Posts Tagged ‘north staffordshire’

Buildings at Risk – Tell us about heritage buildings at risk

September 10th, 2012

The Phoenix Trust needs your help to make a definitive list of all heritage buildings in North Staffordshire which are at risk.

We should like you to tell us about listed and unlisted buildings of historical or architectural importance that are at risk because of dereliction, neglect, decay or vandalism.

The buildings you tell us about will be featured on our website to encourage and empower local people to take a more active role in protecting and preserving North Staffordshire’s unique historic environment.

Let us have photographs of the building if possible.  A good photograph is worth a thousand words. It creates public interest and could help launch a campaign to save the building.

Please send details of the buildings and your photographs to phoenixstaffs@mail.com

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NewsDesk – Use local shops or lose them

July 9th, 2012

Retailers in Stone believe that Totally Locally a scheme which encourages people to use local shops could be worth more than £3m to the town’s economy.

Over 100 traders have joined the scheme which encourages shoppers to spend £5 a week in local stores instead of buying online or from out-of-town supermarkets.

The scheme’s supporters hope it will attract new businesses to the high street and create more  jobs.

Local trader Dave Kidd, who runs an ironmongers, told the BBC that shopping habits had changed dramatically over the last 50 years.

He went on to say: ”I think people still appreciate a personal service, but I don’t think they know what they’ve got locally.

“It’s a matter of if you don’t use it, you lose it.”

Dave is right. Local shops and market stalls in North Staffordshire are having a hard time.

Some have already closed.

Those that remain need your help to survive. You can ensure their survival by shopping locally. You will lose them if you don’t.

Please note The Phoenix Trust’s new email address is phoenixstaffs@mail.com

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Visit us on facebook

May 1st, 2012

Visit  our facebook page PhoenixStaffs www.facebook.com/pages/PhoenixStaffs/297349176991970?bookmark_t=page for local news and videos showing local life in North Staffordshire and The Potteries.

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The Independent Voice of North Staffordshire’s Heritage Community

February 25th, 2012

The Phoenix Trust is the Independent Voice of North Staffordshire’s Heritage Community.

A non-profit making foundation, the trust supports the aims and objectives of local people who are working so hard to save all our region’s natural and historical heritage assets including  Fenton’s Town Hall, the Spode Site, Etruria Industrial Museum, the Churnet Valley, Ford Green Hall and the Wedgwood Museum.

The trust invites members of community groups and other organisations to use its website site to publicise their campaigns to save North Staffordshire’s heritage.

We welcome Posts and Comments from historians, members of civic societies and community leaders on all aspects of North Staffordshire’s social, economic, political and administrative history as well as their views on the region’s regeneration projects and the development plans being prepared by local councils.

Email your news, posts and comments to northstaffs@live.co.uk

 


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The Independent Voice of North Staffordshire’s Heritage Community

December 28th, 2011

The Phoenix Trust’s website North Staffordshire Coalfield is the Independent Voice of North Staffordshire’s Heritage Community.

A non-profit making foundation, the trust supports the aims and objectives of local people who are working so hard to save our region’s heritage and reform local government by creating town councils.

The trust invites members of community groups and other organisations to use its website site to publicise their campaigns and increase public support.

We welcome Posts and Comments from historians, members of civic societies and community leaders on all aspects of North Staffordshire’s social, economic, political and administrative history as well as their views on the region’s heritage based community regeneration projects.

Email your news, views and comments to northstaffs@live.co.uk

 

 


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