Here’s your regular Friday lunchtime subscriber-only NSN Main Edition, including the popular listing of Upcoming Events in North Staffordshire.
North Staffs News in Brief
🧒🏻 Report Reveals Young People’s Perceptions of Violence - Staffordshire Council of Voluntary Youth Services, in collaboration with Staffordshire's Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioners Office, has released a report on young people's perceptions of violence in Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent. The report's findings and recommendations will inform the review of the Serious Violence Strategy and may aid in securing funding for implementing responses to the recommendations.
🚙 Dad Secures Mini Tesla Car for Children in Hospital - Ben Brampton, a member of the Tesla Owners Club UK, arranged the donation of a mini Tesla car to Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke. The car, joining a fleet of mini vehicles, helps ease children's anxiety during hospital visits, turning the experience into a fun and enjoyable one.
🏊♀️ Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Hosts Water Safety Workshops for 100+ School Children - Staffordshire Fire and Rescue, in collaboration with partners, recently organised a Safe+Sound event at Bescura Family Hubb, Port Vale Football Club, to educate over 100 school children about water safety ahead of the summer holidays. The workshops covered various topics, including emergency procedures, CPR, and water safety around canals, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. The event also commemorated the fifth anniversary of Ryan Evans' tragic death at Westport Lake, with his father speaking to pupils about the dangers of swimming in open water.
🧑🏻🎤 Space 2023: Exciting Summer Programme to Engage Young People - Staffordshire's Space summer programme, funded by the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner, offers positive activities for young people during school summer holidays. With 11,000 participants and 2,500 activities in 2022, the program aims to enhance skills, wellbeing, and reduce anti-social behavior. Activities, including swimming, sports, trips, and arts, can be booked online.
🎓 Staffordshire University Becomes First UK Unreal Authorised Training Centre - As a leading university for games development and an official Epic Games partner, Staffordshire University now offers accredited training in Unreal Engine - a powerful real-time 3D creation tool. The courses, taught by expert instructors authorised by Epic Games, will cover real-time 3D creation skills for various industries, including VR, AR, architecture, vehicle design, and healthcare.
🌳 Burslem and Hanley Parks Earn Green Flag Awards - Stoke-on-Trent City Council is celebrating as both Burslem and Hanley Park receive Green Flag Awards, marking them as among the country's finest green spaces. The accolade acknowledges the hard work and dedication of the Council’s parks team, ensuring they remain vibrant community spaces with recreational and sports facilities for all to enjoy.
🛍 Newcastle BID Launches Shop Front Improvement Scheme - Newcastle Business Improvement District has introduced the Shop Front Improvement Scheme to enhance local businesses' visual appeal and rejuvenate the town centre. The initiative offers match funding of up to £250 for shop front renovations, aiming to create a vibrant streetscape that attracts more shoppers, boosts footfall, and stimulates economic growth. Eligible BID levy payer businesses can apply for grants to fund improvements such as exterior painting, signage, lighting, window displays, and more.
Schools Out For Summer!
Kids to entertain? Don’t panic! Blimey, there’s lots going on!
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Upcoming Events
Saturday 22 July, 11am to 3pm - Celebrating Clay, Canals & Curiosity, Middleport Pottery, Port St, Burslem. “Join the British Ceramics Biennial Foundations project at Middleport Pottery, celebrate our canals and the huge part they played in The Potteries.” Free drop-in event.
Saturday 22 July, 5pm - Centre Space Arts, In conversation with Johnny Harris + Special screening of the movie JAWBONE, The Ballroom, Fenton Town Hall, “Johnny will be talking about his career, sharing stories of his life in front and behind the camera. From his breakthrough role in London to Brighton leading up to his latest work playing Magwitch in Great Expectations.” Ticketed.
Sunday 23 July, 11am - Summer Craft Fair, Ford Green Hall, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 1NG. “Make your own wildlife pot and plant a sunflower seed for the summer. Take our trails and play with period toys and games.” Ticketed.
Sunday 23 July, 2-4pm - Brampton Museum 80th Birthday Party. “Join the Newcastle Ukulymies ukulele group for a feel-good party with tunes stretching from the museum's opening in 1943 to the modern day- with lots of local history facts on the way.” Free.
Wednesday 26 July, 10.30am to 3pm - Craft a Dolls’ House Scene in Clay, drop in activity at Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley. “To celebrate our ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ exhibition, drop-in to a craft activity, children can make a dolls house scene and create some clay characters to live inside it.” Ticketed.
Thursday 27 July, 2pm - Fascinating Folk of Newcastle Talk: 'Newcastlians' at Play, Brampton Museum, Newcastle, “A special talk by Mervyn Edwards looking back at sport and games in Newcastle and North Staffordshire.” Ticketed.
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, 10.30am to 5pm - Model Railway Exhibition, at St John’s Primary School, Wheatley Avenue, Trentvale, ST4 6SB. Ticketed for adults, free for accompanied children.
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, 10.30am to 4.30pm - Summer Steaming at Etruria Industrial Museum, experience the mill machinery in full steaming action. Ticketed.
Saturday 29 July & Sunday 30 July - Better World Festival, Hanley town centre, by Stoke BID, music stages and artisan market, “a fusion of art, music, and community engagement, all centred around creating a brighter future for our environment.” Free
Saturday 29 July, 1pm - The Leek and Manifold Light Railway- a talk by railway historian Phil Robinson, Brampton Museum, Newcastle. “The Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway is the most iconic and much-missed railway in North Staffordshire, explore how the railway came into being in 1904, how it was designed and worked.” Ticketed.
Monday 31 July to 1 September - SPACE, “fun activities for 8-17 year-olds,” funded and co-ordinated by Staffordshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner’s Office. It’ll be worth checking the SPACE website and socials regularly over the summer for latest activity updates.
Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2, and Thursday 3 August - Whatever The Weather, Summer School at B arts, Stoke. “Are you just starting your artist life? Want to meet people? Learn skills? Have fun? Workshop programme includes: lantern sculpture, music, costume characters, shadow puppets, story telling, construction, props and storytelling, shadow performance, making outdoor work, creating and devising an outdoor creative show and showcasing it in front of groups and an invited audience.” Booking essential.
Tuesday 1 August, 10am to noon - Portrait Pottery at Dudson Museum, Hanley, “In this session, you’ll be able to create a masterpiece portrait on a plate, which will be taken away at the end of the workshop to be fired in a kiln up to 1000 degrees!” Ticketed.
Wednesday 2 August - Wildchild Festival, Wolsley Centre, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. “Celebrate National Playday with wild adventures, laughter, and endless fun. The Wildchild Festival is the perfect opportunity for children and adults alike to reconnect with nature, let their imaginations run wild, and create memories that will last a lifetime.” Ticketed.
Thursday 10 August, 10am & 1.30pm - Story Quest tour at Dudson Museum, “Pick up a free copy of ‘The Clinkers’ Story Quest and guide yourself around our wonderful magical trail. The Clinkers story has been created especially for the museum by the Stoke Reads team and by author and illustrator Kidda Kinsey.” Ticketed.
Friday 11 August, 10am - Summer Storytime with Mrs Potts, Dudson Museum, Hanley. “Come along to enjoy some exciting stories to accompany our new ceramics exhibition in the bottle oven called ‘Stories in Clay’.” Ticketed.
Saturday 12 August, 7pm - Punjab to The Potteries, New Vic Theatre, “a reading of two new short plays, commissioned by Appetite and New Vic, inspired by the journeys of local people whose families began their story in the Punjab region before settling in The Potteries.” Free.
Wednesday 16 August, 10am - Cool Ceramics workshop, Dudson Museum, Hanley. “Use real glazes on specially created pottery, made exclusively for the Dudson Museum. In this session, you’ll be able to create a plaque masterpiece to hang on your wall.” Ticketed.
Wednesday 16 August, 10.30am - 'Superworm' themed fun for 7 & under: Wild about Brampton, Brampton Museum, Newcastle. “Wild bout Brampton is an indoor and outdoor parent/carer and children's group run by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.” Ticketed.
Thursday 17 August, 2pm - Fascinating Folk of Newcastle Film Show: Mining and Heroes, Brampton museum. “A special archive film show from Ray Johnson looking back at heroes and mining.” Ticketed.
Friday 18 August, 10am & 1.30pm - Story Quest tour at Dudson Museum, “Pick up a free copy of ‘The Clinkers’ Story Quest and guide yourself around our wonderful magical trail. The Clinkers story has been created especially for the museum by the Stoke Reads team and by author and illustrator Kidda Kinsey.” Ticketed.
Monday 21 August to Saturday 2 September - Eric’s Italian Job, New Vic Theatre. Ever popular character “Eric, having finally got a booking for his disco in Leighton Buzzard, witnesses the Great Train Robbery when his van breaks down as he’s starting for home.” Ticketed.
Wednesday 23 August - Weather? Whatever! B arts, Stoke, one day arts summer school for 16-17 year olds. “Come and get involved in a one day intensive workshop, to have a go at everything from making marks to making noise, culminating in a public exhibition on Friday 25th August in the Bread in Common Cafe.” Ticketed.
Thursday 24 August, 10am - Summer Storytime with Mrs Potts, Dudson Museum, Hanley. “Come along to enjoy some exciting stories to accompany our new ceramics exhibition in the bottle oven called ‘Stories in Clay’.” Ticketed.
Thursday 24 August, 2pm - Fascinating Folk of Newcastle Talk: Azariah Clarke and mines rescue team, Brampton Museum, Newcastle. “A special talk by Apedale mining museum about Azariah Clarke and mines rescue teams.” Ticketed.
Friday 25 & Saturday 26 August - The Big Feast, Appetite brings “performance, music and dance to the streets of the city centre.” More details very soon. Free, mark it in your diary now.
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