Entries by Baba

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New Location for Emmaus North Staffs

A North Staffordshire charity is moving to a new location in Hanley City Centre. Emmaus North Staffs is moving its social enterprise from Cannon Street, Hanley to a 5,000 sq ft shop on the lower-ground floor of the Potteries Centre which will specialise in quality second-hand clothing, shoes, books, music, film, bric-a-brac and various items of furniture for the […]

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Queen’s Baton Relay visiting Stoke-on-Trent

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay is confirmed to visit Stoke-on-Trent during its final journey through England this summer, as the full route is revealed. Birmingham 2022 is hosting the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay – a journey which brings together and celebrates communities across the Commonwealth during the build up to the Games. In […]

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Foster carers take centre stage for national campaign

Staffordshire’s foster carers are taking centre stage for Foster Care Fortnight celebrations.  Bonny Sandford and Jayne Vause are leading the county’s celebrations for the annual event – which started on 9 May 2022 –  to raise the profile of fostering and highlight the urgent need for more foster carers. This year’s theme is ‘Fostering Communities’, […]

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Shortlist for Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2022

Poetry, two crime novels and a novella have made the shortlist for this year’s Arnold Bennett Book Prize. The international prize, which was established in 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Bennett, attracted many entries including from a number of nationally-known authors. This year’s prize is for books published during […]

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Local care village operator to feature in Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Album

Not-for-profit care village operator and dementia specialist Belong, which has a location on Lower Street, in Newcastle-under-Lyme –  has been chosen to feature in the official publication of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations alongside other organisations selected for their exceptional contributions to UK society and culture in the past 70 years. Her Majesty The Queen: […]

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Thousands Celebrate Staffordshire Day

Thousands of people from across Staffordshire turned out for the county’s seventh Staffordshire Day celebrations which took place on Sunday 1 May. A film festival, artisan markets and Instameets were amongst the events and activities which took place. This year’s theme was the great outdoors, highlighting the county’s outstanding scenery and urban green spaces and […]

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