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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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City Schools receive donation to support covid-19 recovery

TEN schools located in some of the most deprived parts of the city in Stoke-on-Trent were supplied with a donation to buy urgent IT equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the midst of lockdown, Genr8 Developments, who work with Stoke-on-Trent…
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As Coronavirus restrictions lift – find out how council services will work to protect customers and staff in Stoke-on-Trent

Public health leaders in Stoke-on-Trent are urging residents to be cautious and to consider continuing to wear face coverings and socially distance, especially in busy places, as national coronavirus restrictions lifted. It comes as Stoke-on-Trent…
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188 Covid-19 volunteers trained at Staffordshire University

St John Ambulance has presented Staffordshire University with a plaque as a thank you for hosting training for 188 COVID-19 vaccination volunteers at its Stoke-on-Trent campus. In January, Staffordshire University opened its doors for St…
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15,000 food vouchers to support families during half-term,

The latest in a series of initiatives to support residents through the impact of the coronavirus sees more than 15,000 food vouchers available to families for May half-term. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is using money from the government’s…
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New grant scheme sees £11.5m allocated to businesses to support reopening

Businesses across Stoke-on-Trent that have had to remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic have been given a cash boost to help them reopen their doors – and £11.5 million has already been paid to 1,769 of them. Stoke-on-Trent City…
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#StokeonTrentTogether continuing support

A year on since the first national lockdown, 20,500 calls have been made to the #StokeonTrentTogether helpline with 140,000 proactive welfare calls made to 30,000 households across the city. #StokeonTrentTogether was formed by Stoke-on-Trent…
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Community Collect launched across council run COVID-19 testing venues

Residents living in households containing a child attending schools or staff member will be able to collect rapid coronavirus tests to use at home, known as lateral flow tests, from 13 community testing venues. Stoke-on-Trent City Council applied…
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Hanley Town Football Club offering community Covid-19 testing

Hanley Town Football Club is to become the latest venue in Stoke-on-Trent to host COVID-19 rapid result testing for residents. The community testing centre will begin on Saturday 30 January, at the club and will be open seven days a week,…
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Further £50,000 of funding for Stoke-on-Trent Voluntary and community groups

Voluntary and community groups (VCS) across the city are to benefit from a further £50,000 of funding to help them provide crucial services to residents through the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative follows a previous successful grant…
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Further support grant available for Stoke-on-Trent based businesses

Stoke-on-Trent businesses are set to receive a further grant to help them through the coronavirus pandemic, under phase two of the ‘Additional Restrictions Grant’. This comes as phase one of the fund saw a total of £266,488 allocated…