The Community Cast

19/12/2025

🥳🎄🎅Join me for the last of 2025 on 6 Towns Radio , 1-3 this afternoon📻🎙

🗣 I'll be joined by Nicola Shaw and Lowe from Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank to chat about the work they are doing in supporting people and communities with food and advice across the city this Christmas 🎄

And letting you know how you can donate:

https://stokeontrent.foodbank.org.uk/

Plus, as per, loads of great tunes! 🎵

To get a community shout out, song played or just a general thought or musing about what's going on in you community: Txt your message to 88440 or email studio at 6townsradio.co.uk

17/12/2025

🎄🎅Well as 2025 draws to a close.

Its been a busy, tough and ever changing year full of variety and challenges.

Through and over the last 12 months The Community Cast has had the pleasure and honour to work with and alongside so many fantastic people commuinities and organisations through supporting projects, delivering training, research and evaluation, podcasting, filming, and video podcasting (ever growing in popularity it seems) and many more requests to collaborate and coproduce all with the aim of supporting people and communities to have a voice 🗣

So in a long and in no particular ordered list we want to give a big shout out to you all (tag link or not🤣):

Ayad Al-Ani All the Small Things CiC Nic Gratton Expert Citizens VAST Stoke-on-Trent City Council 6 Towns Radio Reels in Motion Stoke on Trent College The Beth Johnson Foundation Fegg Hayes Futures Ruff & Ruby Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank Period Power ...continued in comments (as FB say tagged too many for one post! 🤣)

Here's to your great, ongoing work, much achieved and much more to come.

Merry Christmas and a happy and collaborative 2026.



Thank you

Adam Gratton

The Community Cast

12/12/2025

Join me on the wireless from 1-3 this afternoon for more on 6 Towns Radio

🗣 I'll be joined by Cliff Hathaway and Malcolm Swan from North Staffs Pensioners' Convention 'Grey Power' to chat about there work supporting Pensioners in the region and their Christmas appeal! 🎄

Plus, as per, loads of great tunes! 🎵

To get a community shout out, song played or just a general thought or musing about what's going on in you community: Txt your message to 88440 or email studio at 6townsradio.co.uk

10/12/2025

Seeking input on broadband: Vodafone, EE, Virgin, SKY, BT etc. Who do you use and how reliable are they connection and service wise? Thanks

05/12/2025

Another great recording session yesterday with Expert Citizens as we spent the day putting together several episodes of the upcoming Communities of Practice podcast 'Shock to the System' at Reels in Motion studio.

Coming 2026! 🥳

04/12/2025

Be sure to tune into (each Friday 1-3pm) on 6 Towns Radio over the next three weeks, as we shine the spotlight on three charity appeals.

And kicking off our festive shows will be YMCA North Staffordshire . We will be joined by Martyna Kiedel and John Ford to hear about the Christmas Hamper Appeal.

Join me Adam Gratton off of the The Community Cast from 1 -3 tomorrow for more great and great festive tunes ta boot! 🎄

ymcans.org.uk

02/12/2025

Great evening celebrating, a year of impactful community and social change making, with the All the Small Things CiC team inc. Penny Vincent Ralph Nic Gratton , Ball Murphy Eliott and all the wonderful associates! 🥳🎄

02/12/2025

Good catch up this morning with the legend that is Nigel Howle of Howle Communications sharing stories, putting the world to rights and talking about importance of balanced storytelling and in local media over a coffee at the Bluebirdkingsway in Stoke.

28/11/2025

Big thanks to Verity for delivering to B-Arts in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent yesterday.
They do some fab work in the community and if you are local please check them out.

28/11/2025