City Centre News (April 2020) - Stoke BID

Due to the current pandemic all commemorative public events have been cancelled so the museum has developed a range of online activities to help people celebrate at home.

Micro-grants of up to £200 have been launched to help not-for-profit creative groups in Stoke-on-Trent share their creativity with people feeling isolated during the Covid-19 Pandemic, as part of #GetCreativeAtHome.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has pledged £100,000 of financial support to community groups and voluntary organisations who are providing critical support to those impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19..

Businesses across the city have hailed a grant scheme administered by the city council as a lifeline to get them through the coronavirus outbreak. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given out aroun..

Residents and families are being reminded of a number of services to support their mental health and wellbeing through the coronavirus outbreak.

A campaign to support vulnerable households through the coronavirus outbreak is receiving 230 calls a day.

Local companies are helping to ensure that frontline council care workers are supplied with personal protective equipment through the coronavirus pandemic.

The ‘COVID-19 Business Toolkit’ features interviews with specialists from Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce and covers topics that businesses may find informative.

More than £775,000 has been given out to small businesses in Stoke-on-Trent in the first issuing of support grants to boost the city through the coronavirus pandemic.

A new recruitment drive has been launched to sign up carers in Stoke-on-Trent to meet the needs of the city’s most vulnerable residents during the COVID-19 crisis.