schools and education for armed forces families
18.13.10. Register to vote as a member of the armed forces
18.13.11. Housing for armed forces personnel
18.14. Health and social care strategies and reports
18.14.1. The Oldham Public Health Charter
18.14.2. Oldham Public Health Annual Report
18.14.3. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Strategy
18.14.4. Oldham Locality Plan for health and social care transformation
18.14.5. Oldham Adult Social Care Information and Advice Strategy 2015-18
18.14.6. Adult Social care failure policy and procedure
18.14.7. Public Health Intelligence Privacy Noitce
18.14.8. Adult social care accommodation and top up arrangements
18.14.9. Adult social services loacl account
18.14.10. Think local act personal (TLAP)
18.14.11. Understanding Oldham's health and adult social care market
18.14.12. Right start pre-school children's oral health improvement strategy 2018 - 2021
18.15. Resources for practitioners
18.15.1. Vulnerable adults
18.15.2. Children's workforce practitioners
18.15.3. Infection prevention
18.15.4. Dementia toolkit
18.16. Young people
18.16.1. Young carers
18.16.2. Oldham Youth Council
18.17. Contact social services
18.18. Health and social care directory
18.18.1. Directory