Community Development Fulfilling Lives Team Riverside Employment & Training centre

JULY

events and activities All details are correct at time of publishing July 2013 Date Activity Time Cost Where is it/contact details

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Mon 10.00 £7.00 The 1st am per person Stone Road - - for Trentham concessions Sun 5.00 pm Stoke-on-Trent th 7 July No need to ST4 8AX Conservation Week Last book, just at the Monkey entranc come along (tel) (01782) 646646 Forest e is 4.00 Help us to choose pm how to support

Barbary macaques in the wild Thurs 7.00 pm Free From Wharf Road car park 4th July No need to Contact: book, just Biddulph Ramblers come along Eddie Dawson present – Festival (tel) 01782 512851 Walks Evening walk 3.5 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear Thurs 2.00 £1.00 Biddulph Town Hall 4th July - High Street 4.00 pm Please pay Biddulph on the door Sequence Dance Stoke-on-Trent A pleasant afternoon ST6 8AR of sequence Contact: dancing, with tea Marie Mills 01782 511167 or and biscuits Trevor Hancock 01782 513458 provided

Thurs 4 th 7.00 £5.00 - - including Uttoxeter Road Sat 10.30 a souvenir Longton 6th July pm glass Stoke-on-Trent Longton Beer ST3 1PQ Festival No need (tel) (01782) With entertainment to book, from local bands just come

along Fri 10.00 Free Sainsbury’s 5th July am London Road - No need Stoke-on-Trent Crime Prevention 3.00 pm to book, ST4 7QD Day just come Stoke-on-Trent along Neighbourhood Watch is working with Police to host a Crime Prevention Day. Lots of crime prevention freebies, and the opportunity to join free crime prevention schemes Fri 7.00 £7.00 Biddulph Town Hall 5th July - High Street 11.00 Please Biddulph Hoe Down pm ring to Stoke-on-Trent An evening of folk book a ST6 8AR dancing, fun and a ticket Contact: pie and pea supper, Mavis and Trevor Hancock with caller Jim (tel) 01782 513458 Thompson

Sat 10.00 Free entry Biddulph Town Hall 6th July am Biddulph Town Hall - Prices for High Street food and 12 noon Biddulph Open Café drink vary Stoke-on-Trent Unwind under a No need to ST6 8AR shady parasol, and book, just chat with friends come along Contact: Tessa Hall over tea and (tel) 01782 512626 delicious home- baked cakes

Sat 10.00 £5.75 Gladstone Pottery Museum 6th July am for Uttoxeter Road - concessions Longton

Meet Miss Byrne 4.00 pm No need to Stoke-on-Trent Find out what it was like book, just ST3 1PQ to work at Gladstone come along China in 1910. Miss (tel) (01782) 237777 Byrne, our 1910 factory inspector, will show you around the office, and answer your questions. Sat 11.00 Free entry The Donna Louise Children’s 6th July am Hospice - Prices for 1 Grace Road

Donna Louise 5,00 pm attractions Trentham Summer Fayre vary Stoke-on-Trent Bouncy castle, face ST4 8FN painting, small animal No need zoo, as well as lots of to book, (tel) (01782) 654444 stalls, games and treats. just come Great live music along throughout the day Sat 1.00 Free YMCA 6th July - Harding Road 2.00 pm No need Hanley Free Martial Arts to book, Stoke-on-Trent taster class just come ST1 3AE along By Stoke Freestyle Martial Arts (tel) 07912 846248 Academy

Sat 4.30 Concession Biddulph Moor Village Hall 6th July - s are £3.00, 11.30 if booked in Jacky Nevill 01782 523573 advance pm

Rock on the Rocks Higher charges on the gate Music for all tastes, 12 stands, BBQ, bar and side stalls Sat 6 th , Concert £5.00 Hill Top Chapel Sun 7 th & starts at Biddulph Moor Mon 9 th 7.30 pm Please ring Stoke-on-Trent to book a July ticket Eileen Phillips 01782 511073 Hill Top Flower Beryl Walton 01782 514915 Festival

Concert by the Sounds of Music Singers on Sat 6 th July Sat 7.30 £11.00 for The Trentham Estate 6th July - concessions Stone Road 10.00 if ordered in Trentham advance, or Ska and The Jam pm £14.00 on Stoke-on-Trent Tribute by local the day ST4 8AX band The £5.50 for Rudeboys annual (tel) (01782) 646646 Bring a blanket, a ticket holders if picnic and some ordered in friends advance, or £9.00 on the day Sun 1.30 £3.00 Colour Mill 7th July - Winkhill 5.30 pm No need nr. Leek to book, Staffs. just come ST13 7PR National Garden along scheme open garden at the

Colour Mill A ¾ acre garden by the river where kingfishers and dippers can be seen. Organic vegetable patch and high beech hedges. Home made teas Sun 1.30 £3.00 Birch Trees 7th July - Copmere End 5.30 pm No need Eccleshall to book, Staffs. National Garden just come ST21 6HH scheme open along garden at Birch Trees A sunny garden of ½ an acre, with great

views of the countryside.

Home made teas Sun 2.00 £3.50 Offley Brook 7th July - nr. Eccleshall 5.30 pm No need Staffs.

National Garden to book, ST21 6HA scheme open just come garden at Offley along Brook A 1.5 acre country garden in a lovely valley setting, overlooking a mill pool. Home made teas Wed 10.00 Free Swan Bank Methodist Church 10 th July am Swan Square - No need to book, just Engage 50 Plus 2.30 pm come along Stoke-on-Trent Forum ST6 1ES Join the forum for an update on NHS (tel) (01782) 200736 services across Staffordshire Lunch included

Thurs 11 th All day Free Victoria centre - Station Road Sun No need to Biddulph th book, just 14 July Art at The Arms come along Stoke-on-Trent Open Art Staffs. Exhibition This event is open to Contact: Janice Deane all artists – painters, (tel) 01782 518684 photographers, sculptors etc. from Biddulph and its surrounding areas Thurs 2.00 £1.00 Biddulph Town Hall 11th July - High Street 4.00 pm Please pay Biddulph Sequence Dance on the door A pleasant afternoon Stoke-on-Trent of sequence ST6 8AR dancing, with tea Contact: and biscuits Marie Mills (tel) 01782 511167 or Trevor Hancock (tel) 01782 513458 provided

Thurs 7.00 pm Free From Wharf Road car park 11 th July

No need to Contact: Biddulph Ramblers book, just present – Festival come along Eddie Dawson walks (tel) 01782 512851 Evening walk 3.5 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear Fri 10.00 Free Community centre 12 th July am Bursley Road - Please ring Cobridge to book a 12 noon Stoke-on-Trent Music Therapy place ST6 3DQ Try out some

different musical (tel) 07792 121455 intruments, and learn about beats and rhythms

A Green Door event

Fri 7.00 £5.00 Biddulph Methodist Church 12 th July - & Victoria centre 9.30 pm Please Station Road ring to Biddulph Biddulph & District book a Stoke-on-Trent Youth Orchestra place Staffs. Summer Concert

Sat13 th 9.00 am To be Fenton Manor Sports Complex & start confirmed City Road Sun (doors Fenton 14 th July open at Please Stoke-on-Trent 8.00 ring for ST5 2RR ITDA National am) details Streetdance - Contact: Liz Murphy Competition 9.00 pm (tel) (01273) 685652

Come and watch these amateur competitions, which are performed by all age groups Sat 13 th Sat: £3.50 Woodleighton Gardens & 11.00 Woodleighton Grove Sun am No need Uttoxeter 14 th July - to book, Staffs. 5.00 pm just come ST14 8BX National Garden along scheme open Sun: garden at 1.00 Woodleighton - (Wheelchair access is limited to the top garden and Grove gardens 5.00 pm greenhouse) Two gardens next to each other, with summerhouse, greenhouse, a fruit arch and a natural stream. Unusual plants, including bamboos, bananas, hostas and agaves. Cacti and succulents are grown in the greenhouse. Jam and marmalade made with Staffordshire Honey are on sale. Sat 10.00 Free entry Victoria centre 13 th July am Station Road - Prices for Biddulph food and Open Café 12 noon drink vary Stoke-on-Trent Staffs. Unwind under a

shady parasol, and Contact: Tessa Hall chat with friends (tel) 01782 512626 over tea and delicious home- baked cakes Sat 13 th 10.00 Free entry Churnet Valley Railway & am Kingsley & Froghall Station Sun 14 th - Train fares Froghall

July Real Ale Trail 4.00 pm £11.00 Staffs. ST10 2HA (tel) (01538) 750755

Sat 11.00 Free Potteries Museum & Art Gallery 13 th July am Bethesda Street - A small City Centre (Hanley) charge will 3.00 pm apply for Stoke-on-Trent The FA Cup comes photographs ST1 3DW to Stoke! For one day only, the (tel) (01782) 232323 Cup will come to the Potteries Museum to complement the football displays they are holding at the moment. For a small charge, you can have a photograph of yourself next to the cup. Sat 2.00 Free St. Matthews Church 13 th July - No need to Road 4.00 pm book, just Birches Head come along Stoke-on-Trent Our Big Gig Contact: Nick Broad Join in for your chance (tel) 07795 683686 to have a go at playing a brass instrument

Sat 7.30 £11.00 for The Trentham Estate 13 th July - concessions Stone Road 10.00 if ordered in Trentham advance, or Stoke-on-Trent Girls Night out pm £14.00 on ST4 8AX Tribute to The Spice the day Girls and Girls Aloud (tel) (01782) 646646 £5.50 for Bring a blanket, a annual picnic and some ticket friends holders if ordered in advance, or £9.00 on the day Sun 9.30 am Free From Wharf Road car park 14 th July

No need to Contact: Biddulph Ramblers book, just present – Festival come along Eddie Dawson walks (tel) 01782 512851 6 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear Sun 10.00 Free entry Britannia Stadium 14 th July am Stanley Matthews Way - No need to Stoke-on-Trent book, just 5.00 pm come along ST4 4EG Staffordshire Bike Show Contact: Kevin Wilcox Lots to do, with bike (tel) 0300 1118012 superstars and legends, live music and talks throughout the day

Sun 12 noon Free Burslem Park 14 th July - Burslem Park Lodge 8.00 pm No need to Moorland Road book, just come along Burslem Stoke-on-Trent Adorations 2013 – ST6 1EA A Family Festival – Contact: NST Ministries Family Fun Day and (tel) (01782) 524200 worship in the park, with music

Sun 1.30 £3.00 Moorfield 14 th July - Post Lane 5.00 pm No need Endon to book, Stoke-on-Trent just come Staffs. National Garden along ST9 9DU scheme open garden at Moorfield A colourful garden of 1/3 of an acre. Herbaceous borders, and an area with a Mediterranean feel. Lots of interesting features, including a large Summerhouse

Home made teas

Mon All day Free Biddulph High Street 15 th Stoke-on-trent - No need Staffs. Sat to book, th 20 July Art Trail just come Contact: Glynis Davies Following on from along (tel) 01782 514998 the exbition. Pictures by local artists will be on show in shop windows. Follow the art trail along Biddulph High Street. Complete the picture quiz, first correct entry drawn wins a prize. The Arms promotion. Mon 7.30 £3.50 Biddulph Town Hall 15 th July - High Street 9.00 pm Please pay Biddulph on the door Stoke-on-Trent

Rock ‘n’ Chips ST6 8AR Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Rachel/Steve Brandreth 01782 Workshop 519814 Beginners to experienced dancers – all welcome Tues 4.00 Free 16 th July - 6.00 pm Meir Community & Education centre Please Pickford Place ring to Meir Relaxation book a Stoke-on-Trent Workshop place S3 7DY

Learn ways to help Contact: My Health Matters with stress, including (tel) 07792 121455 hand massage, yoga and meditation

A Green Door event Thurs 2.00 £1.00 Biddulph Town Hall 18 th July - High Street 4.00 pm Please pay Biddulph Sequence Dance on the door A pleasant afternoon Stoke-on-Trent of sequence ST6 8AR dancing, with tea Marie Mills 01782 511167 or and biscuits Trevor Hancock 01782 513458 provided

Thurs 7.00 pm Free From Grange Country Park car park 18 th July

No need to Contact: Biddulph Ramblers book, just present – Festival come along Eddie Dawson walks (tel) 01782 512851 Evening walk 3.5 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear Sat 10.00 Free entry Biddulph Town Hall 20 th July am High Street - Prices for Biddulph food and 12 noon Stoke-on-Trent Open Café drink vary ST6 8AR Unwind under a

shady parasol, and Tessa Hall 01782 512626 chat with friends

over tea and delicious home- baked cakes Sat 10.00 Free Burslem Park Lodge 20 th July am Burslem Park - No need Moorland Road

Police and 12 noon to book, Burslem Communities just come Stoke-on-Trent Together along ST6 1EA Meet your local Officers, Councillor Contact: Joy Garner and park (tel) 0300 1234455 ext. 16233 representative, and tell them about any issues which concern you Sat 10.00 Free for Stoke Methodist Church 20 th July am buyers, Epworth Street £5.00 per Stoke-on-Trent

Table Top sale table for Contact: Carol Swancott Join members of sellers (tel) (01782) 416371 Stoke Methodist Church at this table top sale to raise money for the Church building fund Sat 10.00 Free Biddulph Town Hall 20 th July am High Street - No need to Biddulph book, just 4.00 pm come along Stoke-on-Trent Biddulph Art Group ST6 8AR present – Painting & Craft Contact: Mrs R Hemmings Exhibition (tel) (01782) 516266 A variety of art work and crafts

Sat 10.00 Free Town centre – Wharf Road, north 20 th July am along High Street and Station Road - No need to Biddulph by the book, just 5.00 pm Contact: Frank Harris Sea come along (tel) 01782 517238 All the fun of a day

by the sea, with sand and saucy postcards, donkey rides and a children’s funfair right in the heart of town. Punch & Judy and a brass band Sat 7.00 Free Biddulph Town Hall 20 th July - High Street 10.00 Please ring Biddulph More Sounds for to book a Summer pm ticket Stoke-on-Trent Biddulph Male Voice ST6 8AR Choir perform old David Tildesley 01782 514427 and new songs

Sat 7.30 £11.00 for The Trentham Estate 20 th July - concessions Stone Road 10.00 if ordered in Trentham advance, or pm Stoke-on-Trent 50s Rock & Roll £14.00 on ST4 8AX with the Twist the day

Show £5.50 for (tel) (01782) 646646 Bring a blanket, a annual picnic and some ticket friends holders if ordered in advance, or £9.00 on the day Sat 8.00 pm £12.50 Regent Theatre 20 th July Piccadilly Please Cultural Quarter Laugh Out Loud ring to City Centre (Hanley) Comedy Club book a Stoke-on-Trent Bringing the best of ticket ST1 1AP live stand up comedy to Stoke-on- Contact: Box Office Trent (tel) (01782) 213800

Sun Registra Free Trentham Gardens 21 st July tion Stone Road starts at Please Trentham 9.45 ring to Stoke-on-Trent Leisurely Cycle am, book a ST4 8AX ride – Glorous rides place Gardens to Grand start at Contact: Designs 10.00 Mike Barr Trentham to am, and (tel) (01782) 616243 Estate, usually Barlaston – 6 miles last for Children under 16 2-3 must be hours accompanied by an adults

Meet at Trentham Gardens

Sun 10.00 Free entry Burslem Park Lodge st 21 July am Burslem Park - No need Moorland Road 5.00 pm to book, Burslem The Co Operative just come Stoke-on-Trent “It’s a Knockout” along ST6 1EA fundraising event Contact: Helen Steel Join us at Burslem (tel) 0843 2462234 Park for this fun event where we want to raise as much money as possible for charity. Lots of games, attractions and stalls

Tues 8.15 £2.50 Biddulph Town Hall 23 rd July - High Street 9.15 pm Please pay Biddulph on the door Stoke-on-Trent ST6 8AR Absolute Rachel/Steve Brandreth 01782 Beginners’ Latin & 519814 Ballroom dancing workshopo 24 th July 10.00 am Free Marychurch centre - 153 Werrington Road 12 noon Please Bucknall ring to Stoke-on-Trent book a DY2 9AQ Relaxation place Workshop Contact: My Health Matters (tel) 07792 121455 Learn ways to help with stress, including hand massage, yoga and meditation

A Green Door event Wed 11.30 Free th All Saints’ Church 24 July am Leek Road - No need Joiners Square 2.00 pm to book, Stoke-on-Trent just come ST1 3HH Community Health along & Activities Fayre Contact: Rev. Geoffrey Eze (tel) (01782) 265129 Lots of health and wellbeing activities

A Green Door event Wed 7.30 pm Free th Biddulph Town Hall 24 July High Street Please Biddulph ring to Stoke-on-Trent Cajun Dance book a ST6 8AR workshops place Contact: An introductory Eric Cox dance class to teach (tel) (01728) 514896 the cajun waltz, two- or step and jitterbug. Craig Pickering Cajun Dancing is fun (tel) (01782) 523277 to do and easy to learn

Thurs 2.00 £1.00 Biddulph Town Hall 25 th July - High Street 4.00 pm Please pay Biddulph Sequence Dance on the door A pleasant afternoon Stoke-on-Trent of sequence ST6 8AR dancing, with tea Marie Mills 01782 511167 or and biscuits Trevor Hancock 01782 513458 provided Thurs 7.30 pm £4.00 Biddulph Town Hall th Including 25 July refreshments High Street Biddulph Tickets The History available from Stoke-on-Trent & Natural History Brammer’s ST6 8AR of Greenway Bank Shoe Shop, or Hilda Sheldon 01782 514993 one the door A film & slide show by local

photographer Thurs 9.30 am Free From Grange Country Park car park 25 th July

No need to Contact: Biddulph Ramblers book, just present – Festival come along Eddie Dawson walks (tel) 01782 512851 3.5 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear Fri 7.00 £3.50 The Biddulph Arms 26 th July - 171 Congleton Road 10.00 Bring your Biddulph own Sequence Dance pm refreshment Stoke-on-Trent An evening of great s ST8 6QJ social sequence Contact: dancing Marie Mills 01782 511167 or Trevor Hancock 01782 513458

Sat 9.30 am Free From Wharf Road car park 27 th July

No need to Contact: Biddulph Ramblers book, just present – Festival come along Eddie Dawson walks (tel) 01782 512851 6 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear Sat 10.00 Free entry Biddulph Town Hall 27 th July am High Street - Prices for Biddulph food and 12 noon Stoke-on-Trent Open Café drink vary ST6 8AR

Tessa Hall 01782 512626 Unwind under a

shady parasol, and chat with friends over tea and delicious home- baked cakes Sat 10.00 Free entry North Staffs. Medical Institute & 27 th July am conference centre - No need to Hartshill Road book, just Hartshill & 2.00 pm come along Hartshill Harpfields Stoke-on-Trent Residents’ ST4 7NY Green Summer Fair A community event Contact: with a strong (tel) (01782) 414584 environmental and Mobile on the day: green theme. There Joe Andrew will be a variety of (tel) 07528 571426 stalls, children’s entertainment and community games Sat 10.00 Free Biddulph Town Hall frontage 27 th July am High Street - No need to Biddulph book, just Biddulph Art Group 4.00 pm come along Stoke-on-Trent present ST6 8AR – Painting & Craft Mrs R Hemmings 01782 516266 Exhibition A variety of art work

and crafts Sat 27 th 10.30 Included in The Trentham Estate & am Garden Stone Road Sun - admission Trentham th of £4.25 28 July 3.30 pm for Stoke-on-Trent RSPB Weekend every concessions ST4 8AX day and carers (tel) (01782) 646646

Sat 10.30 Free YMCA 27 th July am Harding Road - No need Hanley Martial Arts Charity 4.00 pm to book, Stoke-on-Trent Fundraising event ST1 3AE just come Contact: Stoke Freestyle Martial along Arts Academy will be Stoke Freestyle Martial Arts Academy holding a day of talks (tel) 07912 846248 and entertainment, to raise money for the Douglas MacMillan Hospice Sat 7.30 pm £4.00 Joiners Square Community centre 27 th July Cornes Street An extra Joiners Square £2.50 if Stoke-on-Ttrent Charity Motown you would ST1 3JA night like a pie A fabulous night of & pea Contact: June Upton music and dancing supper (tel) 214129 or 274415 Raising money for the MS Society and Prostate Cancer charity Sat 7.30 £11.00 for The Trentham Estate 27 th July - concessions Stone Road 10.00 if ordered in Trentham advance, or Best of Brit Pop – pm £14.00 on Stoke-on-Trent A Tribute to The the day ST4 8AX Beatles and Oasis Bring a blanket, a £5.50 for (tel) (01782) 646646 annual picnic and some ticket friend holders if ordered in advance, or £9.00 on the day Sat 7.30 £12.00 Biddulph Town Hall 27 th July - High Street 11.30 Fish & chip Biddulph supper pm Stoke-on-Trent included Rock ‘n’ Chips ST6 8AR An evening of jive Bring your Contact: own drinks Dance Bespoke 01782 519814 or music with & glasses competitions Frank Harris 01782 517238

Sun 28 th 1.00 £5.00 Wilkins Pleck July - off Three Mile Lane 5.00 pm No need Whitmore to book, Newcastle-under-Lyme just come Staffs. National Garden along ST5 5HN scheme open garden at Wilkins Pleck

A colour themed garden in the Arts & Crafts tradition. 5.5 acres

Home made teas Sun 1.30 £3.00 The Beeches 28 th July - Mill Street 5.00 pm No need Rocester to book, Staffs. just come ST14 5JX National Garden along scheme open garden at The Beeches A plant lover’s garden of approx. 2/3 acre, with lovely countryside views. Roses, clematis and flowering plants, pools and late flowering perennials

Home made teas Mon 7.30 £3.50 Biddulph Town Hall 29 th July - High Street 9.00 pm Please pay Biddulph on the door Stoke-on-Trent Disco Fox - ST6 8AR Dance Workshop Contact: Rachel/Steve Brandreth 01782 519814

Tues 10.00 £5.75 for Gladstone Pottery Museum 30 th July am concessions Uttoxeter Road - Longton No need to Meet Miss Byrne 4.00 pm book, just Stoke-on-Trent Find out what it was like come along ST3 1PQ to work at Gladstone China in 1910. Miss (tel) (01782) 237777 Byrne, our 1910 factory inspector, will show you around the office, and answer your questions. Tues 8.15 £2.50 Biddulph Town Hall 30 th July - High Street 9.15 pm Please pay Biddulph on the door Stoke-on-Trent ST6 8AR Absolute Contact: Beginners’ Latin & Rachel/Steve Brandreth 01782 Ballroom dancing 519814 workshopo

Wed 9.30 am Free From The Roaring Meg 31 st July

No need to Contact: Biddulph Ramblers book, just present – Festival come along Eddie Dawson walks (tel) 01782 512851 Pub walk from The Roaring Meg 4 miles Please wear suitable clothing and footwear.

Kerry Summerfield/Tracy Wright Community Development Workers Riverside Employment & Training centre Stoke-on-Trent (tel) (01782) 236174/236510 [email protected] www.stoke.gov.uk/communitydevelopment