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familylife Inside... Spring 2015 Easter fun for all the family Meet Mr Bloom What’s hot in your local area Spring events planner 2 - familylife familylife - 3 Welcome to the spring issue Contents of Family Life Family Life is the council’s magazine aimed exhibitions and our libraries hold daily Go! Oldham – What’s hot in your local area 4 at families in Oldham. activities and events for kids of all ages. We’re also lucky to have Mahdlo – our state It lists all of the fun activities and events Spring event planner 18 of the art youth zone based in Oldham taking place across the borough throughout Town Centre which offers a wide range of the Easter holiday period and beyond. We activities in a fantastic modern setting. Let’s go for a walk 22 hope that it provides lots of inspiration for fun days out with your family and helps you Alongside this we have fantastic activities make the most of what Oldham has to offer. provided by the voluntary sector and by Let’s get active at Oldham Community Leisure 23 local businesses – everything from Oldham is in a fantastic position – close to Brownie and Scout meetings to karate Manchester and with great transport links to 24 and judo classes. Mahdlo access all of the amenities and events it has to offer but we shouldn’t forget about the You can find out more about what’s 26 fantastic things available on our doorstep. happening in your area by visiting Spring into Oldham at your local markets www.gooldham.com or by visiting We’re lucky to live in one of Greater www.visitoldham.com 27 Manchester’s greenest boroughs which sits Love your local market at the heart of the Peak District National We always like to hear feedback about Park. Alongside this we have a wealth of the services we provide. Tell us what you Festival Oldham 28 parks and green spaces and 70 children’s think about this magazine and about playgrounds for you to enjoy all year round services for families more generally using at no cost – including the newest play area [email protected] Gallery Oldham 29 in the heart of Oldham Town Centre. Gallery Oldham is one of the best in the Bookmark Festival 30 region and plays host to brilliant touring Jim McMahon, Leader of Oldham Council The Small Cinema 32 Oldham Coliseum Theatre 33 Free early education 34 Love your smile 35 Discover your local children’s centre 36 Meet our wise owls 38 4 - familylife familylife - 5 Why not... Get fit with the ‘Teen Gym’ at centres across Oldham Anyone aged 13 to 15 years of age can use the gym under supervision from qualified instructors – get fit and have fun. Try street dance sessions at Oldham Academy North. Hang out with friends at your local skate park or youth club. Hundreds of exciting activities at your fingertips! Over the next Go! Oldham is the only website you need to 12 pages… find fun stuff to do across the borough. You’ll find lots of activities from many We’ve picked out the best events from different groups and organisations including www.gooldham.com and split them up Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), local Find out more on the Go! Oldham website: into local areas – making it easier for you youth clubs, libraries and more. www.gooldham.com to find local stuff to do. Lots of people across the borough are You can also keep up to date with Go! Chadderton page 6 already volunteering to help deliver these all the latest activities by: activities, but more are still needed. If you’ve Go! Shaw and Crompton page 8 • Following Go! Oldham on twitter: got a few hours to spare each week get in Go! Royton page 10 contact with Voluntary Action Oldham to @GoOldham find out how you can get involved. • Liking the Go! Oldham Facebook page: Go! Saddleworth and Lees page 12 www.facebook.com/Go.Oldham www.vaoldham.org.uk Go! Failsworth and Hollinwood page 14 T: 0161 633 6222 Go! Oldham Central page 16 Follow Go! Oldham on twitter: @GoOldham • www.facebook.com/Go.Oldham 6 - familylife familfamilyylifelife -- 7 What’s happening in What’s hot in Chadderton? Chadderton? www.gooldham.com Get your skates on! Teen gym sessions Oldham and Royton Harriers 13–16 year olds and Athletics Club Various sessions available every day, Oldham Rockets just check the website for session times. 8–10 year olds Get fit at supervised gym sessions Mondays, 6–7pm which provide an introduction to fitness and exercise. Interested in long jump, triple jump, javelin, The brand new, state of the art skate shot put, discus, sprints and long park is now open in Coalshaw Chadderton Wellbeing Centre, Burnley distance running? Get fit, try new sports Green Park. It’s the biggest in Street, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 0JW and take the first steps to becoming the E: [email protected] next Olympic champion! Oldham and was designed with T: 0161 207 7000 input from local skaters. www.oclactive.co.uk Radclyffe Athletics Centre, Hunt Lane, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 0LS T: 0161 770 1639 Come along with your skateboard, scooter, E: [email protected] bike or roller skates and have some fun! Homework help power hour 5–11 year olds Coalshaw Green Park is just a Wednesdays, 3.30–4.30pm Arts, crafts and sports minute’s walk away from South all ages welcome Chadderton tram stop. Get help with that piece of homework Under eights must be accompanied you’ve been struggling with. Make use of by an adult the library facilities and get free access to printing and books. Fridays 10, 17 April, 29 May, 1–3pm Trained staff are available to offer help and Get messy with outdoor arts and crafts. support for primary pupils and give advice Have fun with exciting sporting activities. on using online resources. Chadderton Hall Park, Chadderton Chadderton Library, Wellbeing Centre, Hall Road, Oldham OL9 0QB Chadderton, Oldham OL9 0JW E: [email protected] Youth Drop In 10–18 year olds Thursdays, 7.30–9.30pm Meet new friends and join in with fun activities like badminton, snooker, table tennis and much more. Firwood Church, 300 Middleton Road, Coalshaw Green Park, Coalshaw Green Road, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 8JW Chadderton, Oldham OL9 6JH 8 - familylife familylife - 9 What’s happening in What’s hot in Shaw and Crompton? Shaw and Crompton? Enjoy local drama, music, and big screen movies Senior Youth Club Library support 13–19 year olds all ages this spring at Playhouse Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Wednesdays, 4–6pm, free 6.30–9.30pm 2 Love reading? Could you be a star of King Pleasure and Join in with pool games, topical Why not help out at your local library workshops and games. Hang out with and discover how libraries work? It will stage or screen? The Biscuit Boys people your own age and discuss ideas help boost your CV and give you basic Sunday 25 April Friday 29 May, 8pm about how to improve your community. customer service skills. Tickets £15 Join the Playhouse 2 Youth Theatre for Shaw Youth Club, 8 Chapel Street, Crompton Library, 7 Farrow Street East, this exciting introduction into the world of A seven piece band who play all over Shaw, Oldham OL2 8AJ Shaw, Oldham OL2 8QY theatre. Both young and older students Europe, give a terrific rendering of Blues, T: 01706 842184 can get valuable experience in theatre Swing, Boogie, Rock ‘n’ Roll and more, and move to drama college and the a show not to be missed. Teen gym professional theatre. 13–16 year olds Experience and learn about all aspects A Little Local Difficulty Wednesdays, 3.30–5.30pm, of stage craft in a fully working theatre by Philip Goulding £3.40 per session with tuition from professional actors. You never know, you could make it Saturday 13–20 June, 7.30pm Get fit at supervised gym sessions onto the big screen! Tickets £9 which provide an introduction to fitness and exercise. For more information and how to The corrupt mayor of a northern town tries book visit: to win over a ‘government inspector’ who Crompton Sports Centre, 5 Farrow Street, www.playhouse2.org has recently arrived. Terrified that he and Shaw, Oldham OL2 8NW his friends will be discovered, the mayor E: [email protected] sets about wooing the ‘inspector’, who is T: 0161 207 7000 Oldham junior badminton Paddington (PG) in fact a penniless rogue and in his own www.oclactive.co.uk 8–16 year olds way just as corrupt as the mayor. ‘A Little Saturday 28 March, 2pm Thursdays, 6–9pm, £3 Tickets £4 Local Difficulty’ is an end of season panto poking fun at local politics. Get your game on, challenge Everyone’s favourite friends and become the best bear travels to London in the class. Whatever your in search of a home. ability, have fun and learn to Finding himself lost and alone at play badminton. Paddington Station, he begins to realize Crompton House School, that city life is not all he had imagined – Sports Hall, Rochdale Road, until he meets the Brown family, who Shaw, Oldham OL2 7HS offer him a temporary haven. 2 Newtown Street, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8NX • Box Office: 01706 840400 • Theatre: 01706 847281 www.gooldham.com 10 - familylife familylife - 11 What’s happening in What’s hot in Royton? Royton? Teen gym Taekwondo sessions 13–16 year olds age 4+ Tuesdays and Thursdays Various times 3.30–4.30pm, Royton Sports Centre Want to learn self-defence, body control Basketball club Street dance Wednesdays, 3.30–5.30pm, and moves that will wow everyone? 8–16 year olds 7–16 year olds Crompton Sports Centre Learn more about Taekwondo and Wednesdays, 5.30–8pm, Mondays, 5.30–6.30pm, £3.40 per session develop your skills in discipline – mind, body and spirit.