Wildbrook Community Food and Growing Hub

21/01/2025

Great to see that Local Food First CIC's Winter Walks are back on from this Friday! Details are in the poster below.

🌟 Fitton Hill Walkers: Thank You for a Great Start! 🌟

🚶‍♀️ Taster Walk Success! 🚶‍♂️
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on January 17th for our first walk of the year! We had an amazing turnout, and it was fantastic to see so many of you getting active and connecting with the community. 💚

🎉 Join Us Weekly! 🎉
We’re thrilled to announce that the Fitton Hill Walking Group will now meet every Friday, starting on January 24th!

📍 Meeting Point: Wildbrook Hub OL8 2NT
⏰ Time: 9:45 AM
or
📍Surgery/Library Entrance OL8 2QD
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM

All abilities and fitness levels are welcome—whether you’re a regular walker or just starting out, there’s a place for you!

🥤 Enjoy a hot drink and good company at the end of each walk.

Let’s keep up the momentum and make walking a regular part of our week. Stay active, stay healthy, and stay connected with your community!

We look forward to seeing you next Friday!

GM Walks, Oldham South Pcn, Spark Oldham , Fitton Hill Bulldogs ARLFC ForHousing Fitton Hill , Hill Top Surgery, Salvation Army Fitton Hill, Fitton Hill In Action Group, Fitton Hill Allotment Association, I love Oldham, The Primrose Centre, Fitton Hill Junior Youth Club , Action Together,

17/01/2025

We know from statistics that gardening is good for you but more importantly, our volunteers tell us that it is worthwhile to be involved in Wildbrook Growing Hub. Gardening and growing brings lifestyle and health benefits but it can also provide that moment of inspiration or wonder. 💚

Come along on a Thursday 10am-12pm or 1-3pm to find out for yourself!

16/01/2025

Our first Thursday community growing session of 2025 and it was a beautiful, sunny day with clear blue skies and ice on the pond. ❄☀️

Volunteers sorted pots, gave winter salad plants a trim to get rid of dead or damaged leaves, 'tickled' the soil at the top of plant pots to disrupt slug trails and planted up soft fruit prunings to become new plants.

Everyone is welcome to come along on Thursdays 10am-12pm and 1-3pm. No gardening experience is required! Children must be accompanied by adults.

14/01/2025

We're still deep in winter but the days are getting slightly longer. By the end of next month, we'll be starting seed sowing so here's a throwback to last summer's tomatoes. 🍅 Here's hoping for great harvests again in 2025!

13/01/2025

🚶‍♀🌟 Start 2025 on the Move with Fitton Hill Walkers! 🌟🚶‍♂

Join us for our first taster walk of the year on Friday, January 17th! Let’s kick off the new year with a refreshing walk, great company, and a focus on improving our health together. 💪✨

📍 Meeting Point: Surgery/Library Entrance
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM

Whether you’re a seasoned walker or just starting out, everyone is welcome—all abilities and fitness levels included. This is a wonderful opportunity to stay active, connect with others, and enjoy the benefits of walking for your physical and mental health.

🥤 Bonus: Warm up after the walk with a hot drink and some friendly conversation.

Let’s make 2025 the year of movement, connection, and well-being! 🍃

For more info, feel free to 📩 Message us at [email protected] or text 07536 996166. We can’t wait to see you there!



GM Walks Fitton Hill Bulldogs ARLFC ForHousing Fitton Hill , Spark Oldham Hill Top Surgery, Salvation Army Fitton Hill, Fitton Hill In Action Group, Fitton Hill Allotment Association Oldham South Pcn, I love Oldham, The Primrose Centre, Fitton Hill Junior Youth Club, Action Together,

13/01/2025

Today's the day to order your veg bag from Local Food First CIC ready to pick up on Wednesday! Details below 👇

Every week the Vegbag contains 3 Fruit and 5 Veg picked up early on Wednesday morning fresh from the wholesale market in Manchester. The bags cost £5 and are ready to pick up from Wildbrook between 12 and 3pm on Wednesday afternoon. Last week the bag contained potatoes, onions, carrots, mixed peppers, courgettes, apples, clementines and grapes.
Payment by cash💷, card 💳or Healthy Start.
📲Order now! until 5pm Monday.
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10/01/2025

It was a pleasure to host Oldham College students at Wildbrook at the end of last year and we were delighted to receive such positive feedback. Volunteers at Wildbrook include children (with a parent), students, older people, and everyone in between! Have you thought about volunteering this year?

Thursday volunteering sessions restart on 16th January 10am-12pm and 1-3pm. Local Food First CIC are also currently running sessions working on the wildlife pond on Fridays 10am-12pm.

08/01/2025

Happy New Year! Now it's January, we're all eager to get back into routine at Wildbrook again and excited for growing in 2025!

Local Food First CIC's Friday sessions working on the Wildlife Pond and dead hedge resume this Friday 10th January 10am-12pm. Thursday volunteering sessions restart on 16th January 10am-12pm and 1-3pm.

06/01/2025

🌟 Happy New Year from Local Food First CIC! 🌟

Start 2025 off on the right foot with our Veg Bag Scheme, re-launching on Wednesday, January 8th! 🥦🍎🥕

Packed with fresh fruit and vegetables, our veg bags are perfect for adding nutritious, seasonal produce to your meals. Let’s make this the year of healthy habits—because we all deserve to feel our best! 💚

📅 How to order:
Place your orders by Monday each week to receive your veg bag on time.

✅ Choose fresh.
✅ Choose health.

Join us in supporting our community and making healthy eating accessible for all. Your body will thank you—and so will the planet! 🌍

📩 Message us at [email protected] or text 07536 996166 to place your order or learn more.

Here’s to a deliciously fresh start to the year!




Wildbrook Community Food and Growing Hub
Great Places Housing Group
I love Oldham
Action Together

03/01/2025

Made a New Year's Resolution to get some exercise, get outside more, learn a new skill or make new friends?

Getting involved in a community food growing project is a great way to do all of those things! Last year, one of our volunteers told us, "It feels incredibly wholesome to volunteer at your growing hub. I always learn so much, and I know my time is well spent helping to grow food for a good cause."

Why not give volunteering at Wildbrook a go this year? Community volunteering sessions resume on 16th January and run weekly on Thursdays 10am-12pm and 1-3pm. Turn up between those times at Wildbrook to find out more or email [email protected]

20/12/2024

Wildbrook Community Food & Growing Hub will be closed for the Christmas break from 21st December.

The veg bag scheme will restart on 8th January (order by 6th Jan).
Local Food First CIC's Friday 10am-12pm sessions working on the Wildlife Pond and dead hedge will resume on 10th January.
Thursday Community Volunteer sessions will restart on 16th January.

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and New Year! 🎄

19/12/2024

As the end of 2024 approaches, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped, visited and been involved in Wildbrook Community Food & Growing Project this year.

It was a challenging year with the weather but there have been so many highlights: we've grown a lot of food and donated the majority of it to Oldham Foodbank; Local Food First CIC have created a wildflower meadow and wildlife pond; the overgrown areas of the orchard have been cleared; and we've hosted events including orchard pruning training, children's activity sessions, school visits and, of course, the Wildbrook Jamboree. Revitalising a site like this is a huge undertaking and it would not have been possible without the support and help from the local Fitton Hill and wider Oldham community.

We're looking forward to growing and being outside in 2025 and hope to see you at one of our volunteering sessions or events!

19/12/2024

It was the last Thursday Community Growing Session of the year at Wildbrook today and a great opportunity to say thank you to all of our volunteers who work so hard!

We made beautiful wreaths from sustainably foraged foliage and enjoyed festive snacks and warm spiced apple juice, with lots of opportunities to chat and catch up ahead of the Christmas break.

Fancy joining us in the New Year? Thursday growing sessions resume on 16th January 10am-12pm and 1-3pm.

18/12/2024

Find out how the Community Food & Growing Project is growing food in cold weather at Wildbrook and at The Hub, Alexandra Park in this new blog post.

Now we’re into winter months, the weather is colder and frost is more common. At both The Hub at Alexandra Park and at Wildbrook Community Food & Growing Hub, we’re being proactive to protect o…

09/12/2024

Get involved with the Wildlife Pond that Local Food First CIC are creating! Details are in their post below 👇

06/12/2024

Our volunteers did a fantastic job at yesterday's volunteer sessions despite the rain! Some of them braved the elements and got on with mulching fruit trees while others stayed busy in the shelter of the polytunnels as they sieved soil, sorted pots and planted up seedlings. Thanks for coming along everyone!

05/12/2024

Today is - a great opportunity to remember that good food comes from good soil! 🌱

We often don't give much thought to the ground beneath our feet but soil is an amazingly complex ecosystem. It's the most biodiverse habitat on Earth, home to an estimated half of all species and an excellent carbon store.

We're enhancing and feeding the soil at Wildbrook as we mulch trees in the orchard, create leaf mould and make compost. This all helps towards our aim of improving community access to affordable and healthy food in Fitton Hill. Come along on a Thursday 10am-12pm or 1-3pm to get involved!

03/12/2024

What a range of weather we had in November! The mild autumn meant that we were still harvesting tomatoes in the polytunnel at the start of November and we managed to continue with weekly harvests of leafy salad crops for most of the month. Then came the snow and heavy frosts... ❄️

Now the weather has dropped cooler, we've moved to harvesting the winter crops monthly in order to give the plants time to recover and grow.