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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)…

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Community News, Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Primary school shows support for keyworkers with home project

Pupils from Bursley Academy have been creating scarecrows with thank you messages specifically for keyworkers. Staff at Bursley Academy, in Bradwell came up with the idea as a way for pupils, and their families, to get involved in an activity…

Community News, Local News, Stoke-on-Trent

VE Celebrations ONLINE

A string of activities have been put together to help celebrate VE Day at home. Stoke-on-Trent City Council services have come up with several activities and are asking residents to share tributes, stories and photographs on social media of…

Community News, Local Information, Local News, Staffordshire News

Angels Group Video Thanks Keyworkers

A group video sing-along of the Robbie Williams anthem Angels - to say thank you to the nation’s keyworkers - has been released to mark Staffordshire Day. More than 150 people from Staffordshire, including nurses and carers, recorded videos…

Local Information, Stoke-on-Trent

#StokeonTrent Together campaign supporting thousands

A campaign to support vulnerable households through the coronavirus outbreak has received 5,000 calls and issued nearly 3,000 food parcels. #StokeonTrent Together - an initiative by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and voluntary sector partner…

Community News, Local News, Staffordshire News

Social Enterprise pledges to help rebuild and connect community after lockdown

A social enterprise has been awarded £50,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to help rebuild and connect communities in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire to not just survive but thrive after lockdown. Counter Community is an…

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Community News, Local Information, Local News, Stoke-on-Trent

Micro-Grants available to Creative Groups

Micro-grants of up to £200 have been launched to help not-for-profit creative groups in Stoke-on-Trent share their creativity with people feeling isolated during the Covid-19 Pandemic, as part of #GetCreativeAtHome. Stoke-on-Trent City…

Community News, Kidsgrove, Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Sports Survey Underway for Kidsgrove Sports Centre

Visible signs have appeared which symbolise further progress with exciting plans to refurbish Kidsgrove Sports Centre. Willmott Dixon has installed its first welfare cabin on site as additional survey work gets underway. The major construction…

Local Information, Stoke-on-Trent

Business Grants hailed and vital Survey launched

Businesses across the city have hailed a grant scheme administered by the city council as a lifeline to get them through the coronavirus outbreak. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given out around £30m in small business grants to support local…

Business News, Occupational Health, Staffordshire News

Phoenix Occupational Health split services to volunteer for the NHS

A Stoke-on-Trent business owner and her staff have joined the NHS fight against Covid-19 while continuing to offer vital Occupational Health Advice to local companies. Lyndsey Marchant, an experienced former Royal Navy nurse, runs Phoenix…

Community News, Local News, Staffordshire News, Uncategorised

Sing for our Angels and Feature in special video honouring keyworkers

VOLUNTEERS are being invited to record themselves singing Robbie Williams' biggest hit - Angels - in a special tribute to keyworkers. Organisers of tourism group Enjoy Staffordshire, have been granted permission to use the 1997 hit track…

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