NOT EVEN Saddleworth’s hills put runners off enjoying the Halloween spirit as the Oldham Half Marathon returned. Participants completed the 13.1-mile course in pumpkin outfits,…
View More Runners full of Halloween spirit as Oldham Half Marathon passes through Saddleworth
A 25-mile walk over 10 hours was the latest challenge for determined fundraiser Sarah Tate – and she is already gearing up to tackle a…
View More 25-mile walk and 24-hour row tackled by fundraiser Sarah
A HOSPICE which cares for patients across Saddleworth and Oldham is bringing back its popular Christmas tree collection service this festive season. Households who enjoy…
View More Hospice launches Christmas tree collection and recycle service
A SPRINGHEAD car garage is giving an ‘old boy’ a new lease of life and helping servicemen’s charity Help For Heroes by raffling it off.…
View More Saddleworth’s ‘Auto Lass’ provides Help For Heroes with classic car restoration
SADDLEWORTH Museum has received a tasty boost after hundreds of pounds were raised at a ‘sumptuous’ lunch. Some 64 people attended the Autumn event organised…
View More Museum’s Friends eat their way to funds boost with luncheon
CHARITY events are hosted for any number of reasons, but for those for whom the cause is most near and dear, exacting actual change might…
View More How to Host a Charity Event That Changes Lives
THOUSANDS of artworks from hundreds of exhibitors were on display as this year’s Holmfirth Artweek raised £36,000 for local charities. The much-loved event in July…
View More Popular Holmfirth Artweek raises £36,000 for local charities
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has thanked the members of the community who stepped out to join her fifth annual Memory Walk in…
View More Community steps out to support MP’s Memory Walk
THE MAYOR of Oldham has honoured an elderly man who has raised thousands of pounds for charity and still greets shoppers at Oldham’s B&Q store…
View More Mayor surprises B&Q worker at 90th birthday celebration
A COLOURFUL night walk around Oldham is returning this year to help raise money for a cancer support charity. Maggie’s Culture Crawl, a 10k sponsored…
View More Oldham cancer charity’s Culture Crawl returns
