
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)…

£83,000 boost to voluntary and community groups
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…

150,000 rapid result coronavirus tests to be rolled out in Stoke-on-Trent
More than 150,000 rapid result coronavirus kits are set to be rolled out in the biggest community testing programme of its kind in the Stoke-on-Trent.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has taken stock of hundreds of boxes of the lateral flow tests…

£556,000 already given to voluntary and community groups – And advice for supermarkets
Voluntary and community groups across the city are already benefiting from more than £500,000 of funding to help them provide crucial services to residents through the coronavirus, with more to follow.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has moved…

People in Stoke-on-Trent urged to get tested ahead of festive break
People in Stoke-on-Trent are being urged to get tested ahead of the festive break.
The advice from the city’s leading public health expert comes following news that Stoke-on-Trent remains in the top 10 for the highest number of coronavirus…

£1m scheme to help ensure 18,460 children do not go hungry this winter
Thousands of schoolchildren, vulnerable families, homeless people, and voluntary and community groups are to benefit from a £1m scheme to support residents over the winter months.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has secured £1.083m from the government’s…

Leisure facilities and markets open
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…

Mental health helpline supporting hundreds of calls for help
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…

Further grants available to Voluntary and Community Groups
Voluntary and community groups in Stoke-on-Trent are being given the chance to apply for a further £50,000 in funding to help them continue to deliver services through the coronavirus.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council launched a new grant fund…

Lateral flow coronavirus tests and 250 businesses apply for grants
Almost 1,000 nurses, frontline council workers and other public sector staff have trailed new lateral flow coronavirus tests in the city, ahead of a national roll-out.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been working closely with the Department…

#StokeonTrentTogether support service extended to seven days a week
An initiative which was set up between Stoke on Trent City and voluntary sector partner VAST to support vulnerable people- #StokeonTrentTogether - has been extended to provide support seven days a week between 9am to 5pm.
Redeployed libraries…