Published: Thursday, 1st October 2015
Cannock Chase Council is supporting the Stoptober campaign and encouraging local residents to stop smoking.
Stoptober, the 28-day stop smoking challenge from Public Health England is encouraging smokers to swap their fags for gags, to help them quit for good this October.
Published: Friday, 25th September 2015
A refuse vehicle has caught fire following a resident disposing of a gas camping stove in the blue bin.
Staffordshire Fire & Rescue were called to a fire in the back of one of the Council's dry recycling collection vehicles at 7:50am on Friday 18th September in Station Road , Hednesford.
The Fire Officer at the scene believed the fire was caused by contamination in the form of a gas camping stove, that had been disposed of with a partially full gas cylinder still attached.
Published: Friday, 25th September 2015
Government budget impacts on District’s social housing plan - Cannock Chase Council
A report to Cabinet has highlighted how the Government’s announcement to reduce social rents by 1% for 4 years from April 2016 will impact on the new build programme for social housing in the District
Published: Friday, 25th September 2015
Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has made a recommendation that the Council join the emerging West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) as a non-constituent member.
Cannock Chase Council has been invited to join the proposed West Midlands Combined Authority along with all other District and Borough Councils in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership and the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (including Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council in Leicestershire).
Published: Monday, 14th September 2015
A LEISURE centre and sports development team in Cannock has achieved an ‘excellent’ rating in a tough combined assessment by Sport England’s leading national quality scheme, Quest.
Quest is the best-known improvement programme within the sport and leisure industry and its rigorous assessments challenge even the very best leisure centres and sports development teams in the UK.
Published: Friday, 11th September 2015
The Chairman of Cannock Chase Council is holding a charity Bavarian Night in aid of her chosen charities.
The Bavarian Night will take place in the Ballroom at the Civic Suite on Friday 9th October at 7:30pm. The evening will include live entertainment from Kellermeister Oompah Band and a hog roast. Tickets cost £15 and are available by calling The Executive Support Team on 01543 464553.
All monies raised from the event will go to the Chairman's chosen charities - The Teenage Cancer Trust and 5th St. Luke's Brownies.
Published: Friday, 11th September 2015
Six bus shelters in the District have been replaced as part of an ongoing replacement and refurbishment programme.
The bus shelter replacement and refurbishment programme has replaced bus shelters in the following locations:
Published: Friday, 11th September 2015
The Good Junior Citizen Award is launched for young people in the District.
The Good Junior Citizen Award is open to pupils in years 5 and 6, who have made a positive contribution to the local community and/or the quality of the local environment.
Nominations can be made by anyone in the District, as long as they are not related to the young person and can be for an individual or a group or class.
Published: Tuesday, 8th September 2015
The Council is looking to appoint local people to serve on the Independent Remuneration Panel to assist in reviewing its Members’ Allowances Scheme.
The Panel considers and makes recommendations relating to the allowances paid to elected Councillors, together with recommendations about the roles and responsibilities for which allowances should be payable.
Published: Thursday, 27th August 2015
Cannock Chase Council in partnership with WLCT has launched an official World War 1 website to remember the sacrifices made by men and women during World War 1 across the District.
The special website not only gives visitors information on local campaigns and events commemorating World War 1, but is also a way for family, friends and survivors to share their own memories of wartime.