Tag Archive for: Stoke-on-Trent

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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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Working from Home with Children – Guest Blog by Claire Nicoll

What to expect when you’re working from home with children around - Guest blog by Claire Nicoll, from Work Best Claire embraces and advocates for flexible working. She has worked from home since before home working was trendy! Having achieved…
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Gareth Gates to star in Footloose at The Regent Theatre

Gareth Gates will join the cast of Footloose The Musical as Willard, in the brand-new UK Tour, coming to the Regent Theatre, Stoke- on-Trent, Monday 9 – Saturday 14 November. Gareth Gates rose to fame through the inaugural series of Pop…
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City Council announce major investment in road networks

More than 900 roads and pavements will be resurfaced, thousands of potholes repaired and dozens of traffic signals upgraded with modern technology as part of a major £35 million investment in Stoke-on-Trent’s road network. Stoke-on-Trent…
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Open Weekend offering some FREE events

Various FREE and discounted events are taking place throughout Stoke-on-Trent for a cultural special Open Weekend. Cultural Destinations across Stoke-on-Trent are throwing open their doors and encouraging visitors to get creating and making…
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North Staffs Charity call for furniture donations

A charity which works to prevent homelessness is calling for donations of unwanted furniture. Emmaus North Staffs, which owns Emmaus Furniture Mine - the largest charity shop in the area - relies heavily on donations to their Hanley store…
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New service gives library users access to free e-audiobooks  

A new service which will allow customers to borrow free e-audiobooks online 24 hours a day has been launched by Stoke-on-Trent’s libraries. Library users can access BorrowBox seven days a week from their mobile phones, tablets and laptops…
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New Cafe at Hanley Park

The new café in Hanley Park’s pavilion building has officially opened to the public – marking a major milestone in the National Lottery supported multi-million pound restoration of the 60-acre site. Named The Pavilion and operated by company…
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Travel agent John to head mammoth trek to support charities

Travel expert and charity champion John Lehnert is planning a new mammoth fundraising trek and this time he’s planning to take along Staffordshire business friends. John, who runs a Not Just Travel agency in Stoke-on-Trent, raised more…
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Superhero Exhibition at the Potteries Museum

Superhero fans can discover more about the huge impact of their favourite characters at a new Potteries Museum & Art Gallery exhibition. The display, curated by DuoVision, explores the influence of superheroes, superheroines and supervillains…
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Funding boost for Meir Matters

Meir Matters has received £3,200 in funding to make their Sow & Grow site accessible to the whole community and keep running sessions all year round with a new poly-tunnel. Meir Matters is a group with more than 130 members who run a…