The tenants at our eco lifestyle house have been investigating ways to reduce the environmental impact of their diet. They have found the eating less cheese is a simple way to help the environment.

Jason is a local resident who started attending our Community Gardening session at Root’n’Fruit Community Allotment in 2020. Jason had no background in gardening and had never participated in the hobby before but was looking for something to keep him occupied. Jason quickly become a core participant at the weekly sessions and informally volunteered his […]

We are celebrating our most recent funding boost, from Severn Trent Community Fund towards our essential running expenses, ensuring we can continue to deliver the essential and much needed support to the community. Since 2020, Severn Trent Community Fund have supported over 500 community groups with core cost funding to help them through the impact […]

Female Wellbeing is a session where anyone can come along to learn how to better their physical and mental wellbeing. It has been a massive success this year and the feedback has always been very positive. In 2022 we have had 44 sessions, engaged with 23 individuals and had 286 attendances. We now have a […]

In partnership with PICL Partners in Creative Learning We have absolutely loved seeing the smiles on little faces during this project. The local families who attended have enjoyed reading with a twist, craft and messy play, all whilst meeting other local mums and sharing ideas and stories. PICL approached Middleport Matters with an opportunity to […]

Our Eco Club sessions have been a huge success over 2022 and will be continuing into the new year for bigger and better sessions. If you would like to see what we have been up to this year the report below gives a brief glimpse into this amazing project. If you would like to join […]

Community Gardening Community gardening has taken place at Root’n’Fruit on Tuesdays all year round, and Fridays during the Spring and Summer.   Saltbox have attended most weeks with clients and local residents have also attended throughout the year.  The visitors enjoy learning how to grow fruit, vegetables, and flowers, as well as learning how to maintain […]

Starting in March 2022, Games night has been held on Thursday evenings at the Newcastle Street hub.  The group enjoy playing a variety of games, all requiring different skills.  We have played a mixture of quizzes on general knowledge and pop culture across the decades, which encourages reminiscing.  We always have a selection of board […]

In partnership with The New Vic Theatre. We have just finished our Happy & Glorious project “Walking with Light” – this project was great fun and really boosted the communities spirits – in the report below you can get an idea of the creativity and inspiration this project involved. What is the project all about? […]

We were invited to work with The Potteries Museum (Hanley) and Wessex Archaeology to create a female version of the Staffordshire Hoard. The original Staffordshire Hoard is heavily aimed at men and masculinity, so Wessex Archaeology decided to get local women involved to recreate a more feminine Staffordshire Hoard. We invited a group of our […]