30 December 2009

Minister announces £300m funding for pathfinder communities

Housing Minister John Healey has announced that communities across the Midlands and the North will share £311m next year to boost work already underway to transform homes and regenerate communities.

30 December 2009

Range of strengths ensure good performance

The year ahead promises to see further developments in RENEW North Staffordshire’s plans to transform local communities.

Here, Director of RENEW, Hardial Bhogal, takes a look at the organisation’s achievements so far and focal points for the future…

29 December 2009

Burslem Port Project celebrates successful year

A team of dedicated canal enthusiasts is celebrating a ‘ground-breaking’ year for the Burslem Port Project.

23 December 2009

City Waterside is top of the ‘pots’

The City Waterside proved it was right on cue when it held its first Pool Competition at Hot Shots Pool and Snooker Club, Festival Park, recently. 

03 December 2009

New City Waterside site plans a step closer

The next phase in the regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent’s City Waterside area is set to be approved next week (beginning 7 December), when the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and the housing market renewal pathfinder RENEW North Staffordshire confirm nearly £6 million investment in a flagship development. 

23 October 2009

City WatersideSpooky Halloween Party

City Waterside is holding its annual Spooky Halloween Party on Saturday 31 October at City Waterside Community Centre in Dresden Street.

23 October 2009

Young people get chance to learn work skills thanks to old canal

The Burslem Port project, which aims to “bring boats back to Burslem” byreinstating an old canal,  has received funding through the RENEW programme. The project has joined with PM Training, a social enterprise with a focus on tackling worklessness among young people, to begin the clearance of a site. It will  offer 20 young people a six month training opportunity in environmental management and ground work skills.

22 October 2009

Residents Urged To Have Their Say On The Future Of North Shelton

Residents are being urged to have their say on how North Shelton can be developed.
Renew North Staffordshire is staging six exhibitions over during September and October to see how eight sites in the area can be regenerated in the future.