Funding has been secured from the Illegal Money Lending Team’s Community Fund for a Community Financial Inclusion Project focused on the Miners’ Estate, Kidsgrove.
The main aims of the project are:-
· To improve community awareness of Loan Sharks and how to deal with them.
· To develop a network of Community Champions to spread the message. [Read more…]
TENANTS living on one of Newcastle’s most deprived estates are being urged to report any problems with their properties to the Borough Council.
The message to tenants on Galley’s Bank – known locally as ‘the Miners’ Estate’ – in Kidsgrove, is part of a multi-agency initiative there.
There have been long-running concerns over housing conditions, [Read more…]
Victory for local campaigners as funding for new footbridge is confirmed.
The Department of Transport confirmed this week that long-awaited plans for improvements to Kidsgrove Train Station are set to go ahead on schedule.
Local residents have been campaigning for months to secure improvements, including a new pedestrian bridge, in order to improve transport networks in the town. [Read more…]
Kids grove and Alsager stations are set to lose the direct trains service to London Euston as a rail franchise is put out to tender. [Read more…]
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire is inviting groups with bright ideas for community safety solutions in Newcastle-under-Lyme to apply for money from the People Power Fund today (1 August).
Kidsgrove residents can nominate their favourite buildings to be registered by the Borough Council. [Read more…]
A new mobile-friendly Force website which will make it easier for communities to get information and share their views has been launched by Staffordshire Police.
The new site [Read more…]
Tesco Kidsgrove have installed a new defibrillator fitted just inside the store for use by the community. The new defibrillator is part of Tesco’s national rollout [Read more…]
The Council keeps housing conditions in the borough under review and has highlighted the Miners Estate, also known as Galleys Bank in Kidsgrove as an area suffering from low housing demand. The key reasons for this are: [Read more…]
Groundworks will fund capital projects through the ‘Bags of Help’ grant scheme in association with Tesco, that provide community benefit that do not charge for access. [Read more…]