Family
Shining a spotlight on activities, projects and events for families. Supporting campaigns to improve the lives of families. Uncovering families heroes.
Festival of Light & Colour Returning to ARC
Enjoy a brilliantly varied range of Diwali-inspired events from the comfort of your home... The Festival of Light and Colour is Stockton’s annual celebration to mark the festival of Diwali and is funded by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. This year the festival will...
The Bungalow Partnership: Supporting Children and Young People’s Mental Health
"It's no surprise that this dedicated team receive great feedback from the schools in their network." Mental health problems are far more common than most of us realise. One in six of us will be affected by a condition such as anxiety or depression in any given week....
Help Kids Eat Free in the Tees
Today the Tees Online is launching ‘Kids Eat Free in the Tees’We are encouraging restaurants across the Tees to offer free meals for children.The scheme comes on the back of Marcus Rashford's free holiday lunches campaign that was brought to an end by the government...
Free and affordable provision for toddlers
Covid has affected every aspect of our lives and has had a severe impact on women and children. In an ideal world, having a baby is supposed to be a magical time for families to come together. Covid has made that impossible and instead of bringing people together, for...
Childcare – The Gap in Gender Pay
Why women in the UK are earning less than men is not a straightforward issue to unpick. However, there’s widespread agreement that discriminatory practices and unequal pay are contributing to the problem... It has been illegal in the UK to pay a person less based on...
Something interesting is happening in hidden corners of Teesside
Right across our region people are taking initiative and improving neglected corners of their neighbourhoods, reclaiming them as community assets. Today we’re taking a quick look at the world of ‘alley greening’. Alleys (sometimes called back lanes, passageways,...