parish-editor

The Parish Council is pleased to confirm the resumption of the Civic Amenity Visits (skip lorry) service for 2022.

The visits will take place as follows:

Ingestre – opposite Home Farm Court

Dates: 16 April, 25 June and 22 October 2022

Times: 9.00 – 10.00am

Tixall – village hall car park

Dates: 16 April, 25 June and 22 October 2022

Times: 10.15 – 11.15am

This service should be used for the disposal of excess general waste only that cannot be disposed of using the other existing options that are available. For more details click here Civic Amenity Visits Electronic Poster with links

Stafford Borough Council have issued a Press Release outlining a long weekend of entertainment that is taking place in Victoria Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this summer. For more details, click on the link  press release

Stafford Borough Council have released a Press Release

Residents in more than 100 properties in parts of Staffordshire can look forward to better heated homes following a £1 million investment.

For more details click here press release

Stafford Borough Council have established a new group to help tackle climate change and 12 members of the new group helping to tackle climate change and increase green recovery in Stafford Borough have met for the first time.

For more details click the link press release

Please see details of a very generous offer that has been made by Ingestre Park Golf Club, which may be of interest to residents within Ingestre and Tixall.  Please see the details of the offer below:

Following engagement with HS2 and as part of the reconfiguration of the golf course Ingestre Park Golf Club would like to offer all residents of Ingestre and Tixall social membership free of charge. This would allow residents of the villages to have access to the bar and restaurant facilities at the club  and as such the clubhouse can then be seen as an asset for the use of the community as a whole.

Social membership would also allow residents to be able to use the facilities for private functions such as weddings, birthday celebrations etc subject to availability.

We believe that residents would like to have this opportunity and we would like to promote this opportunity via yourselves and feel this could be achieved via your parish newsletter and via your web site.

The golf clubs new membership year starts on 1st April and it would seem sensible if this could be promoted to coincide.

I would suggest that any resident who wishes to avail themselves of this opportunity either contacts the office at the club and speak to Sarah Sharp ( the club manager) or Louise Upton ( managers assistant) on telephone 01889 270845 option 1 to record their details and interest or they e mail their details to office@ingestregolf.co.uk and they will issue cards to verify their membership and said card will also provide access to the clubhouse.

The annual conference is a key event in the AONB calendar, giving us the opportunity to bring together local members of the community and AONB Partnership members in support of our outstanding landscape.  The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Changing perceptions and behaviours’

Morning session

Hosted by Frances Beatty, Chair of the AONB Joint Committee, this year’s online event held on 3^rd March 2022 began with Ian Marshall, Cannock Chase AONB Development Officer sharing a review of the achievements of the AONB Partnership over the last 12 months.

Mike Dilger, broadcaster, naturalist, writer and tour naturalist then opened our conference which looked at what is being done to change people’s perceptions of Cannock Chase and influence positive behaviours to ensure that one of England’s finest landscapes stays special for this and future generations.  Born and bred in Stafford, Mike shared the important role that Cannock Chase and its iconic wildlife had on his formative childhood years, and the importance of looking after its nature. 

Tony Watson, Head of Visitor Services and Communications with the Lake District National Park Authority provided us with an alternative perspective from England’s most visited Protected Landscape, and the solutions they have put in place in dealing with visitor management pressures.

To set the scene for the afternoon’s case studies, Ian Marshall shared some reflections on the visitors who come to the Chase, the recreational demands and impacts on the AONB, and the approaches to visitor management.

The conference morning session can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/QW9D_W0vM2s

Afternoon session

Peter Farmer of FDA Design has been working with the Cannock Chase AONB Team for the last couple of years, providing creative input to a range of interpretative projects.  At the forefront of these has been the development of the Cannock Chase place brand which Peter explained is being used to create a sense of place to develop emotional connections with landscape.

The arts are another medium through which people can experience the landscape to trigger emotional connections and better understand our place in the world.  Ali Clarke of Surrey Hills Arts inspired us with examples of the projects she has developed over a number of years in the Surrey Hills AONB to connect people to nature through the arts.

The arts are another medium through which people can experience the landscape to trigger emotional connections and better understand our place in the world.  Ali Clarke of Surrey Hills Arts inspired us with examples of the projects she has developed over a number of years in the Surrey Hills AONB to connect people to nature through the arts

The heathland core of Cannock Chase is a Special Area of Conservation, and protected by European Law. Kinga Niedzinska, Engagement Officer of the SAC Partnership shared with us the work she is doing to raise awareness and educate others about the special qualities of the SAC and wider Chase, including the development of a Cannock Chase code and educational projects with children and young people.

The conference afternoon session can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/jPtObmvYmRg