Fida Hussain

MY WARDPRIORITIES

·         Environmental

·         Highways

·         Fly tipping

·         Housing / Hartford mill

Training completed

·         Safeguarding (refresher)

·         Barnardo’s (child first)

·         Planning/Licensing

Work in thecommunity

·         Attending full Oldham Councilmeetings

·         Attended training on “Safeguarding”,amongst other things

·         Significant number of roads resurfaced across Ward

·         Workedwith the local community centers with food packages for vulnerable and elderly during national COVID-19 lockdown

·         Communicated with residents by telephone, email and Microsoft Teams during COVID-19 pandemic to tackle a range of problems

·         Dealt with over 650 caseworks (via telephones, emails) etc.

·         Attending and raising awareness of Covid 19 pandemic

·         Welcomed the completion of new much needed housing on Suthers street /Edward street, Primrose Bank etc

·         Continuous casework with constituents

·         Addressing and tackling rise of fly tipping in the ward

·         Arranged numerous street clean-ups. More to follow.

·         Vice chair charitable trust.

·         Planning committee member.

·         Licensing committee member.

·         Working with Residence/Police/Council regarding Anti-Social Behaviour.

·         West Oldham D.P. committee.

Future challenges

·        Addressing social & private housing shortage issues.

·        Work close with Police and other agencies on child protection, drug abuse, alcohol and anti-social behaviour issues.

·        Reducing carbon emission and working towards greener Oldham.

·        Tackling poverty and creating employment for all.

·        Listening and taking actions regarding issues raised by Werneth residents.

·        Addressing mental health concerns from the impact of Covid-19 pandemic.