Oldham Fitton Hill

The Salvation Army works with some of the most vulnerable people in society. As we face the worst public health crisis in our lifetime, people on the margins need us now more than ever.

From running food banks and checking up on people who live alone, to offering counselling and supporting NHS isolation units, Salvation Army churches all over the country are responding to the crisis in dozens of different ways.

Please visit the Fitton Hill JustGiving page and donate what you can. Help us support as many people as possible.

11am - 1pm

Morning Meeting held at The Brew 

Christian faith during the week, when our doors are open to offer programmes and activities for the whole community.

Monday

9am - 4pm  The Brew

9:30am - 10am   Baby Boogies (Hill Top Surgery)

10am- 12pm Early Help

10am- 12pm Credit union (@ The Brew)

1pm - 4pm Inspire 

FH neighbourhood centre (hilltop)

The Brew

Tuesday

9am - 4pm The Brew

5:00pm - 6:30pm Youth Club (The Brew)

6:45pm - 8:45pm Senior Youth Club (The Brew)

Wednesday

9am - 4pm The Brew

1:30pm - 2:30pm Mucky Monkey's (messy play)

FH neighbourhood centre (hilltop)

5-8pm Mens Group (A Group for men run by men).

Thursday

9am - 4pm The Brew

Friday

11am - 1pm Lighthouse Drop-in

Roundthorn Salvation Army

Addiction and Homelessness

First Friday of every month (dementia cafe with Village housing)

Additional Services: Food Parcels, Drug/Alcohol Advice, Money Advice, Community Drop In

Family Trips

The whole family having fun together is really positive and we want to support this. So for many of the families who know us we organise these trips out, to petting farms and Blackpool lights. They happen throughout the year, so stay in touch and you’ll find out where we are going next.

When/how do I get involved – Stay in touch or ring the office to find out about the next one.​​

School Holiday Programme

Barrels of Fun, activities and days out for all the family

Making summer fun for all the family. In the long school summer holidays Eden gets really going. For the last five years we have had a great time with over 200 people attending our summer trips and activities. We have been to Chester Zoo, Smith Hills Petting farm, bowling, Lased Quest and for a BBQ on the beach, and in addition to this we do yet more youth clubs which are open longer. We also help local people run a funday on their street and this year we taught a load of people to cook.

Our summer activities are not just about young people, we organise things for the whole family to do together. Although we ask people to contribute we raise the funds to make these affordable to all. From 6 months to 60, this is one of the most popular and busy time of our year.

When/how do I get involved - check out this website for future activities (usually announced late June). Ring the office on 0161 628 6808

We are a Christian Community who express our faith by working to improve our community through commitment, friendship, action, care, compassion, love and neighbourliness.

As a Salvation Army church we are committed to our personal faith in Jesus Christ and to expressing that faith through prayer and worship but also through our personal relationships, how we represent our community and how we fight for justice.

“They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.” (Isaiah 61:4)

The Salvation Army Eden Project in Fitton Hill is part of a network of Salvation Army church’s from across the world called 614 Network.

614uk has four Essentials

The forgotten places: 614UK reflects God’s concern for the poor by locating in neighbourhoods that are amongst the most deprived within the UK. We’re found in the places that society often forgets and expect to discover that God is already at work there. The forgotten places are all around 614UK is about finding them and showing them that someone has remembered.

Incarnational living: 614UKs first priority is to live within the neighbourhoods we are serving. By living there we fully experience local life, we are able to support the good things we discover and have opportunity to show love to our neighbours. Incarnational living is learning to live the Jesus way in full view of the people we are trying to serve.

Transformational experiences: 614UK believes that our neighbourhoods can change and become places of hope, peace and joy. We seek to act and speak out for justice in order to see lives changed economically, socially and spiritually. We recognise that being there changes our lives. Transformational experiences happen everywhere from the seemingly insignificant exchanges of every day life, the kind word, the welcoming smile, to the big projects of community change.

Building community: 614UK recognises that many live in alienation where they are disconnected from the people they live alongside. We maintain that this is not how life is meant to be and are committed to building bridges so that people can rebuild, restore and renew their communities. Building community is about creating spaces where people can not only meet each other, but learn to live and work together for the good of their neighbourhood.

Re-imagination

614UK is not only about living in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods out of God’s compassion for these places. We’re there because we believe that the Bible re-imagines something different for our neighbourhoods.

The name 614 is taken from Isaiah 61:4. This chapter starts by saying ‘the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.’ The first 2 verses place great emphasis upon what this servant will do for the poor, the broken-hearted, the captives, the prisoners and the mourners. It’s about bringing, binding up, proclaiming, releasing, comforting and bestowing this good news which sees a change for the marginalised to their spiritual, emotional, economic and social lives.

Then the prophet not only recognises the challenges that these people find themselves in – a reality of ashes, mourning and despair – but proposes an alternative of what life with this good news is like – a crown of beauty, the oil of gladness and a garment of praise. By experiencing this, those who have been marginalised will themselves ‘rebuild the ancient ruins, restore the places long devastated, and renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.’

In many respects this passage highlights some of what we want to see in our neighbourhoods. We want to be people who bring a different story, live an alternative way and then see our friends and neighbours with dignity restored, rebuilding the walls of our neighbourhoods in the way that God imagines is best for our cities.

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