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New Covid-19 strain tightens its grip on the county
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HEALTH bosses in Staffordshire have warned it is more important than ever to follow the rules and get tested regularly – after the new contagious strain tightens its grip on the county. Around three quarters...
Millions earmarked for Staffordshire’s future
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ALMOST £110 million will be invested in roads, schools, broadband and economic development in the next 12 months as the county council plans to get Staffordshire communities moving again. The county council’s Cabinet today recommended...
Communities in Tamworth will get extra support as the 2021 Census approaches
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THE Office for National Statistics (ONS) has appointed a Census Engagement Manager to support residents and help make Census 2021 a success. Kirat Raj Singh, the area’s Census Engagement Manager will help organisations, charities, faith...
New trustees bring extra expertise to St Giles Hospice
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ST GILES HOSPICE has reinforced its trustee board with the recruitment of four new trustees who bring a wealth of experience to the charity as it plans for the future beyond COVID-19. The Board of Trustees...
Lockdown 3 Appeal Launched To Help Vulnerable and Isolated Across Tamworth
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THE Community Foundation for Staffordshire has launched a special appeal to raise funds to support vulnerable and isolated people and communities across Tamworth and the county during the third lockdown. After the success of the...
Plans for transforming Tamworth town centre revealed
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MAJOR proposals to transform Tamworth town centre into the busy, thriving, heart of the community as part of a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity, can now be revealed. We reported at the end of last...
St Giles Hospice celebrates record-breaking TreeCycle success
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ST GILES Hospice is celebrating the success of this year’s TreeCycle campaign after it collected more trees and raised more funds than ever before. The environmentally-friendly recycling collection picked up 4,428 Christmas trees this...
Bluebird Care Tamworth and Lichfield Nominated for Small Business of the Year Award
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BLUEBIRD Care Tamworth and Lichfield has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Tamworth and Lichfield Small Business of the Year Award. This Award is part of the Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield & Tamworth and...
New Year campaign to recruit foster families
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PEOPLE interested in fostering are being asked to help give a child a new start in 2021 as part of a countywide campaign. Every day in Staffordshire more than 700 children live with over 420...
Daredevils to take on St Giles Hospice wing walking challenge
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DAREDEVILS with a head for heights can now take on the ultimate aerial challenge by wing walking on a plane in aid of St Giles Hospice. St Giles is joining forces with events company Life...
Small Business Grant Scheme to give more start-ups a helping hand in the New Year
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THE first round of grants for 2021 is now available to help promote new small business start-ups, self-employment and entrepreneurship in Tamworth. The Tamworth Borough Council Start-up Business Grant Scheme relaunches to continue to run into...
Brighter future for community project thanks to county council funding
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TRUSTEES and volunteers at Sandfields Pumping Station are celebrating after receiving funding towards the refurbishment of their community venue. Lichfield Waterworks Trust have been awarded £1000 from Staffordshire County Council’s Climate Change Action Fund. The...
St Giles helps school staff to support bereaved students
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TEACHERS from across Tamworth, Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield have received vital training to help young people facing loss and living with bereavement. Phoenix, the children and young people’s bereavement service for St Giles Hospice, has...
Borough Council urges residents to rally again as new lockdown begins
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Residents, businesses and schools in Tamworth must now rally once again as the country is placed in a new national lockdown to help prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed by the new strain of Covid-19 this...
Prosecution for dog fouling offences in Fazeley
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A MAN from Fazeley has been ordered to pay £1,852 after he was seen not clearing up after his three dogs. On 9 December 2020 Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court found Rob Grice, from Fazeley, guilty...
Give it up – or bring it on – to support St Giles Hospice
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WAVE goodbye to your bad habits and feel fitter for 2021 by giving it up - or bringing it on – to support St Giles Hospice in the New Year. The charity has launched two...
Care for people and communities dominates County Council’s 2021 budget
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ALMOST £350 million will be spent on social care in Staffordshire next year to support vulnerable adults and children – the highest figure in the county’s history. Although two-thirds of Staffordshire’s net budget is earmarked...
Hoping for a new fire engine and a nice pair of slippers: Christmas for a retained on-call firefighter
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DESPITE the difficulties of a year in lockdown many of us will be able to enjoy tucking into the turkey or unwrapping gifts with work far from our minds. But, for retained on-call firefighters at...
Tamworth housebuilder supports foodbank ahead of busy Christmas period
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A LOCAL housebuilder is supporting a Tamworth foodbank ahead of the busy festive season. Redrow Midlands, which is building new homes at Amington Garden Village, presented a £250 donation to the Tamworth Foodbank. The funds...
Mercia Juniors are the champions for St Giles Hospice
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A JUNIOR football club which plays in the Tamworth League has kicked off its new community partnership with St Giles Hospice by adopting the charity’s colours for its new kit and raising more than £1...
Council helps low-income families for Christmas
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THOUSANDS of low-income families are being offered financial support over the Christmas holidays and into 2021. Vouchers worth £15 a week will be distributed by Staffordshire County Council for the Christmas school holidays to the...
Campaign helping parents and their tots with early learning hits 1,000 sign ups
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A NEW campaign to help young children reach their full potential has now signed up 1,000 families. The Hungry Little Minds Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent campaign gives parents access to fun, easy activities to help...
Let’s keep on doing it for what matters
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RESIDENTS are being called on to continue to stick to the rules as Staffordshire steps ups its efforts to encourage everyone in the county to “Do it for What Matters” and help keep covid-19 cases falling...
Hundreds take part in their own Rudolph Run
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AN army of festive fundraisers put on their antlers and laced up their trainers on Sunday to kick off the Christmas cheer by joining the annual St Giles Hospice Rudolph Run. Although the event could...
Covid-safe Santa spreads Christmas cheer through windows
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CHRISTMAS cheer filled the halls of Bonehill Lodge Residential Home last week. Father Christmas and his Head Elf turned up and waved at everyone through the windows as part of their Alzheimer’s and Dementia fundraising Elf...
Go green with TreeCycle to support St Giles Hospice this winter
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TAMWORTH people can give St Giles Hospice a ‘tree-mendous’ Christmas gift this year by supporting the charity’s annual TreeCycle campaign. St Giles is inviting families and businesses who don’t want to face the mess and...
Extra help to pay water bills extended
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SOUTH Staffs Water has announced that its extra help for customers financially affected by COVID-19 has been extended to the end of December. South Staffs Water offers a range of ongoing support, from payment breaks...
Local woman releases calendar to help empower those living invisible illnesses
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A WOMAN from Tamworth is once again dedicating her time to raise awareness of invisible illnesses and support those who have them. For over two years now, 28-year-old Jessica Logan from Wilnecote has given her...
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