Joint press release with Staffordshire County Council

People affected by the proposed closure of Amazon’s Rugeley distribution centre are being offered a support package by a Staffordshire partnership. 

While all employees have been offered positions at the new Sutton Coldfield facility, several hundred live locally those who choose to look for opportunities locally will be helped to find new jobs in Staffordshire.

Cannock Chase Can will be supporting Hednesford in Partnership this year in hosting the town’s annual festival.

Officers from Cannock Chase Council and Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles (IHL) are working closely with Everyone Health to showcase the district’s health and wellbeing offer.

Hednesford Festival will be held on Saturday 12 August, 11am until 4pm in Hednesford Park.

Cannock Chase Council has signed the ASB Pledge.



ASB Help launched the PLEDGE, which encourages all agencies involved in the ASB case review process to embed best practice into their policy and procedures.  



The anti-social behaviour case review was previously referred to as community trigger.



ASB Help is a registered charity that was set up to provide advice and support to victims of anti-social behavior.

Today (18 July), Cannock Chase Council is celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Award for Cannock Park, Ravenhill Park, Elmore Park, Hednesford Park, Stile Cop Cemetery and Castle Ring.

The news that these parks and open spaces across the District have achieved the accreditation means that Cannock Chase Council are one of the top performing District Council’s in the West Midlands.

Castle Ring Green Heritage Site has also retained the Green Heritage Site Accreditation, supported by Historic England, for the management of its historic features.

Cannock Chase councillors have appointed fellow Councilllor, David Williams, to be the Council’s Armed Forces Champion for the remainder of the 2023/24 Council year.

Cannock Chase Council’s Parks, Culture, and Heritage Portfolio Leader, Councillor John Preece, has given an update on the future of the Museum of Cannock Chase in Hednesford.

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting last Thursday (13 July), he made the following statement:

“I would like to update Cabinet on the petition received at the Annual Council Meeting on the potential relocation of the Museum of Cannock Chase, where the Council received a petition with 3,200 signatures asking that it stays in Hednesford. The petition was set up by Darrell Mawle.

Tenants in Rugeley have received over 600 food parcels from Rugeley Foodbank in the last three years.

Cannock Chase Council formed a partnership with Rugeley Foodbank just as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country and since then have assisted nearly 2000 adults and children.

 

Cannock Chase Council’s Neighbourhood Officer for Rugeley, holds surgeries every Tuesday at Rugeley Foodbank from 2-4pm for Council tenants.

Cannock’s rich history will soon be just a click away thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Staff at the Museum of Cannock Chase are celebrating following an award of £87,120 which will see Cannock Chase’s history available as a digital online catalogue.

Reacting to this evening’s news from Amazon, Cannock Chase Council Leader, Councillor Tony Johnson said: 

“This is a really sad day for Rugeley and we feel for the workers who will be directly affected by Amazon’s proposal to close the Rugeley site and move operations to a new site in Sutton Coldfield, especially during these challenging economic times. 

“Amazon is the biggest employer in Cannock Chase District with around 1,000 workers, several hundred of whom live locally. This will also impact the town’s wider economy.