A temporary skateboard ramp was installed in Monks Neil Park for the youngsters in the area during the 2015 summer school holidays. The Partnership organised a Community launch event on Wednesday 5th August 2015, which took place in the park. The event attracted over 250 local people who came together to have a great family [...]
The Woodland Trust has given us a Community Trees pack. We received a Wild Harvest pack with 420 trees which included a mix of hazel, blackthorn, crab apple, dog rose and elder. The trees have been planted in Monks Neil Park and Whitfield Valley Primary Academy School grounds. In a few years, we hope local [...]
In February, one hundred Year 5 pupils from Burnwood Community Primary School and Whitfield Valley Primary Academy took part in a competition to design a new logo for the Stoke North Big Local Partnership. The project was guided and inspired by the Unity Arts Foundation, and logos were judged by local members of the Partnership. [...]
To support National Nest Box Week and local wildlife, we ran two family events during February half term at Chell Heath Residents’ Centre and St. Michael’s Church Hall. Children and adults made bird feeders, including pine cone fat balls, clay bird models and bird masks, and were given a bag of wild bird seed to [...]
In October, the Partnership hosted a ‘Fun & Funds’ event which gave individuals and groups the opportunity to get funding for small-scale projects to improve their local area. Participants had to fill in a very simple and short application form, and they were then invited along to the Fun and Funds event (pictured right) a [...]
