Residents are being asked to nominate their favourite landmarks in the borough as part of an annual review of a local register.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is updating a register of important buildings and structures which is used to help protect the character of the sites when planning applications propose to change their external appearance.

It currently features 84 entries including a post box in Audley, a former mill in Madeley, a restored warehouse in Market Lane, Newcastle, and the town’s George and Dragon pub.

New suggestions will be inspected and assessed against criteria such as authenticity, architectural value, historic associations, visual importance and community value.

The initiative is designed to raise awareness of landmarks which fall short of the criteria for statutory listing. [Read more…]

On the 26^th July 2014, the Turner family as well family friends took part in a 11 mile sponsored walk to raise money for the Alzheimers Society and in memory of Maureen Turner, who sadly passed away with this illness in January. 

The walk will took place around the Kidsgrove area,covering places memorable to Maureen and the family, before going to Bradwell Crematrorium where she is now at rest.

Nicola Jones and Daniel Vernall, the main organisers of the walk, and Maureen’s grandchilden would like to thank everyone involved in the event, and everybody who has sponsored them so far.

Anybody who wishes to donate to this great cause and sponsor the Turner family, is invited to do so either through their just giving website www.justgiving.com/turners-walk or by contacting Daniel either through phone, 07881381143, or email – danieljamesvernall@gmail. com.

Every £1 helps and every sponsorship is much appreciated.

Kidsgrove Town Team are delighted to announce that the town has been selected as one of seven finalists in a prestigious new competition to bring people and businesses together to revive their town or city.

Entering the ‘Revive & Thrive Challenge’ involved telling the judges about the Team’s ideas for connecting with the local community and how it would benefit the town. The judges were particularly looking for entries that considered how retail and town/city centres could be used as a conduit to successful engagement and connectivity to the community. [Read more…]

Staffordshire County Council have made the decision to close Kidsgrove Day Centre in Gloucester Road which will affect hundereds of vulnerable adults, despite a public outcry to keep the service.

A consultation revealed that 80 percent of 750 respondents rejected the proposals and don’t want the service, which is used by vulnerable adults with complex learning difficulties, to close. Over 4000 people have signed an online petition to keep the services, a hundred campaigners made a protest march from Kidsgrove to Newcastle in a bid to stop the proposals, MP Joan Walley has raised the issue in the House of Commons and some councillors have raised concerns that alternative provision is not yet available. [Read more…]

The Kidsgrove Town Team are holding a consultation on their proposals for a Kidsgrove Waterfront Project.

The Town Team thinks that the canal is an important asset for the town and wants to see if it can be used as a focus for improving facilities and attracting visitors.

A number of project ideas have been proposed – some can be done quite quickly, some will take longer, some will only happen if we can get grant funding and some will be in the hands of other organisations….  [Read more…]

Local computer specialists Manor PCs Ltd have teamed up with Captive Media to install the world’s first retrofit networked washroom gaming system … with hands-free control… at the Unicorn Sports Bar in Congleton.

The state of the art captive media system, which has been demonstated on the TV show Dragons Den, consists simply of a hi-definition screen, fitted at eye level above the urinal, where it commands the full attention of the user. When not in active use, it plays a mixture of adverts and content from one of our twelve ‘PTV’ channels. [Read more…]

The Kidsgrove Town Team thinks that the canal is an important asset for the town and wants to see if it can be used as a focus for improving facilities and attracting visitors.

A number of project ideas have been proposed – some can be done quite quickly, some will take longer, some will only happen if they can get grant funding and some will be in the hands of other organisations….

…but they would like to know what YOU think about the proposals.

[Read more…]

Up to £6000 funding is still available for community projects and initiatives in the Kidsgrove area. 

Community groups, residents’ groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises can apply for a maximum of £1000 by filling in a simple form.

The Community chest is not available for private-sector profit-making enterprises to apply to. [Read more…]

Canal dredging is currently taking place at the Hardingswood Junction to Harecastle Tunnel, North Portal following a local campaign to clean up Kidsgrove Canals. 

Future plans are to create Kidsgrove’s Heritage Waterfront from 2014 onwards. [Read more…]

Footpaths at the rear of Millstone Avenue and Second Avenue have been cleared, after residents called on Councillors to take action. 

The Butt Lane Local Area Partnerships (LAPs) have used the community payback teams to clear the footpaths of rubbish, leaves and overgrowth.  [Read more…]