Councillors Angela Cosgrove and Leanne Munroe have worked with local residents
to make successful bids to Oldham Councils Local Improvement Fund set up by the
Labour administration.

£30,000 will be invested in the Sholver Millennium Green to improve and restore
pathways. The Green is 22 acres in the heart of Sholver but the current degraded
state of the paths makes access difficult. The Sholver Millennium Green Trust is
supported by Life for a Life Memorial Forests who will work together to look after the
Green.

Councillor Munroe said ‘It is great to have the opportunity to get the funding to do
this work. The Green is a green lung for Sholver residents and the path restorations
will enable many more residents to use it. I’m particularly pleased that the Green will
be easier for disabled residents to use. It is good to work in partnership with the
Sholver Millennium Green Trust and Life for a Life Memorial Forests on this project
and their commitment to the Green is very welcome. I also hope that children and
young people will make better use of the Green rather than playing on the roads and
the Trust is planning to offer activities like the ‘Micro Greens’ project to help achieve
this.’

Jon Platt, Chair of the Trust commented ‘The Sholver Millennium Green Trust is over
the moon to have been successful with our Local Improvement Fund bid. The funds
will make a significant difference to the Millennium Green and help us in a huge way
make the Millennium Green a more usable, accessible and safe place; so that local
people can enjoy their green space now and in the future. We would like to thank
everyone involved in the bidding process, especially our local councillors who have
shown us incredible support as we have continued to get the Millennium Green back
on track after the COVID -19 pandemic towards becoming a valued green heart of
the community’.

LIF Fast Grants have also been made for a clean up of Pearly Bank and to upgrade a path at Westminster Gardens.

Councillor Cosgrove added ‘Pearly Bank needs some TLC. We will improve the
area, clean up any litter or fly tipping, open the area up to make it more visible to the
community which will stop and deter future fly tipping. We have already spoken to
local young people who like to use the area for a “chilling spot” were they can climb,
play and enjoy nature. The work will also flatten the land and place logs for seats
which have come from the thinning out of the trees onsite. The path at Westminster
Gardens is in a sorry state and the grant will fill in potholes and make it safer and
easier to use.’