‘Positive about our community’ The ‘Connects’ team carefully choose our guest speakers to inform us about success stories, interesting projects and events that are happening on our doorstep. Previous guest speakers include…
Darren Brookes
The Foundry CIC
Edward Cavenagh
Whitmore Lakes
Lisa Healings
VAST
Craig Price
The Dog Therapist
Lewis Hackney
The Foundry CIC
Paul Smith
Innov8 Agency
Sarah Park
Author and Lecturer
Gemma Thomas
Brilliant Bamboo CIC
Kate Jervis
PureClean Bio Hazard
Ian Cartwright
Kuotos Swim
Kat Hughes
Potboiler Theatre
Sonya Farrall
BabaBaboon.co.uk
Susan Clarke
Stoke Creates
Isla Telford
Urban Wilderness CIC
Jenny Amphlett
University of Staffordshire
Celebrating 10 Years
James Routledge
The Knot Daily
Jane Smith
Our Space Staffs
Geoff Beadle
Newcastle Council
Ruth Chambers
Raparu CIC
Simon Davies
The Teapot Factory
Stephen Roberts
Keele University
Jenna Goodwin
The Red Haired Stokie
Darren Washington
Centre Space Arts
Steph Bradbury
Alice Charity
Chris Ward
Longton Exchange Ltd
Martin Crews
Capital&Centric
Ann King
Newcastle Staffs Foodbank
Deb Hilditch
Newcastle Common
Richard Swancott
Enjoy Staffordshire
Helen Goodall
Turpentine Vintage
Claire Nicoll
Keele University
Jayne Knapper
Stoke-on-Trent Fostering
Simon McEneny
Newcastle Council
Justin Ninan
The Wheelhouse
Rhiannon Ewing-James
British Ceramic Biennial
Alun Rogers
Stoke & Staffs LEP
Simon Fuller
The Donna Louise
Justin Nock
Playhouse NuL
Rob Goodley
Rural Brewing Co.
Sophie Wagstaff
The Clubhouse Stoke
Chris Daniels
Cyber Kiln Ltd.
Cris Cohen
Feasted.co.uk
Hannah Ault
Valentine Clays Ltd
Tom Guilbert-Newell
Newcastle Council
Steve Alty
Hilton Garden Inn
Ben and Jon Hill
Piccoloco Coffee
Charlotte Pearce
Newcastle-under-Lyme BID
Katie Beardmore
Brampton Hill House
Jordan Everall
Staffordshire University
Laurel Gallagher
Urban Wilderness CIC
Kirsty Rollings
Keele in Town
Dereece Gardner
Desire Cocktail Bar
David Taylor
Merlin Magic Making
Louise Abbots
Hurrah Marketing
Arthur Barnard
Philip Astley Project CIC
Louise Eagle
Dementia Friends
Sonya Wakefield
BabaBaboon
Ben Dyer
National Enterprise Challenge
Karen Coleman
Excello Law
Jon Fairburn
Staffordshire Business School
Aaron Bell
MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Community Ventures Team
Ruth Williams
The Smile Group
Andrew Van Buren
The Philip Astley Project
Iain Cartwright
British Ceramics Biennial
Ian Bradford
Lymestone Brewery
NIchola Twemlow
Stoke CEP
Bal Atwel
Freeths Solicitors
Robin MacDonald
Caverswall Castle
Lloyd Cooke
Saltbox
Matt Hubbard
Reels In Motion
Mika De Oliveira
Art Brasil
Gemma Thomas
Appetite
Huw Morgan
Keele University
Ben McManus
Wavemaker
Beverley Ashley
Stoke & Staffs Careers Hub
Paul Rogerson
Restoke
Matt Hustwit
Staffs Chambers of Commerce
Ryan Johnson
SoT College, Burslem Campus
Dan Townley
Port Vale F.C. Foundation Trust
Daniel Turner
Belong.org.uk
Andrew Billington
Andrew Billington Photography
Jake Murfin
The Prince’s Trust
Simon Tagg
Newcastle Council
Wendy Dean
Strategi Solutions
Jay Davies
Castletown Distillery
Elise Turner
Brampton Museum
Chris Wilson
Bottlecraft & Crossways
Lauren Hamer
Beautyful by Lauren
Staffordshire Team
Community Foundation Staffs
Richard Guy
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Laura Watson
Stoke Sentinel
Jonathan Gullis MP
Stoke North, Kidsgrove and Talke
Alastair Machin
Chaffinch Group
Newcastle-under-Lyme Business Improvement District Team
Adrian Ball
Our Space Staffs
Tom Walley
Hit Mix Radio
Matt Taylor
Newcastle BID
Ann King
The Glost House
Mel Sheratt
Author
Paul Phillips
Young Enterprise
Danny Flynn
YMCA Staffs
Anthony Bunn
Editor
Duck Magazine
Erica Love
Partners in Creative Learning
Susan Clarke
B-Arts
Carol Shanahan
Synetics Solutions
Paul Williams
City Of Culture 2021 Bid
Paul Farmer OBE
Wade Ceramics
Mike Whittingham
Heywood Academy
Viv Bradford
Lymestone Brewery
Rob Ledger
Six Towns Radio
Fiona Wallace
New Vic Theatre
Ray Elks
Arch North Staffs
Bernard Lovatt
Etruria Industrial Museum
Hannah Malloy
Donna Louise
Adrian Ball
1000 Lives
Alison Bradford
Business Coach
David Breese
Golden Disc Company
Andy Cook
Entrepreneurs
Charnelle Merritt
Totally Local
Karl Greenwood
Appetite
Joan Walley
MP
Toby McCann & Robert Burns
Film Makers