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New app to help improve children’s health

Families in Staffordshire are being urged to download a new app to help improve their children’s health. The new NHS Food Scanner App helps families to swap food and drink that are higher in sugar and saturated fat to healthier alternatives. With…
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Residents encouraged to join in on health conversation

Residents are being asked to join the conversation on a vision for a healthier Staffordshire. The Staffordshire Health and Wellbeing Board has launched a public conversation on their new draft strategy to improve the health and wellbeing…
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Etruscan Square – New name for City Centre development

The name fora new multi-million-pound city centre redevelopment in Stoke-on-Trent has been revealed. Etruscan Square, which will incorporate a new conference centre and event space, will be the largest regeneration project witnessed in the…
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Multi-million pound investment planned for Staffordshire

More than £350 million is to be invested in Staffordshire in the next 12 months as part of the County Council’s spending programme. Planned spending includes business development, school expansion and town centre regeneration projects,…
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Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty welcomes Government’s Landscapes Review

The Cannock Chase AONB Partnership has welcomed the Government’s response tothe Landscapes Review: National Parks and AONBs The Partnership were particularly delighted to hear the news from the review - which - was an independent review…
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New ‘Safe and Sure on the road’ campaign

Meet drivers Graham Hutton and Sally Sutton, who are backing a new campaign to help keep mature drivers safer on the roads. The duo have teamed up with the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership for the ‘Safe and Sure – on the road’ campaign…
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Nearly £100,000 funding awarded to help those most in need over Christmas in Stoke-on-Trent

Nearly £100,000 has been awarded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to help those most in need over Christmas in the city.  £40,000 has been given to Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank, which will allow the service to provide urgent food provision over…
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NSCG welcomes £13 million Government investment for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Institute of Technology

A bid led by Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) to develop a Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Institute of Technology has received approval from the Department for Education. The £13M Institute of Technology (IoT) development…
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Free holiday activities and food for children most in need this Christmas

School pupils across Stoke-on-Trent will receive free hot meals and access to a range of activities over the Christmas holidays. Children across the city will benefit from a range of fun and educational activities and food thanks to a unique…
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Staffordshire Councils agree collaboration programme and County Deal proposal

Nine Staffordshire councils have pledged to work closer together and pursue a County Deal with Government under its ‘Levelling Up’ agenda. Staffordshire council leaders are pledging to work closer than ever on the economy, skills and…
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Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme announces enhanced Real Living Wage

Leading dementia care operator, Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme, will extend its starting salary to a minimum of £10 per hour starting in the New Year, meaning colleagues will be rewarded with pay above the Real Living Wage.   From…
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Shortlist for tourism awards announced

Thirty-seven of the county’s best tourism and hospitality businesses will go head-to-head at theprestigious Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Awards 2021-22. More than 80 entries from across Staffordshire have been whittled down…
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Help change a life this Christmas by fostering a child in need of a loving home

This festive period Stoke-on-Trent City Council is urging its resident to think about fostering as 973 children will be care in this Christmas. No matter how often a person can foster - short term, weekends or emergencies only, foster carers…
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FREE Cloud Skills training programme to help individuals restart their career

Staffordshire University is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver AWS re/Start, a free, full-time, skills-based development and training programme that prepares individuals for careers in the cloud and connects them to potential…
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Team work for Tree Planting in the City

An initiative to plant thousands of trees across Stoke-on-Trent is well underway. Stoke-on-Trent City Council partnered with Water Plus - which has its main office in the Riverside Park complex in Stoke-on-Trent, and is supporting the tree…