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Emma-Leigh Hayes is a freelance Watercolour, Acrylic and Digital artist living in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire. She creates custom art for her clients, be that painting the beloved family pet or a secret mushroom forest. Here in her first Guest Blog for BabaBaboon Emma-Leigh shares her experience of starting a full-time arts business during a pandemic. “Art […]
Organisers of the UK’s biggest charity skipping challenge are inviting the people of Staffordshire to join in with celebrities and sports stars in helping to raise awareness for mental health. The Jump4Health campaign has been organised by Sports Traider – a national charity which works with young people to help them gain employment and sporting opportunities. […]
A new funding opportunity is open for applications from organisations across Stoke-on-Trent. The fund, which totals £3 million, aims to support people, businesses and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the future UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The Community Renewal Fund invests in skills, community and […]
AN exciting programme of events and activities are to take place on Staffordshire Day 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the sixth annual Staffordshire Day, organised by Enjoy Staffordshire with the help of Staffordshire County Council and other local authority partners, is taking place mostly online, with a packed schedule of craft workshops, quizzes, guided […]
Staffordshire’s Poet Laureate Mel Wardle Woodend is the latest to back this year’s Staffordshire Day celebrations on Saturday 1 May. Mel promises a host of poetry activities including a poetry film, an online recital of a specially commissioned poem and a Zoom call with local poets. Mel’s film ‘Echoes’, which she produced with fellow poet […]
Staffordshire authors are taking to the virtual stage for this year’s celebrations for Staffordshire Day on Saturday 1 May. Book Chats, which are being organised by Staffordshire County Council’s Libraries Service will bring together some of the county’s most popular authors with crime thrillers, sci-fi, comedy and non-fiction amongst the topics up for discussion in […]
Businesses across Stoke-on-Trent that have had to remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic have been given a cash boost to help them reopen their doors – and £11.5 million has already been paid to 1,769 of them. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is allocating grants to non-essential businesses including those in the retail, sports and leisure, […]
Children, parents and teachers are being encouraged to travel to school by bike, foot or scooter as part of a national campaign. Organised by the walking and cycling charity Sustrans and backed by Staffordshire County Council, the Big Pedal 2021 started on 19 April. Staffordshire continues to lead the way when it comes to encouraging […]
Actor Neil Morrissey has recorded a message of love to the county as Staffordshire Day approaches. The Stafford-born star, known for his work in The Syndicate, Line of Duty, and Men Behaving Badly, threw his weight behind the Love Letters to Staffordshire campaign, a new way for people to show their pride in the county […]
Clough Street – a busy throughfare used by pedestrians between the main shopping and dining area in Stoke-on-Trent City Centre and Tesco Extra, has been transformed, thanks to colourful and vibrant murals. As part of Stoke-on-Trent City Centre BID’s Operation Sparkle – an all-important project to considerably improve our city centre by working with partners […]
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