Cheadle Community Organsations Group
COGNEWS
Connecting Cheadle
March 14, 2025
Highways crews treat polar bears to a favourite toys
Highways crews in Staffordshire Moorlands have gone the extra mile by delivering a truckload of fun for some very special residents at Peak Wildlife Park.
To celebrate International Polar Bear Day on 27 February, crews donated a truckload of damaged traffic cones to the park, where they have been repurposed as toys for two polar bear cubs, Nanook and Noori. The pair wasted no time getting stuck in - tossing the cones into the air, gnawing on them, and devouring all the tasty treats concealed inside.
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Important Update
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Free Training
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Local Life
- Cheadle & District Pensioners are planning an exciting year ahead
Cheadle in the 60's
- Exploring the History of Cheadle Market: What Was It Like in the 1960s?
Walking Festival
- Announcing the 2025 Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival
Free Bike Marking
- Bike marking and Police Surgery Saturday 8th March
Environmental Film Festival
- Earth Stories Film Festival 2025
Police Appeal
- Woman arrested after officers search Moorlands house
Neighbourhood News
- Neighbourhood Watch News
College News
- Business & Economics at Painsley Catholic College
Planning for Cheadle
- The Importance of Preserving Greenfield Sites in Cheadle: A Call to Action
New Green Award
- Midlands Sustainability Excellence Awards Announced
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International Women's Day
- Outside Arts Announces New Project for Women
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Finance News
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Market Update
- Views sought on Cheadle market
Learn & Do
- Lots to do at Cheadle U3A
School News
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Green News
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Free Business Workshop
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What is Cog?
How does COG benefit Cheadle?
Cheadle COG or Community Organisations Group is a collaboration between local churches, community leaders, charities, groups and the NHS to work together for improving and enriching services in the Cheadle Staffordshire area.
Cheadle has been a community for over 1000 years and today is a vibrant, creative, and caring town.
When organisations come together something wonderful happens, services improve, people have a better voice, residents and organisations become happier and healthier for the connection. COG exists to create those connections.
How can I get involved?
If you are an organisation or service provider you can register your organisation on this site. This will connect you to COG
If you are a resident you can see events, look for volunteering opportunities, financial support, find an organisation or and much more.
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from our Editor
Hello everyone,
COGNEWS continues to go from strength to strength with over 50 organisations now sending in their news regularly; an average of 3 daily posts and new lead stories for each segment at least once a week. We are thankful to all who contribute to our vibrant town. Sponsorship is starting to take shape, which is vital for our continued work, and we think the website is looking/performing better than ever.
That said, there will be some further category and style changes which will better help people navigate the online pages and enrich the publications. Email subscriptions are live, and we are starting to see the benefits of this. The print copy continues to be a challenge, with both the production and the distribution teams struggling the past few weeks due to a shortage of volunteers. We are currently addressing how we best reach our audiences in a cost-effective and timely way. Part of that rethink is the removal of many of the COGBOXES, which will soon be replaced with posters, surgeries, and workshops and member-led print. This will better connect the team to our town and enable the members to make money from COGNEWS, something which we always intended. This will not affect the sponsored copies, and we will be seeking postal subscribers in earnest from the end of March.
Thank you for supporting our community group, and please continue to steer us towards a better town.
Lori Wood Williams
Editor, Cheadle Resident, Mum & Town Councillor
