Cannock Chase Council’s Environmental Health Team have joined forces with dog behaviour experts Let’s Talk Dog to tackle irresponsible pet ownership across the District.

Let’s Talk Dog will be hosting two training and behaviour sessions, which will focus on helping owners avoid potential behaviour issues and modify problem behaviour using simple, kind, reward-based methods.

The sessions will take place:
Tuesday 12 March 10-1pm - Cannock Fire Station
Tuesday 26 March 10-1pm - Rugeley Fire Station

Residents are reminded of some important deadlines/changes as the local elections will take place on Thursday 2 May.

Voters in Cannock Chase will go to the polls to elect Councillors to all 12 of its electoral wards and all 36 seats, there will also be an election for the Staffordshire Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner

Work has started to construct a new learn to ride arena at the Stadium site in Cannock.

The development of a £75,000 dedicated off-street riding facility will simulate the on-street safety issues without any real risk to those learning to ride.

The facility once complete will be available to everyone and local schools and community groups will be encouraged to use this provision to teach safe on-street riding.

Cannock Chase Council is appealing to residents to pledge to pick one bag of litter or more for Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign as the charity marks its 70th anniversary

Cannock Chase Council has today backed a bid to pick litter from the District’s streets and public spaces during Britain’s favourite environmental charity’s clean-up campaign.

Cannock Chase Council is staging a major free event on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 March at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, when the people of the District are invited to come along and help imagine better times ahead, by living more sustainably and responding to climate change.

(Press release from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub)

A new business advisor has been appointed to support ambitious entrepreneurs across Cannock Chase.

Under a partnership between Cannock Chase Council and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub, Richard Carty will be on hand to support SMEs in the area looking for expert advice to help plot a growth curve for 2024.

Sessions are continuing in schools across the District, to raise awareness and understanding of key issues facing young people.

Loudmouth Education and Training have been commissioned by the Community Safety Team to run theatre based educational programmes in schools across Cannock Chase. Themes and delivery are varied according to age, and the programme uses drama and discussion to enable learning on a wide range of issues. These include child sexual exploitation, grooming, exploitation into crime, knife crime, extremism, grooming, trafficking and alcohol abuse.

A new campaign has been launched between domestic abuse services, local authorities and agencies to raise awareness around Valentine’s Day of the potential early signs of domestic abuse.  

Cannock Stadium in Pye Green, Cannock, is moving to the next stage of its development with the design and installation of a brand new skatepark.

To help shape the design and share their views, the Council  is asking residents/users to come to their engagement days planned for this February.

The engagement days will take place at Cannock Stadium on:

Tuesday 13 February    1:30-3:30pm
Saturday 24 February    11:30-1:30pm