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Pupils get ready for Walk to School Week
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SCHOOL children from across Staffordshire will be putting their best foot forward when they take to the streets for this year’s Walk to School Week. The campaign, which starts on Monday 20 May, is encouraging...
County council sets out to help more people into work
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STAFFORDSHIRE County Council has set out how it will help more people into work and develop their skills through apprenticeships, after launching its new Apprenticeship Strategy. The county council’s cabinet has agreed the new strategy, which...
Tamworth MP backs campaign to support retired Police officers and their families
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THE National Association for Retired Police Officers (NARPO) represents nearly 90,000 former police officers of all ranks, together with their widows, widowers and former partners. With changes to pensions, Christopher is seeking clarity to...
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...
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...
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...
The Great British School Swap – ‘If you build it, they will come’
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AS Ray Liotta said in 'Field of Dreams' - "If you build it, they will come".  This is exactly what watching last nights Great British School Swap on Channel 4 has left us feeling...
Tamworth School Children star in new TV show
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CHILDREN from a Tamworth School are to star in a new TV show which starts tonight (Tuesday) and covers the misconceptions of British school children around race. 'The Great British School Swap' is a radical...
Ninety-nine percent of parents offered their top three choice of primary school
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STAFFORDSHIRE County Council has said that 99 per cent of parents in Staffordshire will find out today (April 16) that they have been allocated one of their top three choices of primary school. In addition...
Cadets to become anti-sexting ambassadors
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Education & Employment/ Staffordshire
STAFFORDSHIRE Police Cadets got a taste of an award-winning initiative supported by the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office to create anti-sexting ambassadors across the County. The Cannock cadets unit will become the pilot for the ‘Your Body, Your...
Glascote Academy visit Parliament as they reach the NFU final
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GLASCOTE Academy pupils Maci Machin, Mia Stroud, Owen Edwards and Stanley Braddock showcase their winning farm design in Parliament along with Tamworth MP, Christopher Pincher. 2000 children entered the NFU’s first Farmvention competition and the standard...
Protecting children’s rights in the workplace
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STAFFORDSHIRE County Council is reminding businesses that employ children between 13 and 16 years old that they need permits to comply with employment laws. The reminder, which comes ahead of Child Employment Awareness Month during...
Schools gear up for Big Pedal campaign
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CHILDREN, teachers and parents are being encouraged to travel to school by bike, foot or scooter as part of a national campaign. Organised by the walking and cycling charity Sustrans and backed by Staffordshire County...
Is this the best job in the world? Housebuilder on hunt for ‘Archi-tot’ in Tamworth
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A HOUSE builder in Tamworth has created an exciting new role and is recruiting for an ‘Archi-tot’; there’s just one catch – you have to be aged between four to nine years old. The newly...
Bellway set to hit apprenticeship targets in 2019
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BELLWAY is set to become one of the first major British housebuilders to achieve ‘5% Club’ status when it reaches its apprenticeship target this year. The company, which builds houses across England, Scotland and Wales...
Staffordshire skills increase supports new job opportunities
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A COUNTY-WIDE skills programme to boost people’s job opportunities is ahead of target in getting people into work or training, while near full employment in Staffordshire continues. The £58million decade-long skills programme is administered by...
Council programme helping people back to work
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HUNDREDS of people are getting their foot on the career ladder thanks to an innovative programme delivered by Staffordshire County Council. The Open Door programme, which was introduced in 2009, helps prepare people for the...
Kids have fun finding out how PHE protects the nation during British Science Week
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THOUSANDS of children from across the West Midlands and the country made their way to the NEC Birmingham to visit the Big Bang Fair (13 to 16 March), one of the many events organised...
MP champions Government support of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
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THE School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) is a Government programme that entitles every child aged 4-6 in fully state-funded schools to a piece of fruit or vegetable each school day. Across England, this equates...
Tamworth MP welcomes Rawlett School to Westminster
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LAST week Year 7 from Rawlett School visited Parliament as part of their studies. As well as learning about the history of British Democracy, they also had the opportunity to sit with Tamworth MP, Christopher...
Christopher Pincher MP encourages Tamworth schools to enter national Carbon Monoxide awareness competition
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PRIMARY schools across Tamworth are being encouraged to take part in a national competition to raise awareness of the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Local MP, Christopher Pincher, is writing to local schools to encourage...
South Korean officials visit Tamworth company who make huge waves to address an international mental health crisis
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A MAJOR delegation of South Korean political leaders is visiting Tamworth, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent following an extraordinary link up with a small Staffordshire tech company. Enlighten, from Tamworth, are at the forefront of developing "tech...
Tamworth High Schools – how do they perform?
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WITH parents across the Borough and surrounding areas finding out whether their children got their first choice of High School today - we wanted to let you all know how each School scored in...
Christopher Pincher MP welcomes Government roll-out of ID cards for Armed Forces veterans
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A NEW ID card for armed forces veterans, which will help them access specialist support and services, has started to be issued to service leavers. From the end of February, any personnel who have left...
Apprenticeship Success for Tamworth Business
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TAMWORTH-BASED Apollo Chemicals is celebrating the success of its apprenticeship programme as it's first ever apprentice completes his training and two more start their journey. Based on Amington Industrial Estate, Apollo Chemicals is the UK’s...
Nine out of 10 Staffordshire parents allocated their first choice secondary school
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ACROSS Staffordshire, more than nine out of 10 parents will learn today (Friday) that they have been allocated their first choice secondary school. Of the 7917 applications made for transfer at age 11, nearly 92...
Local MP Christopher Pincher gets behind National Apprenticeship Week 2019
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LOCAL Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher is supporting National Apprenticeship Week 2019 (NAW2019), highlighting the benefits of apprenticeships to employers, individuals, local communities and the wider economy in a week-long celebration of apprenticeships. The ‘Blaze a Trail’...