
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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

#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…

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…

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…

Mental Health Helpline 24/7
A mental health helpline set up in response to the second national lockdown caused by the COVID 19 pandemic has received more than 11,000 calls since it first began operating at the beginning of November 2020.
During December 2020 helpline…

New Lockdown Business Grants welcomed by Borough Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is poised to act quickly to distribute one-off top up grants designed to help borough businesses through the latest Coronavirus restrictions.
The Government has announced that businesses in the retail, hospitality…