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Calling all green fingered enthusiasts – get your gloves out and enter ‘Tamworth in Bloom’
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GARDEN enthusiasts are being invited to show off their green talents and enter this year’s Tamworth in Bloom garden competition. Each year, Tamworth Borough Council holds a ‘Best in Bloom’ competition to encourage green-fingered residents...
Tamworth area to see increased funding to help people off the streets and into accommodation
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TAMWORTH MP, Christopher Pincher has welcomed the Government’s announcement that more than £25 million will be allocated to 108 areas across the country, including in Lichfield and Tamworth. This will provide vital funding to help...
Staffordshire backs small businesses to grow and create jobs
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NEARLY two-and-a-half thousand small businesses in Staffordshire were supported by an advice and referral hub led by the county council over the last financial year. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub, which is part of...
Whittington tots get to enjoy their snacks in comfort thanks to shoppers donating their dividends
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YOUNGSTERS at a popular village playgroup no longer have to sit on the floor to enjoy their snacks because of the generosity of shoppers at the local convenience store. Children who attend Whittington Baby...
Get weaving ready to welcome new ‘faces’ to Dosthill Park
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FAMILIES are invited to learn new skills and join a Willow Weaving Workshop at the launch of the new and creative ‘Wind in the Willows’ sculpture trail in Dosthill Park on Saturday, May 18...
Events planned as Tamworth joins Dementia Action Week
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A SERIES of events have been planned to raise awareness about dementia as Tamworth joins national Dementia Action Week. A packed week of events including coffee mornings, a community fundraising day, dementia awareness sessions, ‘Singing...
St Giles Hospice promises fun for all the family at Whittington summer fair
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ST GILES HOSPICE will be welcoming visitors to an afternoon of fun at its annual Summer Fair in Whittington on Saturday 25th May. The popular fundraising event will be offering attractions for all the family at...
Meet Staffordshire’s foster families helping to ‘Change a future’
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‘CHANGE A FUTURE’ is the latest campaign from Staffordshire County Council’s Fostering Service to help find families for some of the county’s most vulnerable children. The rallying call comes alongside Foster Care Fortnight, the national campaign...
Could your business go to Space?
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IF your business provides activities for young people aged between 8–17 then the Staffordshire Space programme wants to work with you to provide a space (no pun intended!) where all local activities are advertised...
Staffordshire Hospice receives support from Amazon Rugeley
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CHILDREN, staff and volunteers from a charity that provides care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions recently came for a tour of the Amazon fulfilment centre in Rugeley and received a range of...
Support for most vulnerable continues
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STAFFORDSHIRE County Council is making sure it carries out assessments quickly to ensure that people unable to make their own decisions are not held against their best interests in care homes, hospices and hospitals. The number...
Shoppers splash their ‘divi’ cash to help Tamworth swimming club for the disabled
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VOLUNTEERS at a Tamworth swimming club have been buoyed by a £500 donation which will help adults and children with a range of disabilities learning to swim. Tamworth Unicorns Swimming Club for Disabled Persons has...
Polesworth school receives cash injection for outdoor fitness equipment
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NETHERSOLE Academy has received a £1,000 fundraising boost thanks to the efforts of one regional house builder. The funding, from Persimmon Homes North Midlands, was awarded to the school’s supporters association, who will use the...
Have you joined the ‘CommuKnitty’ project?
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RESIDENTS and local groups are invited to pick up their needles and get knitting for a new project to promote this year’s Tamworth in Bloom campaign and raise awareness about dementia. The new ‘CommuKnitty’ project...
Staffordshire residents urged to get composting with FREE bins
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HOUSEHOLDERS in Staffordshire are being urged to take up composting with the aid of free compost bins from the county council. This week is International Composting Week and people can now order a compost bin online...
Two generations of better sleep thanks to Tamworth business
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THE Bed Centre is proud to be in its second generation of helping customers sleep more comfortably as it's now in its 35th year of trading within the Borough. The Bed Centre has been trading...
Hot or Not: Interactive tool reveals best UK Towns and Cities to live
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A BRAND new tool has launched today, enabling Britons to find out the location in the UK that is statistically the ‘best’ to live, taking into account salaries, house prices crime rates and even life...
Rural School close to Tamworth needs your vote to gain regeneration project funding
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THE Mary Howard School is situated in Edingale - a rural Staffordshire village close to Tamworth - and they need your help! The School have applied for a £5,000 grant from the Calor Rural...
Business support sought to help Tamworth’s young people gain new social skills
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AFTER the success of a previous grant scheme which supported youth social action across the Tamworth, further funds worth up to £50,000 are available if support can be secured from local business. The #iwill...
#staffordshireday celebrations a huge success
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THOUSANDS of people from across Staffordshire joined in the fun for the county’s forth Staffordshire Day celebrations today (Wednesday 1 May). Over 60 events will mark the day with attractions, businesses and organisations coming together...
Namco Funscape and Midlands Psychology organise ‘Keep Achieving’ Project Event
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ON Wednesday 12 December 2018, 67 people gathered at Namco Funscape in Tamworth to attend a bowling event hosted by the Midlands Psychology Keep Achieving Project. The event was a National Lottery Sport England Families...
Local community group join forces to create a sensory garden for Blooming Tamworth
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LOCAL group, Care First, have joined forces with Tamworth Borough Council’s Street Scene team to create a ‘sight, sound, touch, smell and taste’ sensory garden as part of this year’s Tamworth in Bloom project. Care...
Giddy up for St Giles!
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TAMWORTH MP, Christopher Pincher, donated his charity bet winnings to St Giles Hospice after ‘Walk in the Mill’s’ success at the Grand National. Every year Coral, the bookmakers, join together with MPs and give them...
Cyclist Steve urges riders to become charity champions by saddling up for Cycle St Giles events
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A KEEN cyclist is urging St Giles supporters to sign up for both of our popular fundraising bike rides in May and September – which will lead to them being crowned Cycle St Giles Champions...
Alex Farrell takes on biggest show yet
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TAMWORTH entrepreneur Alex Farrell is taking on his biggest challenge yet – organising the Statfold Barn Festival. Alex is well-known locally as the star of the Tamworth Pantomime Company – oh yes he is –...
Five Great Ways to Celebrate Staffordshire Day in Tamworth and Lichfield
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ATTRACTIONS, community groups and residents in Tamworth and Lichfield have joined forces to help create a packed programme for the fourth Staffordshire Day. The county celebration, organised by Enjoy Staffordshire, supported by Staffordshire County Council...
Dosthill Brownies celebrate bumper donation from shoppers handing over their dividends
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SHOPPERS at Dosthill Co-op have generously donated their dividends to raise nearly £1,000 for the village Brownie pack. The money will be used by the 2nd Dosthill Brownies, which celebrated its 50th-anniversary last year...
Charity fundraiser calls on supporters to join #TeamStGiles at Great Midlands Fun Run
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A KEEN Burton runner whose gran was cared for at St Giles Hospice is calling on people to sign up for #TeamStGiles in this June’s Great Midlands Fun Run. Sarah Austin, 26, who now works...