Saltbox is a local charity doing incredible work helping people with debt, loneliness and homelessness issues. If you’re struggling, especially during this pandemic, they may be able to help. More details in this podcast with Lloyd Cooke from the charity.

Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureau is doing a big job in helping people with their employment and benefits issues during this coronavirus crisis. I caught up with their Chief Executive Simon Harris to talk through some of the recurring questions they are receiving. There is lots of help available during this unprecedented time. 

Thank you Stoke-on-Trent for coming together to help vulnerable people during this horrible outbreak. All the Small Things is a community group making sure food, prescriptions, and other help and vital info reaches lonely, vulnerable and isolated people. Penny tells us more about the fantastic work she’s doing.

Over the coming days I am beginning a series of community information podcasts to throw a spotlight on some of the great work happening locally during this challenging time. People across Stoke-on-Trent are coming together to help those in isolation be it with food deliveries, picking up prescriptions or even dog walking. I start by speaking with Lisa from VAST who is helping coordinate the local volunteering effort. These episodes are being done remotely to keep everyone safe and we are putting information out in as real time as possible.

Budget 2020 is almost upon us - and in this episode I go to our local brewery RAN Ales, and talk to owners Karen and Nev about what more the government can do to help our great pub and beer industry. 

We need to push aspiration and tell our young people in Stoke-on-Trent about the opportunities out there. Join me as I speak to Mark Ball from the Prince's Trust Stoke centre about some of the challenges facing young people and our efforts in helping them succeed. 

Who is the real Jack Brereton? My team wouldn't let me leave the office until they asked me a series of quick fire questions about me which they then insisted on recording and turning into a podcast. So here goes...

Did you know Stoke-on-Trent’s world class businesses are exporting £1.3m of goods every day? Who are they? What do they produce? Why is our region excelling when it comes to selling globally and how can we capitalise on Brexit? Join me as I discuss this and more on Jack Brereton Radio! 

How can we help our local businesses and high streets thrive in places like Longton and Fenton and across Stoke-on-Trent? In this episode I'm joined by special guest Sara Williams, CEO at Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce to discuss this and more!

In this episode, I talk about why buses are so important for our communities in Stoke South, what's going wrong with our services, and what we're doing to drastically improve them.