Produced for North Staffs News 6/5/22 Martine Greenwell, director and trainer at Hourglass Performance Training in Burslem, is an inspiring woman. Jerome paid a visit […]
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Burslem restaurateurs’ beautiful response to the evils of Putin’s war.
Written for North Staffs News, 07/03/2022 It’s day twelve of Putin’s War. Nearly two million people have fled Ukraine, crossing the borders to neighbouring countries, […]
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Our Burslem. Angels, love, and affection.
June and Annette are challenging company. They challenge us to think positively about Burslem. We met in the Market Place Cafe, just opposite the former […]
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Pioneering project helps adults to learn to read
Read Easy North Staffs is a new project which is helping adults across North Staffordshire to learn to read. Sue Bell, the charity’s Publicity Co-ordinator, […]
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Charity trustee reflects on years of service after MBE award
Neil Dawson is one of a small number of people in Stoke-on-Trent to receive an award in the Queen’s birthday honours this week. He received […]
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Stoke-on-Trent’s African and Caribbean communities unite in new community organisation
A new organisation has been formed to draw together members of Stoke-on-Trent’s African and Caribbean communities, celebrating their African culture and empowering their greater participation […]
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There’s no news today in Australia. Well, not on Facebook there isn’t.
Overnight, Facebook has flicked the off switch on all news organisations on its platform in Australia. News organisations’ Facebook pages and status updates are unavailable, […]
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Writing: Rooted in Hull’s artist in residence reveals what’s in the big red box
Written & recorded for Rooted in Hull, 18/12/2020 Photographer and artist Fiona Caley has recently been appointed ‘artist in residence’ at Rooted in Hull, the […]
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Project turns underused land into productive food growing sites, with residents’ help
Written for Hull Food Partnership, 3/12/2020 John Pickles is the Community Growing Co-ordinator at Environmental Management Solutions (EMS) Ltd, a charity founded in 2009. EMS […]
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Podcast: Exploring alcohol and mental health, for Alcohol Awareness Week 2020
Produced for HULL IS THIS, 15/11/2020 In this HULL IS THIS podcast, editor Jerome Whittingham is joined by Laura Jarvis, Senior Development Manager at The […]
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