• Council miss out on regeneration funding

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:03 on 17/05/12

  

  The proposed regeneration of Leek town centre will now have to be scaled back after the council failed in a bid to secure £1.35m of lottery funding. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council had earmarked projects in Leek and Cheadle to benefit from the Heritage Lottery Funding. Although work has already started on some of those projects, the council admits that it will now have to cut back on the work. Councillor Andrew Hart,...

• Art in the Park attracts 1,500

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:29 on 16/05/12

  

  Over 1,500 visitors descended on Brough Park last weekend for what is becoming one of the most anticipated events in the Moorlands. Art in the Park saw a range of arts and crafts demonstrations, stalls and even live music to keep the public entertained. The children's art competition provde popular, while the main marquee was packed with varied exhibitors. Sybil Ralphs, who has the responsibility for arts development in the...

• Cashpot for Moorlands community organisations

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:33 on 26/04/12

  

  Groups for older people in Leek and the rest of the Moorlands will soon be able to apply for a share of a £40,000 cashpot. The council have set up an Older People's Innovation Fund as a pilot scheme to help community run group projects. The Sentinel report that organisations will be able to apply for grants of between £250 and £1,500, although higher bids may be considered in 'exceptional' circumstances. Leek...

• Jubilee trees having to be 'monitored'

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:46 on 25/04/12

  

  Leek Town Council have revealed that they have to 'regularly monitor' trees planted to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee after a batch was stolen earlier this year. 420 saplings were awarded to the council by the Woodland Trust and then planted in local parks by volunteers. However, offenders stole 160 of the trees from Pickwood Recreation Ground shortly after they were planted, and now officials are keeping the remaining saplings...

• Council accused of squandering money

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:45 on 19/04/12

  

  Staffordshire Moorlands District Council has been criticised for squandering excessive amounts of taxpayers' money on fuel bills. The authority's overview and scrutiny panel met yesterday, with opposition councillors suggesting that too much is being spent on heating and lighting in unused rooms at Moorlands House, while hundreds of families in the region are struggling to pay their fuel bills. The council was also attacked for...

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