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Shapes Health and Leisure at Fenton Manor and Dimensions Leisure Centre welcomed back members on 2 December. The two Stoke-on-Trent city council-run gyms reopened with strict Covid-secure measures in place after national lockdown restrictions lifted. The return of these services is part of a phased reopening of leisure centre facilities and will be in line with […]
Paul Moffatt started at Furniture Mine 15 years ago as a volunteer – a role he opted for after finding himself homeless and living on the streets in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Paul knows all too well how valuable volunteering is and also, how important essential furniture can have a real positive impact on someone’s life. Here […]
A memorial garden in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, complete with sculptures, is to be home to an international effort to remember the tragic events which befell the small Czechoslovakian town of Lidice during the early part of the Second World War. Article by Adam Gratton Local community champions and business owners Alan, and Cllr Cheryl, […]
Community supermarket Affordable Foods Stoke have teamed up with Newcastle-under-Lyme Markets, along with BabaBaboon, to deliver a celebration of local and small independent businesses. The open air event will take place on The Stones market on Thursday 17 December and aims to showcase independent businesses and organisations of Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Duane Barrett, whose wife […]
Young people who are looking for a career in the construction industry are being urged to apply now for a place at Staffordshire’s first roofing career pathway. Rydale Roofing recently unveiled plans to launch the Building Futures Stoke-on-Trent Roofing Hub in a partnership with Juniper Training. With 15 local building and roofing contractors pledging support […]
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has won £29 million of Government funding to improve the city’s transport network and revolutionise how residents get around. The council has been awarded the money following a successful bid to the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund. It will fund an overall package of works expected to be around £36 million […]
A Stoke-on-Trent couple are helping authors to publish their books after they set up new business ‘Author Help’ during the pandemic. Robin and Jen Phillips, (pictured) from Burslem, have set up ‘Author Help’ to help writers publish the books they’ve written during lockdown. Robin, 50, had already self-published nearly a dozen of his own military […]
The first visible signs of action have appeared following a £750,000 Government windfall to boost residents’ health and well-being in Kidsgrove. A scheme to upgrade a popular park in the town is the first among an exciting package of approved capital projects to get off the ground since an advanced Town Deal payment was officially […]
A 24-hour mental health helpline launched at the beginning of the second national lockdown has already received and supported more than 400 calls for help. The helpline, established by Stoke-on-Trent City Council with Brighter Futures, has received 431* calls from residents struggling with their mental health, with 33* of these calls being from residents who […]
Bin men in Stoke-on-Trent can look forward to a well-earned break this year – as the city council has announced its revised bin collection dates for the Christmas period. Residents will receive normal collections up to and including Christmas Eve (Thursday 24 Dec), and bins which would normally have been collected on Friday (Christmas Day) […]
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