Statement from Cannock Chase Council, Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, and NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs

Temporary emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in Cannock

This week a hotel in Cannock has started receiving a group of asylum seekers at the request of the Home Office. The asylum seekers are being cared for by Serco as part of an arrangement with the Home Office. 

An event is set to take place in Rugeley this November, where representatives from the Council and other agencies will be on hand to speak directly to residents.

At its meeting last month, the Council’s Cabinet agreed to extend the car park pilot discount initiative until the end of January 2022.

This week’s budget announcement that Cannock Chase Council is to be allocated £20m from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) programme has been positively received as `huge boost` to the Council’s ambitious plans to rejuvenate its Cannock town centre.

Cannock Chase Council has revised its discretionary Additional Restrictions Grant policy (ARG) and launched this week its NEW Covid Recovery Grant.

The Council received an allocation of European Regional Development Fund monies of £179,245 from the Government through the Re-opening the High Streets Safety Fund (RHSSF) and Welcome Back Fund (WBF).

The Council’s Cabinet have agreed to retain the Council’s membership of the Destination Management Partnership (DMP) / Destination Staffordshire until March 2024.

In a record-breaking year for the Green Flag Award, as the scheme marks its Silver Jubilee, six parks and green spaces in Cannock Chase are some of 2127 celebrating success.

A Cannock woman has been prosecuted for failing to keep a dog on a lead after it attacked another dog. 

Local community groups, organisations and businesses are being encouraged to get involved in the final development stages of the District’s new health improvement mobile app.