By D.Mather

Cheadle Conservation Area Partnership Scheme

This scheme offers funding "to help preserve and enhance the historic appearance of the Conservation Area" in Cheadle. A leaflet is available from the following address:

It is a joint activity by SMDC, Cheadle Town Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage, and runs until 31st March 2001. The administration of awards involves even more groups. Work which can be given grant assistance includes Historic Building Repairs (up to 30% of eligible cost up to £5000), and Reinstatement of Missing Architectural Features (up to 70% of eligible cost up to £5000).

Council for the Protection of Rural England

CPRE is a national charity that helps people protect their local countryside where it is threatened, to enhance it when there is opportunity, and to keep it beautiful, productive and enjoyable for everyone. Its Patron is Her Majesty the Queen and its President is Prunella Scales. Their national website address is www.greenchannel.com/cpre/ 

CPRE has fifty thousand supporters, a branch in every county, eight regional groups, over two hundred local groups and a national office in Westminster.

The Staffordshire Branch has been in existence over sixty years and in that time has done much to help in protecting from the county countryside from the attacks of developers. It is not always successful and the attacks never cease.

The branch has formed a number of local groups in the county in order to get as much local knowledge as possible into its activities. Currently there are groups in N. Staffs. , S. Staffs. , Mid. Staffs. and Eastern Staffs.

CPRE would like to establish a group in Staffordshire Moorlands and invites any one who may feel they would like to participate to get in touch to get more information.

There follows a list of useful links associated with environmental conservation and rural or countryside matters appropriate to the local area, though not necessarily specific to Cheadle.