
Season’s Greetings Review
An extended family combined with Christmas chaos, creates comedy gold in Season's Greetings at the New Vic theatre thanks to genius Alan Ayckbourn.
As Christmas Eve gets underway finishing touches to the decorations at Neville (Matt Addis)…

Dementia-arts strategy recognised with national award
A collaborative project aiming to tackle loneliness amongst older people living at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme care village has been recognised with a national award win commending the positive impact on participants' wellbeing, as well as the…

Belong appoints Head of Dementia and Care Quality
Specialist dementia care provider, Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme, has named leading dementia expert, Caroline Baker as head of dementia and care quality, a newly created role with a focus on driving the not-for-profit organisation's dementia strategy…

New Business Manager for Local Home Care Provider
Not-for-profit care village operator Belong has appointed Andrew Shield as Business Manager for the organisation’s growing home care service, Belong at Home, which has a local base at the state-of-the-art village in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
In…

Fundraising Lunch for Staffordshire Bereavement Charity
Local businesses are joining together for a charity lunch to help to raise awareness for Stafford and District Bereavement and Loss Support Service.
Personal Stylist and image consultant Allison Buckley along with Lynn Sumner from Tropic…

Exhibition honouring father of modern circus in Newcastle-under-Lyme
The circus has come to Newcastle-under-Lyme as a new exhibition paying homage to Philip Astley, the father of modern circus, opens at the Belong Heritage Gallery.
Opening to great fanfare, multi-skilled performer and illusionist, Andrew Van…

Belong paints a picture of the importance of arts in care
Residents at Belong in Newcastle-under-Lyme have been creating their own artwork as part of an initiative which celebrates the National Day of Arts in Care Homes.
For this year's ‘Field of Flowers' theme, the Lower Street village's customers,…

Belong appoints Chief Operating Officer
Sue Goldsmith has been appointed to the post of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at not-for-profit care provider, Belong, which operates eight dementia care villages and home care services across the North West including Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme…

Local Care Village Operator Ranked in UK Top 20
Specialist dementia care village operator Belong, which has a location on Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been listed as a Top 20 Mid-size Care Home Group by leading online review site Carehome.co.uk
The rankings are based on verified…

Sporting spirit in Newcastle-under-Lyme
As Birmingham bid farewell to the Commonwealth Games, residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme continued its legacy with their own sports day inspired by the Queen's Baton Relay visit to their home, last month.
Residents at Belong care village on…

COMMUNITY PIANO COMPETITION with EMMAUS NORTH STAFFS
Shoppers visiting a North Staffordshire charity shop are invited to show off their musical talents for a brand new competition.
Four years ago Emmaus North Staffs received a fascinating donation of a high quality piano which took up home at…