Citylife in Rugeley and Cannock Chase July August 2022

LOCAL NEWS
New Chair for
LHCRT
Lichfield and
Hatherton
C a n a l s
Restoration
Trust (LHCRT)
has a new chair
after Christine
Bull, who has held the role for
five years, handed over the reins
to Carole Mills.
Carole became a member of the
Trust during lockdown, having
enjoyed walking the many and
varied heritage canal trails. She
soon became part of the green
and grounds team, then joined
the Board as an advisor and was
subsequently co-opted as a
trustee. She has a wealth of
experience as a former local
authority CEO and finance
director, having worked at five
large unitary councils, in the
NHS, and housing and financial
services sectors.
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Queen’s Baton
to Visit Area
The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s
Baton Relay is confirmed to visit
Cannock Chase District on
Saturday 23rd July.
The schedule of activity includes:
•Arrives Wolseley Road, Rugeley
at 3.14pm - ends at Horsefair,
Rugeley at 3.30pm
•Arrives Hednesford Park,
Hednesford at 3.51pm - ends in
Hednesford town centre at
4.37pm
•Arrives Church Street,
Cannock at 4.47pm - ends at
Park Road, Cannock at 5.22pm
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Members of the
public are
encouraged to get
involved with the
celebrations and
embrace the arrival
of the Baton. The
Birmingham 2022
website will be
updated with information over
the coming months, with detail
on the events and where to line
the route.
For more information, visit
www.birmingham2022.com/qbr.
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New Plants for
Stadium Site
Local councillors & representatives
with children from Moorhill Primary
School
Cannock Chase Council in
partnership with Inspiring
Healthy Lifestyles, the
Community Lottery funded,
Chase Up team, and The Friends
of Cannock Stadium, has planted
seasonal bedding plants at the
Stadium Site on Pye Green
Road.
The planting project was
approved in March 2020, when
Cannock Chase Council’s
Cabinet approved to spend
£25,000, to improve the site.
The design for the planting beds
came from consultation events
held at local schools and
community groups. Children
from Year 3 at Moorhill Primary
School helped with the planting
which includes plants of nine
different colours, representing
the official colours of the
Commonwealth Games 2022,
due to commence across the
region and on Cannock Chase.
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Lichfield
Solicitor Walks
for Hospice
Alexa Holgate (centre) & colleagues
from Pickerings Solicitors.
A Lichfield solicitor took part in
her first-ever St Giles Hospice
Solstice Walk on Saturday 18th
June.
Alexa Holgate, together with a
team of 20 colleagues from
Pickerings Solicitors in
Tamworth, joined the hospice’s
Enchanted Solstice Walk, which
made a return to the city’s
streets following a two-year
absence due to Covid-19.
Alexa, who lives in Lichfield,
took part alongside her niece
Sophia Farmer, whose
grandfather Brian was
supported by St Giles in 2021.
Visit
www.stgileshospice.com/solstic
ewalk for more information
about the St Giles Hospice
Solstice Walk.