Newcastle Borough Council approved the designation of the Civil Parish of Kidsgrove as a Neighbourhood Area on the 30^th September 2019.

On 2 September 2019 Kidsgrove Town Council applied to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to designate the whole of the Civil Parish of Kidsgrove as a Neighbourhood Area, Kidsgrove Town Council can now begin the formal preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan. [Read more…]

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The Clough Hall junior parkrun is a weekly free 2k timed event for juniors and takes place every Sunday at 9am in Clough Hall Park.

It’s a 2k run for children aged 4-14. The run isn’t a race but is very much a community event where children of all abilities are encouraged to take part and enjoy it whether they run, jog, walk or skip. Runners do need to register on the website before their first time – https://www.parkrun.org.uk/cloughhall-juniors/

The event is solely run by volunteers and the organisors would like to hear from anyone intersted in helping out as they need a minimum of 14 volunteers each week for the event. [Read more…]

Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council reached a decision on Lidl GB’s planning application to bring a new Lidl store to Kidsgrove (on the site currently occupied by Kidsgrove Working Men’s Club), as well as a second, accompanying planning application to relocate the Club to new premises on Meadows Road, Kidsgrove.

Both applications were unanimously approved by members of the Planning Committee. [Read more…]

Firstly, can we say a massive “thank you” to everyone who voted for us in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme.

We are pleased to report that Kidsgrove Sports Centre came 1^st, so as a result we will receive £4,000 from Tesco – which will be put towards buying equipment to be used within the centre. [Read more…]

Residents who do not want to keep their garden waste bin are being given the chance to have them collected in by the Borough Council.

While more than 18,000 households have now signed up to the chargeable collection service introduced this year, some people have decided to make alternative arrangements for disposing their garden waste. [Read more…]

Blasting off on 22 July, Space provides fun, positive activities throughout the school summer holiday and gives young people across the county the opportunity to build their confidence, develop life skills, improve their health and general wellbeing.

Space 2019 is now in its fifth year since its relaunch by Matthew Ellis, Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime. Space was originally an activities scheme led by police in Staffordshire aimed at engaging young people before it stopped in the 1990s. The new version of Space, coordinated by the Staffordshire Commissioner’s office, is planned and delivered by a wider collaboration of public and voluntary organisations, including the Police. [Read more…]