• 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

• Updated Natural Environment Strategy sets out how the county council will protect and enhance nature across Staffordshire.
• New actions include targeted species recovery, wildlife friendly verge management, natural flood solutions, hedgerow restoration and installing features like bat boxes on new council developments.
• Biodiversity Report shows strong progress since 2024, including habitat restoration, targeted action for species, reduced peat and pesticide use, pollinator planting and growing community involvement.

• 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.

Staffordshire County Council is investing an extra £15 million over the next two years to accelerate repairs of lower‑level potholes across the county.