We Are Staffordshire

🎄 Our #Staffordshire Elf out and about in the county. He's certainly been busy! Here are just a few snaps of what he's been up to. To see more from past 12 days, follow us over on Instagram 📸 Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and New Year from our team 🎅 We'll be back on 2nd January and look forward to seeing what 2025 has in store for us! #ChristmasInStaffordshire #WeAreStaffordshire #ElfontheShelf

✨ 2024: A Review We're looking back on just a few of this year's highlights. It's been another busy year! Thank you to our Ambassadors, partners, supporters and colleagues for all your support 🤝 Together, we've celebrated, collaborated and engaged within our borders and far beyond!   📽 Watch our highlights video for a look back on 2024: https://lnkd.in/gxs3guPx   Louisa Shaw, Louise Shaw, Jonny Shelton #WeAreStaffordshire

NEWS | Planning permission has been granted for Tamworth Borough Council's Castle Gateway Project. Work, scheduled start in January, will improve the walkway between Tamworth Castle grounds and the town centre. Approval has been granted to demolish the former Nationwide Building Society building and create a wider bridge to the castle grounds with public realm improvements to create a wider more welcoming space. Removing the old building society will allow for better appreciation of the grade I listed Tamworth Castle and its grounds, the Town Hall and St Editha’s Church. Tamworth Borough Council has an ambitious £21million regeneration plan to transform the town centre into the busy, thriving heart of the community. Find out more about what's going to be delivered ➡ https://bit.ly/3DjHq2i #WeAreStaffordshire #towncentreregeneration #investment

EVENT | Join us in the Staffordshire Moorlands for our first event of 2025, as we visit Leek’s recently refurbished Market Hall. We’ll be finding out more about the work that’s taken place as well as shining a spotlight on just a small selection of the unique and historic attractions, projects and organisations that represent our county’s rich heritage, cultural and arts offering. We’ll be exploring: · How history and heritage can be used as a platform for places to celebrate their unique culture · Community engagement with culture and heritage as custodians of places · Why investment in our county’s heritage attractions is so important · How culture and arts organisations/attractions are educating and inspiring local communities, including future generations We can't wait to welcome our speakers: · Sarah Bird, Director, OUTSIDE Arts · Simon Davies, Founder, Teapot Factory CIC · Joanna Terry, Staffordshire History Centre (Staffordshire County Council) · Staffordshire Moorlands District Council - sharing more on the market refurbishment The event will be compered by our Place Board Member and Executive Director of Lichfield Cathedral, Simon Warburton. Thursday 16th January, 2-4.30pm Book your free place and find out more here: https://bit.ly/41vYDQ0 #WeAreStaffordshire Louisa Shaw, Louise Shaw

Our new Film Office Manager, Jonny Shelton, had a fantastic time at the FOCUS meet the makers trade show in London this week 📽 FOCUS is a key event for the international film production community, bringing together content makers and facilitators. It was a great opportunity for Jonny to spread the word about the exciting launch of the #Staffordshire Film Office and connect with industry professionals from across the UK. Get in touch to learn more about how the Staffordshire Film Office can support your next project 👉 [email protected] #WeAreStaffordshire #FilminStaffordshire

Spreading some kindness in #Staffordshire this Christmas 🎄 ✨ JCB’s third annual Christmas Toy Appeal has delivered a record haul of gifts. The Hubb Foundation will be distributing these to local children with the help of the NSPCC. ✨ The Christmas tree lights were officially switched on during Dougie Mac's Celebration of Life event on Sunday, which was attended by supporters who have made a donation to the hospice’s Light up a Life campaign in memory of a loved one. ✨ Newcastle Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) launched its annual Toy Appeal at Newcastle College in support of The Alice Charity. Donations can still be made to the Reception at Newcastle College by 4pm on Thursday 12th November. ✨ Staffordshire County Council’s family hubs will be distributing thousands of toys and gifts to vulnerable children and young people. The donations are made possible thanks to local charities, businesses and the public. ✨ Stoke on Trent College have been busy raising money and giving their time to support good causes this Christmas, organising a charity netball match, gift collections and a Christmas coffee morning. ✨ A special Book & Voucher Collection organised by Nurture Community CIC will be taking place at Lichfield Garrick Theatre during their pantomime season, with guests encouraged to support the Buddy Bag Foundation. #WeAreStaffordshire

🏗 Plans to transform two town centre sites into new communities have been submitted to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Social impact developers Capital&Centric are looking to breathe new life into a vacant brownfield site at Ryecroft and the 1960s York Place Shopping centre, creating new neighbourhoods with new homes, business spaces, and places for people to hang out in. The team have revealed the new names for the two neighbourhoods. Dubbed “Astley Place”, the shopping centre will be re-booted as a new heart of the town centre, with over 50 new apartments, improved spaces to shop and a new music venue. Its name is a tribute to Philip Astley, the founder of the modern circus who was born there in 1742. The Ryecroft site – now known as “Rye Park” – will be reimagined into a neighbourhood, featuring a mix of family homes and apartments, as well as a new urban park creating a gateway into the town and a place for the community to dwell and enjoy the green space. Find out more about the plans here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e34vS-QU #WeAreStaffordshire #Invest #Investment #Regeneration Louisa Shaw, Simon McEneny, Anthony Hodge, Jonathan Vining

The brand-new Broadcast Media Suite at Stoke on Trent College is officially open 🎥 We were pleased to attend the launch and see the state-of-the-art studio, based in the Cauldon Campus' Digital and Creative Hub for ourselves. The suite encompasses a broadcasting desk space, moveable rig for cameras plus a green screen backdrop and will take digital and creative learning opportunities for students to the next level. We're proud to work closely with Stoke on Trent College as our Ambassador Sponsors. Antoinette Lythgoe, Chief Financial Officer & Interim CEO at Stoke on Trent College said: “Our Skills Hubs have a focused curriculum to drive opportunities in the priority sectors for our City and region, including Creative and Digital. We’re delighted to launch this incredible Broadcast Media Suite, which will provide our T Level Media and Broadcast Production students with the equipment to learn new skills to become future broadcasters and have successful careers in whatever creative field they choose.” #WeAreStaffordshire #StudyinStaffordshire Louisa Shaw, Louise Shaw, Jonny Shelton, Claire Williams, Anthony Baines

We're delighted to introduce the newest member of our We Are Staffordshire team Jonny Shelton 🤝 Jonny joins Louisa and Louise as the new Staffordshire Film Office Manager 📽   Having worked for Filming in England and the filming industry for over 6 years, Jonny brings a wealth of experience, expertise and contacts and we can't wait to see how our film office pilot moves forward in leaps and bounds. Find out more from Jonny himself 👉 https://lnkd.in/e55ig_EV Finally...a member of the team who has a different name 😂 Louisa Shaw, Louise Shaw #WeAreStaffordshire

Our favourite evening of the year ✨ We were honoured to be invited to attend the Your Heroes Awards 2024, celebrating the kindness, courage and determination of people in our local communities. Congratulations to all of the award recipients. "It's the people that make our place." ❤ Thank you to Martin Tideswell, Jenny Amphlett, Mary-ann Astle and the team at University of Staffordshire for inviting us to share in this special evening and putting together another fantastic event 👏 #ProudtobeStaffs #YHA2024 #WeAreStaffordshire