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A mental health helpline set up in response to the second national lockdown caused by the COVID 19 pandemic has received more than 11,000 calls since it first began operating at the beginning of November 2020. During December 2020 helpline staff dealt with 5,498 calls from people struggling with their mental health, with 124 of […]
What exactly is community? Here Adam Gratton discusses his view on “Community” in his latest Guest Blog for Baba Baboon… We all use the word Community & no doubt have each got our own idea of what we think it is, but in this current world, is what we think it is, doing our […]
Expert Citizens is a Community Interest Company led by people with lived experience of homelessness, mental ill- health, addiction, domestic abuse, poverty or histories of offending behaviour. Expert Citizens have been hosting the National Insight Awards since 2015 as part of the VOICES partnership. Stoke-on-Trent is one of twelve area across the country that received […]
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is poised to act quickly to distribute one-off top up grants designed to help borough businesses through the latest Coronavirus restrictions. The Government has announced that businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors across the country are to receive individual cash payments worth up to £9,000 – payable per premises based […]
The bottle oven has long-been an iconic symbol of the Potteries, with around 2,000 existing across Stoke-on-Trent at their peak. These huge brick-built structures were an essential tool in pottery manufacture and were the dominant feature of the area’s landscape for many years. But environmental legislation, starting with the Clean Air Act of 1956, and the […]
Images detailing the proposed new home for Stoke-on-Trent’s City Central Library have been unveiled. Plans have been submitted for the large ground floor space at Two Smithfield, with the aim of offering a modern, inviting, flexible facility that can attract more families. The relocated library would include two levels – with a mezzanine floor created […]
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has secured more than £11million in a landmark bid to change the shape of the town centre. The news is the result of a successful bid by the Council to the Future High Streets Fund and has been warmly welcomed by the Council’s Leader, Simon Tagg, who said: “This is just amazing […]
Voluntary and community groups awarded £83,000 in grants to continue to provide important support to city residents through the coronavirus pandemic. Stoke-on-Trent City Council announced 41 groups are to receive funding through the latest wave of its community and voluntary grants fund. The authority has allocated £50,000 to the fund, which has been matched by […]
2020 was a bit of a nightmare for live music in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle and…well, everywhere. But there are plenty of reasons for optimism as the new year is upon us – here Jamie Summerfield looks ahead into 2021. City centre live music venues like The Sugarmill and The Underground are gearing up to stage socially […]
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