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People in Oldham talk about services for people

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We had an open day in Oldham on Tuesday 27th March. We talked about services for people with learning disabilities or mental health needs.

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The day was really good, with more than 150 people from the community.

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The day was organised by United Response’s new Community Networking Project. The project has been set up to make sure there are local services for people.

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The day was organised so people could find out about what was available for themselves or for friends and family.

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Lots of people took part including Coppice community centre and Oldham PCT (Mental Health Team).

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The Oldham mayor Bernard Judge and mayoress Anita Judge were there.

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Zaffer Ullah from United Response said:

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"Many of us have things in life we need or want, but some people with learning disabilities or mental health needs may need support to achieve these."

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