Oldham Community Leisure’s (OCL) centres might currently being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but John Carhart, 51, is still celebrating a very special milestone with the company. This month, John enters his 30th year of working for OCL, in a job he says he loves...
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Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has employed a new Head of Business Development, responsible for the trust’s marketing and sales functions plus its Customer Relationship Management platforms, including the OCL contact centre. As a new senior team member within OCL, Simon Blair will be responsible for helping...
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Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), in partnership with a number of local community groups, has been awarded Social Action Funding from Oldham Cares, the town's recently formed health and social care service. The £272,957 in funding will be used for the newly created Oldham Active Communities Project,...
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Hundreds turned out to support 294 competitors, both young and old, as they competed in Oldham Community Leisure’s (OCL) popular Milltown Races Saddleworth Sprint Triathlon and the new Saddleworth Junior GO TRI last weekend. Fifty-eight youngsters aged between 8-14 took part in the Saddleworth Junior GO...
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Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has been highlighted as a community business that’s leading the way by breaking down barriers to healthy lifestyles in the 2019 Parliamentary Review. The Review, an independent political journal published annually, allows private and public sector organisations to share and promote their...
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After hosting two hugely successful events last year, Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has revealed its Junior and Sprint Triathlons will both be back in 2019. Such was the popularity of the junior event that a second has been added to this year’s race calendar. The new...
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Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) has been awarded a Silver Customer Engagement Award for dedication to its customers by TRP. The Customer Engagement Awards were launched by the Customer Engagement Academy (CEA), the brainchild of TRP, in September 2018. The Awards recognise and reward health and fitness...
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Last month, three gymnasts who train at Oldham Leisure Centre with Dynamo Trampoline Academy took part in the English Championships. Held the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, they competed alongside with many of the country’s best trampoline, tumbling and double mini trampoline gymnasts. All three...
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This weekend’s Milltown Races Oldham Half Marathon took the town by storm, with 278 runners pounding the streets from Oldham to Saddleworth. Gareth Raven from Sale Harriers Manchester and Eleanor Davies from Preston Harriers were crowned male and female winners of the 13.1 mile race, which...
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The Milltown Races Oldham Half Marathon – the last event in the 2018 Milltown Races Series – is fast approaching. This year’s event will take place on Sunday 28 October. More than 300 runners are already signed up to take part in the 13.1 mile race,...
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