Latest News & Events

1 July 2020

A VIRTUAL meeting of the GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE will be held on TUESDAY 7 JULY 2020 at 7:00pm.

A VIRTUAL meeting of the GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE will be held on TUESDAY 7 JULY 2020 at 7:00pm. To view the full agenda please visit: www.stonetowncouncil.gov.uk/years/2020-21/ The meeting will be streamed live on YouTube and members of the public are welcome to observe. View Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXHYe7pCvT-mVBouN3IUTWQ Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings […]

30 June 2020

Stone Town Council’s regular local market traders will be back in the High Street on Saturday

Stone Town Council’s regular local market traders will be back in the High Street on Saturday 4th July from 9 – 4pm. Signs have been added to the High Street to display social distancing guidelines for shoppers to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all, so come along and support our local market traders who […]

24 June 2020

HS2 Community Fund Webinar

Please see below an invitation/log in details to a community funds webinar on Thursday 25th June 2020. Funding is available to support local improvement projects for Staffordshire communities impacted by HS2. Please feel free to sign up or pass the details to anyone interested in submitting a bid. See: HS2in Staffordshire website: https://hs2instaffs.commonplace.is/news and events […]

15 June 2020

Stone High Street

Streetscene’s operatives have been busy putting down stickers in Stone High Street. The yellow stickers are a reminder to help shoppers adhere to social distancing measures of 2 metres and for people finding themselves having to queue the arrows will direct people which way to enter and exit the shops. As businesses reopen their doors […]

28 May 2020

Open letter to all key workers, volunteers and residents of Stone

Open letter to All key workers, volunteers and residents of Stone 28 May 2020 Good morning, As Stone Town Mayor, and on behalf of the Town Council, I would like to thank ALL Key Workers for their tireless efforts during these unprecedented and challenging times. We recognise that you have been working […]

12 May 2020

Stone Helpline

Stone Town Council is proud to be working with A Little Bit of Stone to provide the Stone Helpline which provides a telephone helpline and volunteer network to support vulnerable residents in Stone town. We would like to thank The Community Foundation for Staffordshire for contributing a grant to help set up and maintain the […]

18 March 2020

COVID-19 – Town Council Activities

The Town Council are taking the current health crisis very seriously and have reluctantly decided to reduce or curtail a number of its activities in order to protect residents, Councillors and staff. The Stone Station and Frank Jordan Community Centres will be closed from the end of this week until further notice. Limited provision from […]

18 March 2020

COVID-19 Telephone Helpline

Stone Town Council will be considering the viability of setting up a COVID-19 telephone helpline to support and coordinate the work of volunteers and local residents groups in the Stone area. The General Purposes Committee meeting on 24th March 2020 will consider working alongside Age Concern, a Little Bit of Stone and others to create […]

13 March 2020

Stone to commemorate 75th Anniversary of VE Day

Friday 8th May 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the day on which World War II in Europe ended. To mark the occasion, Stone Town Council will be inviting residents to celebrate with a range of programmed events and activities across the weekend. Friday 8th May Friday 8th May will see […]

20 February 2020

Annual Public Meeting on Thursday 16 April 2020

Annual Public Meeting Thursday 16 April 2020 at 7.00pm St Michael’s Suite, Frank Jordan Centre, Lichfield Street, Stone An opportunity for Stone electors to raise current issues in the town.

13 November 2019

Stone Christmas Lights Switch-On 2019

21st November 2019 will again see Stone Town Council organising and staging the annual switch-on of the town’s Christmas lights. The event, which opens at 5:00pm, will be compered by Samantha Lloyd, with the Snow Queen making an appearance at 5:30pm. A festive feel will be brought to the event at 6:00pm, when the Stone […]

30 October 2019

Remembrance Sunday Parade on 10 November 2019

The Annual Parade, together with Services of Remembrance at the War Memorial in Granville Square, and later at the Parish Church of St. Michael and St. Wulfad, will take place on Sunday 10th November. The arrangements are as follows: – 10.15 a.m. Parade Personnel to assemble at the bottom of the High Street. 10.35 […]

12 September 2019

Classic Car Event

Following last year’s successful event, Stone Town Council will again play host to a large collection of Classic Cars on Saturday 21st September. The event will take over the High Street and Market Square between 10:30am and 3:00pm. Local Resident Peter Cresswell of Stone Classic Car Group has coordinated his friends and colleagues bringing their […]

26 June 2019

Stone Music Festival – Saturday 13 th July 2019

Following its success in recent years, Stone Town Council are again organising a free music event in the town on Saturday, 13th July 2019. With the help of volunteer Tony Hollinshead a full programme of entertainment has been arranged between 10:00am and 9:00pm, including: • Busking Competition (entries still being accepted) • Christ Church Academy […]

20 June 2019

Events in Stone 2019

On Tuesday night, Stone Town Council agreed the calendar of planned events for 2019. The Town Council is again arranging the Music Festival, Stone by the Sea and the Classic Car Show, which have proved popular in previous years, alongside new events such as a performance by ‘Le Réveil Sablonnais Serrièrois’ Wind Orchestra, the Buzz […]

1 April 2019

Annual Public Meeting on Tuesday 16th April 2019

Annual Public Meeting Tuesday 16th April 2019 at 7.00pm St Michael’s Suite, Frank Jordan Centre, Lichfield Street, Stone An opportunity for Stone electors to raise current issues in the town.

9 January 2019

Support for Bus Services in Stone

Council Bus Services Trial Stone Town Council has been sponsoring a three month trial of four, once a week services between the town centre and each of the Aston Lodge, Stonefield, Walton and Cherryfields areas to help residents isolated by the withdrawal of former D&G bus routes. The services have been operated in conjunction with […]