Join Civic Pride event in Loggerheads

Residents in a rural village are encouraged to join in #PrideInNUL events this week.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is leading the co-ordination of services in Loggerheads on Wednesday, 19 February in collaboration with Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Staffordshire Police and Aspire Housing.

It’s the latest instalment of the council’s ongoing Civic Pride initiative which aims to boost pride across the borough and strengthen its reputation as a place which is clean, safe and friendly.

Council Leader Simon Tagg said:

After launching late last year with a successful week of action in Newcastle town centre, followed quickly by a varied programme in Kidsgrove and the surrounding areas, we’re now looking forward to focusing on Loggerheads.
 

Civic Pride aims to create a strong sense of belonging to, and pride in, our fantastic borough. It’s a response to feedback from residents and captures a lot of the work that already goes on by the council and its partners – under a unified #PrideInNUL badge – and is also a call to arms for people of all ages to get involved.”

Residents are invited to join the council’s Green Team, and Loggerheads Pickers and Planters, on a litter pick to spruce up the area which includes a visit to a piece of land that the volunteer group is transforming into a magical garden. The meeting point is The Loggerheads pub at 10.30am.

A drop-in session is also taking place at the fire station, from 10am to 2pm, where households can get advice about a wide range of issues from the borough council, Aspire Housing, and the police and fire services.

Meanwhile, council officers are carrying out Public Space Protection Order patrols in parks and open spaces, looking specifically at dog controls.

Cllr Gill Heesom, Cabinet member for Community Safety and Well-being, added:

One of the council’s priorities is to create healthy, active and safe communities.

 

As part of this area of work, we’re committed to working closely with partners, and local groups, to make a positive difference in every part of the borough.

 

Civic Pride is a great legacy from the borough’s 850th anniversary celebrations and aims to build on the fantastic community spirit  and pride showed by residents in 2023.”