Day of Action: Newbold

The Rochdale South Partnership wanted to get a picture of what it’s like to live in Newbold and the best to tell us that are the people who live there.  This will help us to shape services with communities and help people along the way.

The Newbold community engagement event took place on Thursday 29th January – a wide range of teams and services were available at the Youth Centre on Moss Street between the hours of 9am and 7pm.

We offered Free Health Checks, information and advice, and Vaccinations (Canalside PCN, Living Well and NHS Vaccination teams).  37 health checks were carried out and 17 referrals were made for high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugars.  10 vaccinations were administered for flu and Covid.

In the main hall we had the following organisations on hand: Your Trust, Victim Support, Newbold Community Church, Newbold Community Gardens, Newbold Family Hub, Altus Trust, Groundwork, ESOL, Citizens Advice, Rochdale Council Environment Team, Andalucia Learning centre, Guinness Housing, Home Instead, Rochdale Youth Service, Action Together, Deeplish Community Centre, Rochdale Customer Service and Get Rochdale Working.

We had approximately 20 volunteers out door-knocking.  We knocked on over 400 houses and managed to complete 67 forms with residents.  Where residents were unavailable, we posted a letter through the door to let them know we had called.

As well as Alan, we had a resident volunteer (Mark Chrimes) in the venue taking photographs.

We had support from Medina Mosque, Culture Co-op and Erica at Creative Health.

“I’ve lived in Rochdale for 46 years and there’s some lovely artwork” - Local resident

“I like this area; the trams are great for getting out and about” - Local resident

“A fantastic day from start to finish.  The number of volunteers who came out to support us was incredible and having so many services under one roof meant we could make a real difference for local residents.” - Organiser

“It was an engaging and meaningful event, focused on connecting, taking action and supporting people in need within the Newbold neighbourhood.”  - Deeplish Community Centre