Plant your pants!
Article Written:Healthy soil is vital for gardening and supporting nature. Planting cotton pants can help work out how healthy your soil is.
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Volunteering Opportunity (Teas & Toddles)
Article Written:We are looking for a friendly and enthusiastic person, who would enjoy volunteering at our Teas & Toddles sessions, based at our community allotment, Root ‘N’ Fruit. Teas & Toddles is an outdoor toddler group for children to explore and learn in an outdoor natural setting. These sessions are aimed at under 5’s and their […]
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Support our Youth Social Action group
Article Written:Our Youth Social Action group, in partnership with Stoke City Community Trust, want to make POSITIVE CHANGE in Middleport, and across the city. The group of 11 young people have been passionately discussing the issues that matter to them most and have come up with an action plan of making change! The group have decided […]
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Celebrating our volunteering achievements of 2023
Article Written:Our volunteers all have an important role in making our community great. Since Middleport Matters began, volunteers have been an integral part of the organisation and we are dedicated to making their experience with us positive and rewarding. In 2023, we’ve worked hard to expand our volunteering programme, making it bigger and better than ever. […]
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Fabulous Fungi at Root’n’Fruit
Article Written:Autumn is a great time to go looking for fungi, but remember the golden rule: don’t touch!
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New Administrative Volunteer Opportunity
Article Written:We have a new opportunity for volunteering within our team of passionate and dedicated people who are working hard to make a difference. The role will be assisting with administrative tasks that will help to keep the organisation running smoothly and help us to make a real difference in the community. To volunteer in this role, […]
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Teas & Toddles 2023
Article Written:Teas & Toddles is an outdoor toddler group which runs at our community allotment Root “N” Fruit. The session runs on Wednesday mornings from 9.30am until 11.30am and includes a variety of led gardening activities and free play. This allows that the parents to have a chat and a coffee whilst their toddlers play and […]
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Love Your City Campaign #LoveSOT
Article Written:As part of SOT City Councils Love Your City campaign, we hosted 8 community clean ups over a 2 week period around Middleport, Longport & Dalehall. This campaign aimed to help improve local greenspace & tidy up the surrounding streets and show some love for our local area. Middleport Matters staff, volunteers and partners were […]
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Climate Carnival
Article Written:Our Climate Carnival was fun for all with games, activities and cake… but also some serious environmental messages.
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New Neighbourhood Champion Scheme
Article Written:We are really pleased to be launching a new scheme to support residents of Middleport, Longport, and Dalehall to become champions for their community. We know there are already lots of residents who take great care of their area and neighbours and we want to recognise them and help them to inspire others to do […]
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