We were fortunate to have been given a grant from the Leadenboot (again) last year towards some new benches – thank you to them and to everyone who helps out on the Leadenboot day. We also put some of the Best Kept Village competition winnings towards this and have managed to purchase 3 lovely new […]
Staffordshire Moorlands area will have the role out of the new food waste recycling scheme on 26th June 2026. There is information online to help you understand what this is and how it will work. Please go to : staffordshire.gov.uk/foodwaste This will give you information about this scheme.
After our success at last years competition, Grindon is entering the Best Kept Village Competition again.It is a special year for the competition as it celebrates its 70th anniversary. As well as the main competition, there are other competitions to enter: There is the Spirit of the Best Kept Village A poster depicting some scene […]
The Parish Council has taken on the production of the village newsletter. This will be distributed as before by the Village Hall Management Committee. If you know of someone who cannot access it by email, it would be useful if you could print it off for them to read a paper copy. If you would […]
The Parish Council alongside the craft club will be hoping to get everyone in Grindon crafting. The plan is to make a wall hanging which will hang in the village hall. Each person can have a square (or two) and they can decorate it in any way they please. It is a base for knitting, […]
After WWI was over, the grateful folk of Grindon clubbed together to give thanks for peace and to thank the men, particularly those from Grindon who served their country. With the funds raised, they purchased the church clock. Inside the church a tablet on the wall commemorates this but there is nothing to tell visitors […]
Grindon was entered into the competition in April. We were shortlisted and then visited by 3 judges in June, visited again anonymously and then informed that Grindon was in the final of the competition North Staffordshire Small Village category. The great news is that we won the North Staffordshire Small Village competition. The parish council […]
You may or may not be aware that local government is changing in the next few years and devolution will be coming to Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Find out how it will affect Staffordshire Moorlands District Council at www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/Local-Government-Reorganisation The website above, will update as more information is released. The plan from all the areas of Staffordshire […]
Grindon Parish Council is organising an Afternoon Tea event on BH Monday 5th May from 3-5pm. Everyone is welcome. There is no charge but we are hoping for donations towards a memorial plaque explaining that the church clock is the First World War memorial. Staffordshire Moorlands Council has given us a grant towards the Afternoon […]
Cast your minds back to September 2023….. We had a meeting inviting all the parishoners to let us know what they wanted for the area and how they and we could help with those plans and wishes. Many things were suggested and discussed, one being a defibrillator for Ford, which the parish council agreed to […]
Have you seen the new swings and see-saw in the play area? ‘Our project was made possible thanks to #NationalLottery players’ Thanks to a National Lottery fund grant, we have been able to finally get the condemned swings replaced as well as a new slide. We think these lovely new items enhance the village and […]
Those of you who attended our Annual Parish Council Meeting will know the good news already and probably everyone in the village will have heard, but just incase you haven’t…. We have secured a National Lottery Grant for just over £10,000 in order to replace the play equipment.😊 Tenders are already being sought and, at […]
We hope you have noticed all the new lovely daffodils around the village. purchased by the parish council and planted with the help of the Grindon Gardening Club.
Money has been raised from the Christmas Wreath Making at the beginning of December 2023 and also the Quiz held in March 2024. With thanks to Manifold Meats who donated the beef for the lovely hot beef sandwiches. This money is going towards the refurbishment of the play area.