Co-operative Council
Oldham Council is a co-operative council, working to build a co-operative borough.
A co-operative borough is one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.
We want all members of the community to play an active part in building our co-operative borough. This means everybody doing their bit.
What is the council doing?
Oldham Council has already made significant steps to becoming co-operative.
Devolving services and decision making
To make involvement in local activity and decision making simpler we are devolving power and resources to neighbourhood levels.
Each of the borough’s six districts will have its own town hall with a dedicated neighbourhood manager and dedicated parks and street scene, youth workers and community safety teams to deliver services in their area.
Each district also has a dedicated Council contact number to report issues.
Giving back
The employee volunteering scheme allows every council employee time to give to local community groups and projects. For example, Parks and Countryside staff offering help to renovate green spaces or finance staff helping community groups with their accounts.
The community dividend fund is so communities can bid for funding for projects to improve their neighbourhood.
Co-operative Commission
To oversee this work there is a Co-operative Commission, with representatives from the Council, partners and the community.
What can you do?
What do you think about the Council's ambition to become a co-operative borough?
Think through some of the questions below and let Chair of the Co-operative Commission, Councillor Barbara Dawson know your thoughts.
This will help to plan how we will work together to become a co-operative borough.
- How involved are you in your local area?
- What can you do to improve your neighbourhood or the borough as a whole?
- What can the council do to make things easier for you to get involved in local decisions and activity?
