To celebrate our eighth anniversary, Howle Communications is offering free places on an Introduction to PR for Business training course. We are making eight places available on a course in September. During the half day course, we will look at: · What makes the news? · How can you attract positive media interest? · The basics of writing a usable …
Event to help people live safe and well in their home
What’s On: Live Safely and Well at Home event Where: Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford When: 10am – 2pm, 26 August, 2015. A countywide Home Improvement Agency is hosting an event to showcase the many advice and support services available to older people who would like to remain independent and living at home. Revival Home Improvement Agency, part of the Staffordshire Housing …
Residents celebrate as pioneering extra care village comes of age
Residents of a pioneering extra care village are to throw a party to celebrate its coming of age. The idea of older people living independently in a village style community was virtually unknown when Staffordshire Housing Association launched Bradeley Village, Stoke-on-Trent. The concept was so new it even led to a story on the front page of The Times newspaper. …
International artists are all set for Stoke-on-Trent’s Big Feast
Entertainers, from swing bands playing Madchester scene dance tunes to French acrobats, and poets to Portuguese contemporary dancers are set to transform Stoke-on-Trent into one huge festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The Big Feast is a festival like no other. It will see more than 80 performances across the city centre and beyond. It is the second year …
Get a taste of the Big Feast as acts tour North Staffordshire
Park-goers, shoppers and families attending a community centre will get a taste of North Staffordshire’s biggest arts event as the Big Feast goes on tour. The Big Feast will bring a diverse and exciting menu of art and entertainment to Stoke-on-Trent City Centre over the August Bank Holiday weekend (28-30 August). Organisers, Appetite, are taking several acts on the Big …
Titanic Brewery strike Gold with Plum Porter in the Champion Beer of Britain competition
A popular fruit beer from Titanic Brewery has been named as one of the Champion Beers of Britain. Plum Porter was awarded the Gold Medal in the Speciality beers category in the Champion Beer of Britain competition at the 2015 Great British Beer Festival (GBBF). Breweries from across the UK compete in the competition at GBBF – the most prestigious …
A new Titanic beer – by order of the mother of Parliaments
A new Titanic beer – by order of the Mother of Parliaments A new beer from the Potteries is exclusively on sale at one of the UK’s most exclusive bars. Titanic Brewery has brewed a special beer at the request of the Serjeant at Arms of the Houses of Parliament. Olde Maudit, named after Nicholas Maudit, the first Serjeant at …
Funny Peculiar open up a market stall with a twist as they look for your larger than life tales of life in Stoke-on-Trent
A stall in Hanley Market run by artists in day-glow orange and yellow costumes may seem funny peculiar… Shoppers at the city centre market are being encouraged to take time out at the stall to tell their quirky stories about life in Stoke-on-Trent to arts group, Red Herring. Red Herring are bringing their show, called Funny Peculiar, to Stoke-on-Trent’s The …
Titan the Robot gives a giant boost to Stoke South Carnival
What: Stoke South Carnival Where: Fenton Park, Victoria Road, ST4 2JU When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday, 8 August. A huge superstar robot, which has appeared on stage with Rhianna and at major events around the world, will be among major attractions at the Stoke South Carnival on Saturday (8 August). Titan the Robot will thrill the crowds at the popular …
Call for support as parents skip meals so children can eat during school holidays
Almost a third of parents on lower incomes have skipped a meal so that their children could eat during the holidays, according to YouGov backed research from cereal giants Kelloggs. Now Steph Talbot, Chief Executive of the North Staffordshire based Alice Charity is calling on the Government and councils to step in and help. The report, which has been delivered …