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NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME HIDDEN GEM CELEBRATED AT PRESTIGIOUS TOURISM AWARDS

A NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME museum was highly commended at a prestigious tourism awards which attracted attention from all across Staffordshire. The Brampton Museum was shortlisted in each of the three categories it entered in the Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism and Good Food Awards recently – an annual event described as celebrating the crème-de-la-crème of Staffordshire tourism.  Winning Silver in the […]

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‘CIRCUS COMES HOME’ with New Vic and Upswing Team

The New Vic and award-winning circus company Upswing will begin an annual programme of work fusing contemporary circus with theatre, as they develop their longstanding relationship aiming to push the boundaries of the combined artform.   Highlights from the first year of the programme will include: Site specific performances of Upswing’s Circus Flavours for audiences and participants […]

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Shortlist for Tourism Awards Announced

More than 40 of Staffordshire’s best tourism and hospitality businesses will go head-to-head at the prestigious Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Awards 2023. More than 95 entries from across the county of Staffordshire have been whittled down for the next stage, which includes a potential mystery visit from the independent judges, to help decide […]

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Dementia-arts strategy recognised with national award

A collaborative project aiming to tackle loneliness amongst older people living at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme care village has been recognised with a national award win commending the positive impact on participants’ wellbeing, as well as the strategic creative approach to caring for those living with dementia. We Belong Together (WBT) was devised through Belong’s partnership with Liverpool’s […]

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Exhibition honouring father of modern circus in Newcastle-under-Lyme

The circus has come to Newcastle-under-Lyme as a new exhibition paying homage to Philip Astley, the father of modern circus, opens at the Belong Heritage Gallery. Opening to great fanfare, multi-skilled performer and illusionist, Andrew Van Buren, played ringmaster, with mayor, Councillor Gillian Burnett, local schoolchildren, and Belong’s customers, joining for a masterclass in circus […]

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Queen’s Baton Relay visits BELONG Newcastle-under-Lyme

Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme helped to mark the start of the two-day North Staffordshire tour of The Queen’s Baton Relay and welcomed the baton by fusing history and modern-day community spirit in the lead-up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which start on the 28th July. Belong co-founder, Tracy Paine, who was recently awarded an MBE for services […]

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Special Events to celebrate the Queen’s Baton Relay coming to Newcastle-under-Lyme

THE Queen’s Baton Relay is coming to Newcastle-under-Lyme… On Monday 18 July, the Queen’s Baton will visit the borough in the run-up to the start of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Events organised to mark this unique visit to the borough will include Keele University, Belong specialist care village, Harecastle’s historic canal and tunnel and Newchapel […]

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Queen’s Baton Relay to visit Four locations in Newcastle-under-Lyme

The route that the Queen’s Baton will take in FOUR Newcastle-under-Lyme locations in JULY… As part of a national announcement of the route through England, the four locations that the Baton will visit in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, on 18 July, are the Belong Heritage Gallery and Keele University campus, in Newcastle, and the Harecastle […]

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Love for Newcastle-under-Lyme in NEW tourism campaign

Staffordshire’s official tourist board is launching a new online campaign to celebrate the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Enjoy Staffordshire has organised the Love Newcastle promotion to coincide with the anniversary of the birth of Philip Astley, the Father of the Modern Circus, who was born in the borough on 8 January 1742. The campaign will run […]