Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

07/09/2026

😃 The Pathway to Education event is happening now until 6pm!

📍 Billingham Community Centre

📢 No booking required - just pop in and have a chat!

04/09/2026

🗣 Councillor Paul Rowling, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources and Regeneration, said: “This is another fantastic achievement for CPD Bodies right here in Stockton-on-Tees and we have been delighted to support the growth of the business in our area, which has helped boost our local economy and provide some excellent employment opportunities.

“Stockton-on-Tees is the economic powerhouse of the Tees Valley and as well as being here to help our existing businesses thrive, we are also ready to welcome new businesses to the area and have a great team in place to help every step of the way.

“To find out more about the support available, visit www.investstocktonontees.co.uk.”

04/09/2026

🫶 Putting communities at the heart of our work. We do that.

And did you know that the Council's staff turnover rate is 9.4 per cent, comfortably below the national average?

Check out this week's job vacancies below 👇

🚸 School Crossing Patrol Officer
🩵 Support Worker
🍽️ School Catering Assistants

Please apply here 🔗 www.stockton.gov.uk/job-vacancies

Stockton-on-Tees Employment and Training Hub

04/09/2026

🎨🖨️ Getting creative at Stockton Waterfront urban park!

🥰 We are loving these images from Creative Village CIC who held a printing workshop for their Creative Club group in the Waterfront Park.

🏞️ Using a print making technique, the group found lots of interesting textures from the Waterfront Park's features. Gorgeous prints were created from the metal work archways, the bricks carved with poems in Finkle Garden and the flowers and nature found in the park.

🫟 Creative Village are a community interest company who deliver art based workshops across Teesside. They are based on Stockton High Street and run their Creative Club every Tuesday.

❤️ Whether it's a community meet-up, a charity fundraiser, or an exercise class, Stockton Waterfront is the perfect venue for community activities.

Stockton BID | Visit Tees Valley

🔗 Find out more: www.stockton.gov.uk/stockton-waterfront

04/09/2026

⚽🏆 Good luck to Wolviston FC Ladies this Sunday (6 September) when they host Wigginton Grasshoppers in Women's FA Cup First Round Qualifying at 2pm.

👏 It will be the first competitive senior women’s football match ever played at Metcalfe Park.

Check out their remarkable story in the post below 👇

Four months ago, this team didn’t exist. Now they’re making FA Cup history. Here’s how it happened.

04/09/2026

🧡💙 Today (Friday, 4 September), we’re marking World Sexual Health Day by lighting up Newport Bridge, Stockton Town Centre, and Stockton Riverside in orange and blue.

Across the Borough, s*xual health advice and support is available to all residents:

➡️ Teesside Together is the new s*xual health and contraception service and they offer free, confidential s*xual health support for all Stockton-on-Tees residents. You can contact the helpline on 01642 924117 or book online at www.teessidetogether.co.uk/

➡️ You can also access free condoms online from Doink Teesside at www.sh.uk/condoms/teesside and if you are aged under 16, a friendly trained worker will have a confidential chat with you before you can place an order to make sure you’re safe.

ℹ️ For more s*xual health information and advice, visit: www.nhs.uk/live-well/s*xual-health/

📲 And for confidential safe s*x advice and all things contraception, visit: www.elephant-in-the-room.co.uk/ where you can also call the free national s*xual health helpline at 0300 123 7123, from Monday to Friday between 9am until 8pm and Saturday and Sunday between 11am until 4pm.

Teesside Together SH

03/09/2026

🚣 Grab your paddles and head to the River Tees this Sunday (6 September) for another fun-filled day of AquaPaddle!

🌊 The free timed 5k water event is open to all levels of ability and you’re welcome to come along and join in the fun whether you’re a beginner or expert.

💧 Experience the thrill of paddling in the great outdoors!

Please note that spaces are limited to 25 paddlers.

🗓️ 10am, Sunday 6 September

📍 The River Tees Watersports Centre rowing club, Stockton. Please arrive at the meeting point (rowing club) by 9.45am.

🔗 Please register online at https://tinyurl.com/82wve66e before heading down to the Tees.

🚗 Parking is available at the Riverside car park on the A1305 Riverside Road. What3Words link: ///quicker.commended.vessel

🥰 AquaPaddle are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers! If you can help, then feel free to register at www.aquapaddle.org/volunteer.

✅ If you are volunteering all equipment is provided, but to take part in this event you will need your own equipment.

03/09/2026

❄️ Join us for the Coolest Go All In 2026 Event on Saturday 12 September at Billingham Forum Ice Arena!

🎧 Stockton-on-Tees Libraries will be there from 8.15am to help skaters and Tees Active customers become a library member and gain access to hundreds of e-audiobooks!

Don't forget the Coolest Go All In Event is taking place at Billingham Forum Saturday 12th September ❄️

Stockton library will based at the venues to help our skaters and customers become a library member and gain access to hundreds of e-audiobooks so you can listen while you skate 🎧⛸️

All are welcome, 8:15am - 11:00am 📍

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Go All In 2026 National Literacy Trust Stockton-on-Tees Libraries

02/09/2026

📢 An important update from Northumbrian Water on the closure of Norton Road in Stockton.

Repairs on the collapsed sewer are complete and the team are working with contractors to reinstate the road and hope to have it fully reopened on Friday 11 September. 👇👇

02/09/2026

*** FREE LEVEL 2 FOOD HYGIENE COURSE FOR BUSINESSES ACROSS THE BOROUGH IN 2026 ***

🆓 Free food safety training courses will again be on offer for catering businesses across the Borough to take advantage of in 2026.

📆 The next ‘Accredited Level 2 Award in Food Safety’ course takes place on Thursday 24 September with more dates planned in coming months, which can be seen at: https://www.stockton.gov.uk/food-safety-training.

🔪 Catering businesses within the Borough who EMPLOY one to 50 members of staff can take advantage of the free offer.

💰 Each business is eligible for one free space, with extra places available at £55 per person.

👍🏻 There are 250 free places up for grabs on a first come first served basis, so don’t hesitate to book.

🗣️ Councillor Norma Stephenson, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Access, Communities and Community Safety, is keen for all catering businesses to take full advantage of the courses on offer.

She said: “It is vital that catering businesses of all sizes across the Borough adhere to good food safety practices and hygiene to prevent foodborne illnesses and protect their customers.

“The free Level 2 Award is an excellent way for businesses to make their staff aware of their responsibilities under food safety laws and become proficient in food handling and preparation.

“In addition to the free food safety courses, we also offer a host of other courses which food business owners and their employees can find on the food safety webpage. https://www.stockton.gov.uk/food-safety-training.”

☎️ To book a place, please contact Moira Smart on 01642 526597, or email [email protected].