• Staffordshire parents Steph and Matt praise Staffordshire County Council's Hungry Little Minds campaign for the help its given them in raising their daughter, as they become the 8,000th family to sign up.

• The campaign gives advice on actions they can take with their child at each age and stage, including to read and talk to their baby from the moment they're born.

• It launched in 2020 and sends personalised emails to parents twice a month.

• Leaders gather at Lichfield Cathedral for We Are Staffordshire roundtable event

• Discussion focuses on strengthening place identity and civic pride through culture

• New Cultural Strategy set to be launched

• New Strategic Direction for county council approved

• Plan focuses on five core priorities

• Communities at heart of two-year direction

• New Staffy Trail of 3D sculptures aims to boost Staffordshire’s visitor economy

• Businesses encouraged to sponsor, with opportunities from £100

• Part of the 10th Staffordshire Day celebrations, supporting a £2.7bn visitor economy

• Secondary School attendance campaign, delivered by Staffordshire County Council, has launched.

• The I'm Here campaign is designed to boost school attendance by providing resources to schools and address challenges in pupils' lives.

• The campaign's webpage includes resources to help with mental health support and two videos filmed with pupils and staff of a Staffordshire school.

• New programme to provide intensive employment support for up to a year
• It joins up local health and employment support so that people have a better chance of finding work
• Website now live with information for people and employers

• The wait for Educational Psychology assessments has dropped from six months to zero delay.
• New referrals are now being picked up straightaway, and helping families receive quicker decisions.
• The county council continues to back national calls for fairer SEND funding from government.

Councillor Chris Large has stepped down as Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources and the Group Leader for Reform UK due to a family bereavement that has had a wider impact on his family.