
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)…

Over £1m of funding set to be granted to continue the children’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme
Following on from its previous success the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is set to continue throughout 2021 and 2022.
Over 4,500 children were supported under the HAF activities in Stoke-on-Trent during Easter and now cabinet…

Foster carers share their stories as part of national campaign
Foster carers from across Staffordshire are leading a new campaign to help highlight the urgent need to find more foster families.
Every year, tens of thousands of children across the UK need someone to provide foster care and in Staffordshire…

WHY Baba Baboon? – with founder Sonya Farrall
Baba Baboon is all about Community, Business & Charity News in one... Here Creative Director & Founder of Baba Baboon, Sonya Farrall gives an insight into why...
Why the name? What is Baba Baboon? - questions which I have often been…

Bringing a Festival Guide to Newcastle-under-Lyme
The team behind events including Manchester Pride, the Elrow and UK Festival Awards are aiming to put Newcastle-under-Lyme on the map with a brand-new event.
Newcastle based events specialist GoTo Live are launching a four-day street food…

Charity Landau scoop prestigious Award – plus news on their We See You campaign
Stoke-on-Trent based charity Landau has received recognition at the highest level after being awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
The charity, which has provided supported employment and training services to a range of individuals…

Queen’s Award for YMCA North Staffordshire
A North Staffordshire charity is celebrating after receiving a prestigious national award.
YMCA North Staffordshire, which has operated within the city for more than 170 years, has been selected for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in its…

China plate inspires 1,000th Potters ’Arf entrant to claim prize with hundreds signing up
More than 1,000 runners and walkers have signed up for this year’s Potters ’Arf Marathon.
Entries have been pouring in, with the figure now about 200 up on the 2019 and 2020 figures at the same stage (5 may 2021).
In total, 1,052…

Open House coffee mornings to encourage community connections
The Open House Café, a new initiative by the New Vic Theatre and their Creative People and Places programme Appetite, will offer people living in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent an opportunity to connect with their fellow community…

Thousands join online activities for Staffordshire Day celebrations
A film festival, a virtual market to support local businesses, love letters and author talks were amongst the events for today’s Staffordshire Day celebrations.
Thousands of people from across the county joined over 50 online events and…

Local radio station installs lifesaving equipment for the community
A lifesaving defibrillator has been installed at local community radio station - The Hitmix.
The AED Donate equipment has been installed outside of the radio station - which is located at Alsagers Bank, in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Charity…
