Fairtrade Fortnight 2020: 24 February until 8 March
Biddulph is a Fairtrade Town. That means the Town Council and the community work together to promote Fairtrade based on fairness and justice, especially for producers.
Each year, in Fairtrade Fortnight, we emphasise the need to keep Fairtrade in the minds and hearts of our community.
[Read more…]Since launching in 2009, Alsager Music Festival has become one of the best free festivals in Cheshire, offering a wide range of music and acts across multiple stages and venues.
The festival, which is free for all to attend and organised entirely through local volunteers, has become a key weekend in the Alsager calendar and much-loved by the local community.
As the size and success of the festival has grown, so too have the costs required to safely and securely hold an event of this scale and despite exploring new options for funding the festival, it has not been possible to secure the finance required. So it is with great sadness that we announce the 2020 Alsager Music Festival will not go ahead. Instead, the festival will take a break for a year, and look to find the additional funding and support required to hold the event in the summer of 2021.
Pete Weatherburn, Chair of the Alsager Music Festival Committee, said “We’re so proud of how successful the festival has become and we know how important it is to the people of Alsager, so we’ll be looking to find the additional funding and support we need to make the 2021 event the best ever”.
The Alsager Music Festival organising committee will be seeking the additional funding from sponsors as well as holding several fundraising events throughout the year. They will also be supporting a two-day music event to be held at The Lodge in summer 2020. More details to be announced soon. For more information about Alsager Music Festival or to volunteer or support the festival, please contact us through our website www.alsagermusicfestival.co.uk.
Alsager Partnership host a showcase ‘All About Health & Wellbeing’ on Saturday 1st February 10am until 12.30pm.
This event promises to be jam-packed with information delivered by health, wellbeing and fitness organisations that will help you discover how you can make your family’s lives healthier, improve your general wellbeing and explore ways to be more active.
On the day, there will be many health organisations represented, alongside health screening checks available to include Blood Pressure Checks, Body Fat Measurements, BMI Checks, Nutritional Advice, Diet and Exercise. Also on offer are sample treatments of reflexology and more. In addition, there will be a room dedicated to free CPR TRAINING, which is very kindly being funded by the Alsager Scout Group (please note, places are limited, so please contact Alsager Partnership to reserve your space; places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis).
[Read more…]Aldi has been selected by Staffordshire County Council to invest in a plot of land off Tunstall Road, Biddulph.
The site was formerly The Meadows School but has been disused for a number of years, with Staffordshire County Council seeking a buyer for the site. A previous deal appeared to have been made with Aldi last year but fell through in the summer. There had also been discussions with different developers regarding the site with another budget supermarket chain Lidl expressing a long term interest in opening a store in Biddulph but it now appears that Aldi is again the favourite to get the site.
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The future of leisure provision at Kidsgrove Sports Centre is looking more certain and received further commitment from Newcastle’s Cabinet in October.
In July 2017, a Community Group Community Interest Organisation (CIO) was formed with the aim of re-opening part of the facility, the ‘dry-side’, over the next few years. Plans for the reopening of the swimming pool at that stage were considered too ambitious due to a lack of funding. [Read more…]
Newcastle Borough Council approved the designation of the Civil Parish of Kidsgrove as a Neighbourhood Area on the 30th 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…]
Biddulph have again won a Gold Medal in the RHS National in Bloom Competition.
Hilda Sheldon chair of Biddulph in Bloom said;
“We were delighted to receive a Gold Award from the RHS National in Bloom, in the Large Town Category. [Read more…]
Stalls and entertainment from 4pm, lantern parade from 5.30pm and the lights will be turned on at 6pm. Santa will be in the Town Hall after the switch-on for little ones to discuss their gift requirements!
The Biddulph Moor Christmas Lights Switch-On is on Saturday 7 December 2019.
Moorlands Radio are joining us from 4pm, with stalls, carols and Santa; the lights will be switched on at 5.30pm.
