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For a thriving countryside that benefits everyone

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We are CPRE Staffordshire, the countryside charity

We’re passionate about making Staffordshire's countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

Our vision

What we care about

We want to connect people to the countryside, wherever they live.

Our areas of work

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Love the countryside? Want to help us make it even better? Find out how.

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Discover our countryside

Want to know about things to see and do in the countryside near you? We can help.

Explore days out and more

Events

Relay runners take on the Staffordshire Way

Intrepid relay team runs the whole 96-mile Staffordshire Way in 18.5 hours

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What gets built and where

Respond to Local Plan to save green spaces!

Rewilded golf course and other green spaces are under threat of development

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The countryside next door

Disability and the countryside

Kuli Kohli writes about what the countryside means to her

Events

Staffordshire

Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay 2022

What gets built and where

Staffordshire

Keep the Black Country’s Green Belt Green!

Events

Staffordshire

Picknalls First School wins Green Schools Trophy

What gets built and where

Staffordshire

Our view on the future of Newcastle-under-Lyme

What gets built and where

Staffordshire

Our view on the future of South Staffordshire

Farming

Staffordshire

The Future of Farming

What gets built and where

Staffordshire

Our view on the future of the Black Country

What gets built and where

Staffordshire

New brownfield toolkit

Hedgerows

Staffordshire

Our hedgerow campaign: 40 by 50

Climate emergency

Staffordshire

We urge local election candidates to stand up for the countryside

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Summer Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/91af8ee5ccb9/cpre-staffordshireautumn-2019-newsletter-6133961

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What's in a name - and what can place names tell us about the history of the the countryside? Join us for a picnic, followed by a talk by Professor John Baker of the University of Nottingham, before our AGM on 22 September. Tickets are £5 on Eventbrite: https://StaffordshirePlaceNames.eventbrite.co.uk

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Much-loved Green Belt land in the West Midlands could be lost despite census data and brownfield surveys showing this level of development isn't needed: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2022/08/04/black-country-plan-slammed-over-wildly-exaggerated-housing-demands-that-will-destroy-green-belt/

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Supporting farming in protected landscapes and looking at how Cannock Chase could welcome a more diverse range of visitors are just some of the varied areas in which the AONB Partnership has been working over the past year. Its annual report is out now: https://www.cannock-chase.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AONB-Annual-Review-2022_compressed-1.pdf

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We're hosting an online training event for Staffordshire parish councils on 13 Sept. Hannah Barter of @UrbanVisionCIC will look at the scope of Neighbourhood Plans, and how to influence development through Neighbourhood Plan policy.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neighbourhood-planning-a-practical-guide-tickets-388043477487

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🚨 BREAKING: Since 2010, farmland that could grow 250,000 tonnes of vegetables a year has been lost to development. 🚨

Our new report details how England's food security is at risk and what the gov't needs to do to protect it.

Read here 👇
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/we-call-for-land-strategy-and-new-planning-rules-to-guard-food-security

#LandForFood

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CPRE Staffs office and publicity manager, Sue Kneill-Boxley (on the left in the first picture) was one of the people nominated in recognition of their contribution to their local community who took part in the Queen's baton relay yesterday. Well done all!
https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/news/birmingham-2022-queens-baton-relay-to-visit-stafford-and-stone

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Our friends at @CPRE
The countryside charity are running an exciting PRIZE DRAW, with top prizes for Key Stages 1 & 2 to help them become hedgerow detectives, you have until the 1st of July to enter, good luck! 👍😁🦋🦔🐾🐝

👇https://www.countrysideclassroom.org.uk/resources/1687

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Have you seen fewer butterflies this year? Now is the time to take part in the @savebutterflies Big Butterfly Count, the world's biggest survey of butterflies.🦋
👉 http://bigbutterflycount.org

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We will be at the Gnosall Canal Festival this weekend. Come and say hello if you are in the area! It looks like a great day out.

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Happy National Cow Appreciation Day! We are celebrating with this beautiful photo of a Dexter Cow in Alton photographed by Ann Elphick and featuring on our small and large greetings cards that can be purchased from https://cpre-staffordshire.onlineweb.shop/

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Please see CPRE Staffordshire's new exciting volunteering opportunities https://www.cprestaffordshire.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering/ If you would like to join an effective charity working to protect, promote & enhance the beautiful & diverse countryside of Staffordshire, please take a look...

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Whether it's a meadow, woodland or common, our local green spaces offer huge benefits for both people and wildlife. 🌼 💚

Meet the campaigners and community groups who have come together to defend their local wild places. ✊ 👇
https://www.cpre.org.uk/stories/stepping-up-for-green-spaces/

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Well done Picknalls!

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We are at the Staffs County Show raffling this fabulous gardening set, kindly donated by Wolseley Bridge Garden Centre, for #nationalchildrensgardeningweek Tickets also from our online web shop https://cpre-staffordshire.onlineweb.shop/product/gardening-set-raffle

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This is an interesting article about the potential of green belts to help address many of the problems we are facing, from loss of wildlife to poor health.

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⭐ The results for #StarCount are in with over 2,500 counts submitted! ⭐

The data shows that the lockdown effect continues, with a significant drop in severe light pollution following a peak in 2020. 📉

Discover your count on our interactive map 👇
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/night-skies-outlook-is-bright-our-star-count-results-suggest/

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Thank you to Sports Journalism student, Ainu Mathew, for her film & report on CPRE Staffs inaugural #staffordshireway #staffordshireday relay challenge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVgLUi-wnnk

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More Staffordshire Way news - a team from @SupportStaffs will be walking the long-distance footpath over several weekends this spring and summer. All money raised will help them provide more support for local charities. https://www.justgiving.com/team/staffsway

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Well done to our brilliant team of relay runners! Together, they covered the whole 96 miles of the Staffordshire Way - from Mow Cop to Kinver - in just under 18.5 hours. #StaffordshireDay