A small update for my The Potteries Post. That’s it for 2022. I’ll be back with more local ‘news you can use’ in early 2023.

A sampling of recent posts at the Post, which has replaced my Facebook groups ‘Creative Stoke’ and ‘Wild Stoke’…

Opportunity: Staffs University has a day and evening Apprenticeship Fair on 4th Feb 2023.

Opportunity: Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs are now open for 2023.

Work: Staffs University (Stoke campus) requires a Senior Lecturer in Immersive Technology.

Good news: Staffs Wildlife Trust is taking on eleven open-space sites in the Moorlands.

Work: Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Appetite requires a part-time Community Co-ordinator.

Funding: Small businesses can bag £5,000 government vouchers for new software.

Work: The new ‘Great Northern Bog’ seeks part-time artists, £20-£25k commissions.

Good News: Peak District National Park bags £1 million for restoration of ‘bare peat’ bog areas.

New book: Staffs Uni Pro Vice-Chancellor co-authors an important new book on Visual Pollution.

Funding: Community Project Funding is now available from Music for All.

Opportunity: Connects Network event – hear from Alton’s Rural Brewing Co.

Opportunity / good news: Staffordshire will support new entrants into farming.

Opportunity: Could your business use a Keele graduate, to work on a digital project?

Training: Cheshire Wildlife Trust – Beaver Ecology and Reintroduction Training Day.

Work: The Forest of Mercia requires a Community Woodlands Officer.

Report: The UK Local Government Association’s new ‘Cornerstones of Culture’.

Work: Keele University requires a video producer, to boost student recruitment.

Work: Newcastle-under-Lyme’s CEDARS Short Stay School requires a Teacher of Art.

Good News: Newcastle-under-Lyme to plant a new “Lyme Forest” of 850 lime trees.

Work: Stoke Town High Street Heritage Action Zone seeks an artist – £8k commission.

Work: A full-time Art Teacher is required at Stoke’s Peak Education.

Work: Buxton Museum & Art Gallery seeks day-rate workshop artists for 2023.

Work: Stoke City Council is now advertising its new Tree Officer vacancy externally.

Report: Can a R&D tax policy help support the creative industries? Staffs Uni has the answers.

Work: The Buxton Opera House requires a full-time Head of Marketing & Comms.

Work: Artists invited to submit proposals for “What Does Staffordshire Mean to You?” workshops.

Work: A part-time arts Project Officer is required for ‘Outside’ in the Moorlands.

Work: Staffs Uni’s Media & Communications Hub requires a Technical Assistant.

Event: Stoke and North Staffordshire CEP Partnership Networking Meeting.

Opportunity: Staffs Uni has a Staffs Startup Community Launch evening event.

Opportunity: The Stoke Creates Exchange Forum has the December event date.

Work: Stoke’s 6th Form College needs a Teacher of Creative Arts – also has news of new T-level Ceramics.

Funding: Universal Music UK Sound Foundation grants, for teachers and instruments.

Talk: North Staffordshire RSPB, “in-depth talk” on Peak raptors in January 2023.

Good news: Stoke-on-Trent has a new Grade II Listed Building.

Work: Nottingham Uni has a paid PhD in Creative Arts Youth Work.

Work: Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Brampton requires a part-time Education Officer.

Opportunities: Dance with Frontline.

Work: Full-time Assistant Curator at World of Wedgwood in Barlaston.