Kidsgrove Station is included in the government’s proposals to shut down almost all of the 1,007 remaining station offices in England, except at the busiest stations, within three years in an attempt to “modernise” the railway.
The Rail Delivery Group who are responsible for the decision says it wants to modernise customer service, and that the industry is also under pressure from ministers to save money amid huge losses due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Barclays are due to close their Kidsgrove branch on 11 August and have confirmed a new Barclays Local service for customers in Kidsgrove will be available from Monday 14th August 2023 at Kidsgrove Sports Centre.
The Barclays Local will provide face to face support for customers, with colleagues on hand offering financial support and education for customers, without the need to travel. The opening times are as follows:-
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Public consultation on possible future locations for homes, businesses, community facilities and protected green spaces has begun.
The Local Plan determines what can and cannot be built in different places.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has unveiled the first draft of its Local Plan, which will eventually determine which areas are earmarked for different land uses and which are not.
The first round of public consultation is underway and runs until August 14th.
[Read more…]Kidsgrove Town Council is working in partnership with GO Kidsgrove and Kidsgrove Rotary to make Kidsgrove a Dementia Friendly Town
Victoria Hall Kidsgrove will be hosting the first of several hour long Dementia Friendly Training Sessions on Tuesday 11th April at 11am and then again at 6.30pm where residents can learn how dementia affects a person and how to make a difference by joining the more 3 million Dementia Friends.
To book a free place, please email community@kidsgrovetowncouncil.gov.uk
Kidsgrove Sports Centre will reopen on the 25th July!
It is a momentous occasion and the accumulation of 5 years of hard work, dedication and passion from our community – without which, none of this would have been possible. It has been nearly 5 years since the centre was closed. It is fair to say those following years have been a rollercoaster, however despite all of the challenges and obstacles in our way we have reached our stated aim and one our community has been longing for.
Kidsgrove Sports Centre has undergone a £7.5million refurbishment, along with considerable additional investment from many a wide range of funding partners and will now be owned and operated under a charity ownership model. This means that there are no shareholders to please or profit making. Instead every single £1 spent in Kidsgrove Sports Centre, will go back into the centre and our community! We are passionate about our community and providing the opportunities for everyone to improve their physical and mental well-being, which is why we have tried to ensure that despite being a new facility, with rising costs, it is affordable to as many people as possible.
[Read more…]Space 2022 is getting ready to blast off – with all finishing touches being finalised ahead of the launch of the summer programme.
The Space summer programme brings together public, voluntary and private sector organisations to provide enjoyable positive activities for young people that increase their skills, improve their health and wellbeing and create opportunities, while also aiming to reduce levels of anti-social behaviour during the school summer holidays.
In 2021, over 6,000 young people, aged between 8 and 17, enjoyed over 1,400 activities funded by the Staffordshire Commissioner as part of the Space programme. There were over 17,600 attendances at events, equating to over 35,333 hours.
[Read more…]The route that the Queen’s Baton will take in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games this summer has been announced and Kidsgrove is included on the route.
As part of a national announcement of the route through England, the four locations that the Baton will visit in the borough on 18 July are the Belong Heritage Gallery, Keele University campus, the Harecastle Tunnel and Trent and Mersey Canal in Kidsgrove as well as the Pump Track at Newchapel.
Birmingham 2022 is hosting the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay – a journey which brings together and celebrates communities across the Commonwealth during the build up to the Games. In England, the Queen’s Baton Relay will provide the opportunity for communities to experience the excitement for Birmingham 2022, as the 11 days of show stopping sport nears ever closer.
[Read more…]Kidsgrove Sports Centre Community Group based in Kidsgrove, Newcastle-under-Lyme is celebrating today after being awarded £9720 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
Kidsgrove Sports Centre Community Group will use their funding to install free Wifi throughout the building, as well as a community based Café within the centre reception where our community will be able to socialise and relax in a safe and secure environment. As part of the application, there will be the ability to make use of onsite digital tablets aimed at improving digital literacy and reducing digital exclusion, something that affects many people within our community.
[Read more…]Kidsgrove Station users will have noticed the newly installed, white passenger bridge and lift shafts.
After so many delays we are delighted to hear that these will be open to the public by the end of the year. The station will become a lot easier to use for those with disabilities, young children, heavy luggage and bicycles.
The £5 million project also includes a new station building, transport interchange in order to improve transport networks, and expansion of the station car park.
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