Staffordshire County Council has a deficit in their adult care budget of £15m in this financial year due to the lack of agreement between the County and the NHS over the level of financial contributions to the Better Care Fund (BCF).

BAC O’Connor, One Recovery and The Edward Myers Unit are the key providers of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services for Staffordshire.

The Staffordshire County Council proposed reduction to the Drug and Alcohol budget is by more than 50%.

Cannock Park, Elmore Park, Ravenhill Park, Castle Ring and Stile Cop Cemetery have been named as some of the very best in the UK – and that’s official.

The sites managed by Cannock Chase Council are among a record-breaking 1,686 parks and green spaces that received a prestigious Green Flag Award last month, the mark of a quality park or green space.

Police and Crime Commissioner's People Power Fund for grants between £100 and £3,000

Great ideas for community safety solutions come from local people – which is why Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis is inviting groups in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to bid for money from the Commissioner’s People Power Fund.

The fund empowers local groups to find solutions to community safety problems through smaller grants of between £100 and £3,000.

Children at Chadsmoor CE (VR) Junior School have received a Good Junior Citizen Award following their participation in a poster competition, aimed at highlighting the problem of dog fouling in the area.

The competition was run in conjunction with Community Spirit, a local group established to raise concerns of residents that had also identified dog fouling as a particular issue. Dr. Tom Preston, Chair of Community Spirit presented the winners with their Good Junior Citizen Certificates.

Cannock Chase Council together with Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire County Council have put a protocol in place to ensure the eviction of any unauthorised traveller and gypsy encampments in the District as soon as legally possible.

The protocol was agreed at Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet meeting on 21^st July 2016 and its aim is to locally negotiate an agreed end to any unauthorised encampment, on Council land, that avoids the formal eviction process.

Well Active helps young people and adults with learning, physical or long-term health needs to live an active lifestyle.

It promotes opportunities in and around Cannock Chase and more areas will be included soon!



With the support of you, carers, businesses and organisations, working together, it aims to increase and develop local opportunities and information, to enable access and equality. This resource has been designed and created by the community it aims to support.

Cannock Chase Council supported by Staffordshire Police executed a warrant to seize noise making equipment from a property in Rugeley last week.

The resident of the property had failed to heed warnings from Officers of the Environmental Health Department to reduce the excessive volume at which music was being played. The Council investigated and were satisfied that the noise was excessive, this resulted in the service of a Noise Abatement Notice in January this year.

Hednesford will be celebrating this Summer with a festival for the whole community.

Hednesford Festival is taking place on Saturday 13 August between 12 noon and 4pm in Hednesford Park and Town Centre.

There will be lots of fun activities and displays in the park throughout the day including:

• A World War 1 experience

Come along and commemorate World War 1 with the Royal Norfolk Regiment Living History Group – meet the Recruiting Sgt, see an operational territorial field kitchen and speak to experts about military kit and equipment.

Cannock’s Friday street market saw a home and garden special fair last week.

The Home and Garden Fair saw ten additional stalls to compliment the already thriving street market, which runs every Friday in the town centre.

Scores of people came out in the sun to see what the market had to offer.  The extra stalls included Charles Taylor Garden Furniture, who sells wooden crafted garden furniture and Art Box Ltd a new start up business, which sells cushions, prints and much more.

Residents and visitors to Cannock Chase are being urged to dig out their walking shoes and put their best foot forward during the annual Chase Fit Walking Festival from 1 – 14 August.

With 49 walks planned across two weeks, the festival has a varied range of walking pursuits across the district, including group – led and self- led walks alongside fun, free activities that will appeal to walker and families alike.