Thank you so much to the staff, patients and relatives of Ward 221 at the Royal Stoke University Hospital for their kind donation of £128 raised through their Easter raffle!
Ward manager Kath Marks is pictured with our volunteer Amie at our HQ. UHNM NHS Trust 🏥 🫶

Ever wanted to try Dungeons & Dragons? We're teaming up with the fab Long Rest boardgame café in Hanley to offer a taster session at our HQ (ST4 5LU), with a view to playing together regularly. Email [email protected] for more information! Date TBC.

Come and pick your own free bouquet at the Better Together community garden at Our Lady and St Werburgh's in Clayton on Saturday between 1pm and 3pm! Plant swaps are available (including raspberry, blackcurrant and gooseberry fruit bushes and flowering shrubs deutzia and spirea).

Come and join us today from 11am to 3pm for advice and support on managing money, finding work and getting into learning at our Community HQ (Woodberry Close, Trent Vale, ST4 5LU).

We're hosting a free drop-in advice session on Thursday, April 25, from 11am to 3pm, featuring Potteries Moneywise (part of Citizens Advice), the Shaw Trust Shaw Trust in the West Midlands and Stoke-on-Trent CC’s Adult and Community Learning team.
📍 4 Woodberry Close, Trent Vale, ST4 5LU

Our Knutton St Mary's stay and play group takes place every Thursday, 9am to 11am. It's free to attend and has been running since September 2023.
Little ones can play together while parents have a chat and a cup of tea.
📍 Knutton St Mary’s C of E Academy, Church Lane, ST5 6EB

‘Staffs Uni alumna Birgit (Bridge) Allport has transformed Better Together Community Support Group from a small social group into a registered charity with nine members of staff in the space of five years – despite being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2019.’ ⤵️

Today’s Staffordshire Uni Business Awards entrant is OfficialBirgitAllport and BetterTogetherCommunitySupportGroup - in the running in three categories.

Our Knutton St Mary's stay and play group takes place every Thursday, 9am to 11am. It's free to attend and has been running since September 2023.
Little ones can play together while parents have a chat and a cup of tea.
📍 Knutton St Mary’s C of E Academy, Church Lane, ST5 6EB

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We're hosting a free drop-in advice session on Thursday, April 25, from 11am to 3pm, featuring Potteries Moneywise (part of Citizens Advice), the Shaw Trust Shaw Trust in the West Midlands and Stoke-on-Trent CC’s Adult and Community Learning team.
📍 4 Woodberry Close, Trent Vale, ST4 5LU

We still need to replenish our shelves after a busy Easter helping to feed dozens of people. We would be grateful for any store cupboard items or toiletries, but we particularly need: long-life milk; tea; coffee; sauces; tinned tomatoes; pasta; soup. Thank you so much 🫶

Ever wanted to try Dungeons & Dragons? We're teaming up with the fab Long Rest boardgame café in Hanley to offer a taster session at our HQ (ST4 5LU) with a view to starting an ongoing campaign.
Email [email protected] for more information! Date TBC.

We're having a traditional Stokie lunch of cheese and bacon oatcakes at our FREE community meal tomorrow (Weds)!
Join us from 1pm at St Teresa's Church, Trent Vale, ST4 6SP - all are welcome and we would love to see you 🫶
📷 yummy oatcake pic by Moorlands Eater

We’re hosting a community lounge at our HQ this afternoon - and every Monday - from 1pm to 3pm. Drop in for help and support on a wide variety of issues.
📍 4 Woodberry Close, Trent Vale, ST4 5LU

We still need to replenish our shelves after an exceptionally busy Easter helping to feed dozens of people. We would be grateful for any store cupboard items or toiletries, but we particularly need: tea; coffee; sauces; tinned meat / veg / fruit; baked beans. Thank you so much 🫶