Green Team host workshop on going solar

Vital information on how, when and why organisations should consider solar power will be discussed at a workshop run by the Staffordshire Housing Group. Staffordshire Housing has begun work to fit homes under its ownership with photo voltaic (often known as solar) panels. Their “Green Team” will pass on their knowledge at a workshop – Feed-in Tariff in Reality – …

AUCTION NIGHTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPICE

A popular town centre pub is to host a series of auctions to raise funds for North Staffordshire’s only children’s hospice. Auction nights will be held every two months at the White Star, Stoke, on behalf of the Donna Louise Children’s Hospice Trust. Licensee Pam Rowlands, said: “The first auction will be on Sunday, 11 September. There will be entertainment …

MARATHON PUB CRAWL WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR STAFFORDSHIRE HOSPICE

Walking to the pub will take on a new meaning for a group of beer lovers. Lee Farrington, landlord of the Greyhound, Hartshill Road, Newcastle, is encouraging friends and pub-goers to join him on a 23 mile pub crawl between Titanic Brewery’s five inns. And their efforts are expected to raise hundreds of pounds for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Blurton, …

Households go Solar with Staffordshire Housing Association

Around 200 North Staffordshire households are to benefit from a Staffordshire Housing Association scheme to install solar panels to heat homes. The scheme will help to cut heating costs for tenants and support the Stoke based association’s work to cut its carbon footprint. Householders can typically knock between £70 and £100 a year off their household bills by installing solar …