
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)…

Young Musicians of the year
Young Stoke-on-Trent musicians have been recognised in an annual competition.
Organised by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council run City Music Service, schools and colleges across the city were invited to put their top talent forward for this year's…

Belong at Home recognised for outstanding service
Belong at Home, the home care service provided by not-for-profit care village operator Belong, is celebrating being ranked in the top 20 home care groups in the UK for a fourth consecutive year by a leading online reviews site.
Operating…

Men Unite receive financial boost to help with mental health services
A growing men’s mental health support group based in North Staffordshire has received a major financial boost thanks to bereaved families from Newcastle- under-Lyme.
The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM) has donated…

National Lottery funding secured for Staffordshire History Centre
Over a thousand years of Staffordshire’s history is to be brought to life in an exciting new heritage project for the county.
Bringing together three incredible collections from the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service, the County…

Free holiday activities and food for Staffordshire families in need
Thousands of Staffordshire school children will receive nearly £1.5 million of free meals and access to holiday activities this summer.
More than twenty thousand children and young people, who are in receipt of benefits related to free school…

Webinars to help make Clearing Clearer at Staffordshire University
A series of webinars are being held by Staffordshire University to help with decisions on applying for university courses.
‘Is Clearing For Me?’ and ‘Clearing Advice for Career Changers’ are two of the webinars being hosted by Staffordshire…

Refurbished statue of Wolstanton war hero unveiled
A damaged sculpture of a heroic soldier from Wolstanton has been restored to its former glory thanks to the generosity of a local resident.
The Council has repaired the wood carving – honouring Tom Brown Tivey who fought in the First World…

Community pen pal project inspires Middleport mural
A stunning new mural - shaped and chosen by residents - can be seen in Middleport thanks to a ‘pen pal’ inspired partnership project between the New Vic Theatre-led Creative People and Places programme Appetite, community group Middleport…

Improvement works to city road as part of wider transformation plan
Over £1.5m of improvement works are set to begin on a major road between Stoke on-Trent railway station and the city centre.
The improvements are being made to Boughey Road as part of the wider Transforming Cities Fund Programme (TCF), which…

Magical Summer Wonderland at the New Vic
The New Vic will transform the grounds of the theatre and their auditorium into a magical summer wonderland from Friday 16 July until Saturday 7 August for Coppelia – A Mystery - a brand new adaptation of the classic story that’s set to…
