A housing association in Oldham has launched a scheme that will award its 'green-fingered' tenants.

First Choice Homes Oldham has revealed its 'budding neighbourhoods' competition is back again this year to celebrate tenants for their gardening efforts.

With up to £200 vouchers up for grabs, residents must be able to show their planting and growing efforts in their home and garden by uploading images online.

The competition officially launched on Monday (July 24) and tenants can choose from one of three categories to enter.

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Categories include 'a brew and my view', in which residents are invited to show off their garden while enjoying a relaxing cup of tea, 'my garden harvest' which focuses on customers who have grown their own food and finally 'garden genius' where those with innovative designs and transformations can enter.

The first prize in each category will see winners walk away with a £100 Love2Shop voucher while second and third place will receive £50 and £25 respectively.

An overall competition winner will also be picked - and take home the golden prize of a £200 voucher.

Michael Webb, customer involvement officer at FCHO said: "We're really excited to bring 'budding neighbourhoods' back once again for 2023.

"The competition is a great way to recognise and celebrate our customers who make an effort to keep their homes and gardens looking lovely.

“We’ve been running our Budding Neighbourhoods competition for quite a few years now and we saw some fantastic entries in 2022. The standard was really high, so I’m really looking forward to seeing the fruits of our customers’ labour in 2023.”

The winners of the competition will be contacted in September.

Entries can be made via FCHO’s website. 

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