The Town Council’s new strategic grants fund has been established to provide small cash grants to local community groups, sports clubs and organisations to help them cover their running costs or deliver specific projects. The first application window will open on the 1st April and is open to all relevant groups in the Stanley parish […]
We are pleased to announce the dates and locations for this year’s summer Play in the Park Events, which can be found on our Play in the Park page HERE Now in our fourth year, the popular free events have become a firm family favourite in Stanley. This year we are bringing an even more […]
The Town Council are announcing the return of the ‘Blooming Good Fun’ competition for 2019, this time to support our application for an award in the Northumbria in Bloom competition. We are hoping to encourage gardeners from right across our Parish to make a special effort to brighten up their surroundings – and everybody else’s […]
The agenda for the Ordinary Council meeting to be held next Tuesday at 6.30 pm in the Civic Hall is linked below. Business includes: Mobile Speed Visor Louisa Morrison Memorial Civic Hall Comms strategy Council HR policies ‘-Full Council Agenda 26th March 2019 26th March FC Background Papers
The Annual Meeting of electors will take place next Friday, 22nd March 2019 at the Venue, Tyne Road, Stanley. There will be tea and coffee served from 6pm for a 6.30 pm start. The Council will be launching the new Stanley Community Fund at the meeting, which is a new source of grant funding to […]
Next week’s Full Council meeting will see the Council considering proposals for a new Community Funding strategy for the Town, discussing a new ‘Miner’s Sunday’ Event to be held on the August Bank Holiday weekend together with other mining heritage initiatives. The meeting starts at 6.30pm on Tuesday 26th February 2019. Agenda Background Papers All […]
The Agenda and supporting papers for next week’s meeting of the Finance Committee are linked below. Items to be discussed include: Grant Funding and the Council’s Events programme for 2019. Finance Agenda 13.2.19 Finance Combined Papers Feb 19 The meeting will be held at 6.30 pm at the Civic Hall. All meetings of Stanley Town […]
Saturday 16th February 2019 will be the 110th Anniversary of the Burns Pit Disaster, one of the worst mining tragedies in British History. The Council is holding a Remembrance Ceremony at the memorial as it does every year (in front of NDA at the site of the pit) to remember the 167 men and boys […]
Council Budget set for 2019/20 A SERIES of investments, events and initiatives have been greenlit by Stanley Town Council after it agreed its annual budget tonight (22 January). The Council backed the 2019/20 Budget and has brought forward an ambitious programme to help breathe new life into the town and surrounding villages. Amongst projects approved […]
The January meeting of Stanley Town Council is the meeting where the budget will be set for 2018/19, which is the main item of business. Other business to be discussed includes Stanley in Bloom and the Policy working group. All STC meetings are open to the public. The meeting will be held at 6.30pm on […]