Speaking Up for the Town
Care for Cleveleys is not a political or campaigning group. But in the absence of a Town Council we find ourselves, from time to time, Speaking Up for the Town.
We always try to work collaboratively and in partnership – with public sector, business and other groups. It’s much more pleasant and rewarding to resolve issues in an amicable manner.
But sometimes speaking up for the town – for what’s right and fair – is the only option. And that’s where Care for Cleveleys comes in. As a large online community of people who care passionately about the town, our Facebook Group provides a large collective voice when we need to speak out.
Here’s what we’ve spoken out about –
Marks and Spencer Foodhall moving to Norcross
M&S is planning to build a large new food store at Norcross roundabout and close the Cleveleys store. There are many reasons why closing Cleveleys is a bad idea. In January 2025 we started a campaign and online petition to try to persuade the multi-national that a Cleveleys food store should remain open.
> Read all the details about M&S in Cleveleys here
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Closure of the NatWest Bank
In January 2025 the NatWest released details of branches they are closing all over the country – of which Cleveleys is one. Our online petition probably won’t make one scrap of difference but we’ve had the satisfaction of registering our displeasure.
> Read about the closure of Cleveleys NatWest
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Repair of the Seafront Railings
The town’s patience ran out in 2021 when highways authority Lancashire County Council just wouldn’t apply themselves to mending the seafront railings. So we mounted a bit of a campaign to speed up the process! Various members of the public wrote poems about the long-standing state of the fence. Together with a gallery of prose it did the trick and the fence was repaired.
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Saving the Clock Shelter
And the thing that started all of this Care for Cleveleys malarkey in the first place! Way back in 2014 our much-loved Clock Shelter looked just about ready for falling over. It was the public campaign to save it which kick-started the momentum for the Care for Cleveleys movement.