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Wassail 2026 Report
We held our first Wassail Event in late January 2026 to wake up the apples in Leek's community orchards. A traditional practice that goes back about 1000 years was brought up to date by the first appearance of the Staffordshire Moorlands' very own six -foot high Curlew.
Report on our Climate and Biodiversity Youth Conference 2025
What a great day it was! Our ‘Mini COP’ was held in November at the same time as the International COP 30 event in Brazil, with 50 students from a range of schools across the Moorlands.
Follow this link for more details.
HuG 2025 Report
Our fifth Green Arts Festival (HuG) was a great success, helped along of course by glorious weather and the fabulous contributions of all our wonderful stallholders, entertainers, volunteers and of course the brilliant Foxlowe Café and staff. Also the brilliant Hedge Heads who were right in line with our hedgerows theme. Many thanks to Derek Hillyer, our Leek Mayor, and Bill Lomas, Town Crier, who set it off on a flying start.
Report on Moorlands Wild Week 2025
We've been running Wild Weeks with schools since 2022. This year our theme was on The Lost Words book, the aim being to help children re-connect with, learn about and appreciate aspects of Nature; for example, the wildlife, flowers and plants found on their Moorlands doorstep, whose names are dropping out of dictionaries.
Read about our overall plans here, along with a report of one of the sessions, run by Forest School leader, Lorna Stoddart.
Energy Day 2023 Report
The second of two Energy Days that we held in Spring 2022 and 2023 is reported here. It had a lively mix of speakers from Staffordshire and beyond (including Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham) and focused on the following themes:
- Fabric first: basic energy solutions for your house/home
- How to reduce your energy use: a talk plus Q&A
- Domestic energy: the next steps
- An energy future for the Moorlands Staffordshire, and the region.
Report on our 2025 AGM
As ever, there was a lively discussion at our most recent AGM in late 2025, with lots to reflect on and a range of plans for the future.
Follow this link for more details.
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Safeguarding Documents
At MCA, we take Safeguarding very seriously. Here are a couple of key documents to advise you. If you are in doubt or have any safeguarding concerns, please contact one of our key safeguarding leads - either Sally Perry or Moira McCourt for general MCA events, especially where children are concerned, and Claire Barnett for our Repair Cafes.
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Guidance FAQs - What do I do if I have any safeguarding concerns?