Community and living
Staffordshire communities are the heart of our county and we want to make sure they are safe prosperous places to live and work.
We work with our partners across the county, including the police, fire authority, district and borough councils to get to the heart of what matters to local people
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- Trading Standards sees busiest year on record. Preventing over £17.7m of consumer harm and removing 23,400 dangerous, unsafe goods from the marketplace are amongst the successes of Staffordshire County Council's Trading Standards service last year.
- Date:
- 23 August 2022
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- Staffordshire County Council is temporarily moving its Tamworth town centre library to allow for a major refurbishment of the building.
- Date:
- 18 August 2022
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- Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated ready for the return of school next month.
- Date:
- 17 August 2022
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- A family from Staffordshire have had their lives transformed thanks to a holiday activity programme delivered by Staffordshire County Council. The McFarlane family: mum Naomi and daughters Marley aged twelve and Macie-J aged six, has been attending the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme since it launched in 2021.
- Date:
- 16 August 2022
- Description
- With many families choosing to holiday locally, Staffordshire's tourism team has revealed some of its top days out and places to visit during the warm weather and school Summer holidays.Staffordshire is attraction central, the best playground in the country, with hundreds of exciting places just waiting to be explored. And with wall to wall sunshine forecast over the next week, there is something for everyone.
- Date:
- 11 August 2022
- Description
- Visitors to Burton now have the option to pay for their parking by mobile phone when they park in on-street spaces in the town. Staffordshire County Council has partnered with PayByPhone in the project which will be available at all on-street parking locations across the town.
- Date:
- 10 August 2022
- Description
- Letting agents in Staffordshire are being reminded of their responsibilities in protecting tenants' and landlords' money in a new regional project.Staffordshire County Council's Trading Standards service have teamed up with the Central England Trading Standards Authorities group to check how compliant letting agents are in the county.
- Date:
- 09 August 2022
- Description
- People in Staffordshire are being urged to grab a jab at their nearest walk-in vaccine clinic this week.
- Date:
- 09 August 2022