Big day…. a report I’ve worked v hard on launches today🎉
It’s essential we increase the number of young people starting apprenticeships.
The decline in 16-18 yr olds starting one is sad & needs to change.
Our 5 recommendations would create huge impact.
Please read & share
Last year, our Directors hosted a roundtable event in Parliament on our report highlighting the lack of opportunities for young apprentices. With input from a range of organisations, our report is now available. Read it here: 🚀
How apt! Tonight the high street was at its most beautiful, filled with the best type of people you could find.
Stocktonians: warm hearts, caring souls, big smiles, family orientated, and the friendliest of humans around.
Our Stockton ❤️
The loveliest Christmas advert I’ve seen this year ❤️
Adults, please do talk to strangers, it could make their day, and yours.
Our pubs truly are so much more than places to get a drink.
Stockton north has a complex mix of housing & areas, and Stockton on Tees is one of the most economically diverse boroughs in the whole country. Some pockets of huge wealth & pricey houses, as well severe pockets of poverty, with a 20 year age gap in life expectancy between the
Sickening. Whether James or someone else, it’s vile. They must be sacked, no question.
How are children in this area supposed to see a future for themselves if they hear someone from Government saying this about their town?
Worse, that their poverty is self inflicted.
Speaking to a family from Dorset who ask where I’m from.
I do the inevitable “Teesside?”
“Between York & Newcastle?” “Middlesbrough Football Club?”
The mother then says “Omg Tall Trees Nightclub!!”
Surprising how many times this happens.
Local band
@Benefitstheband
drummer Cat played the main stage drumming for Texas just before this set!
I mean, wow 😮 unbelievable 🙌 I can’t even find the words for how impressed and in awe I am by her!
#glastonbury2023
Sickening. Whether James or someone else, it’s vile. They must be sacked, no question.
How are children in this area supposed to see a future for themselves if they hear someone from Government saying this about their town?
Worse, that their poverty is self inflicted.
"These comments shame the Home Secretary, this rotten government and the Tory party."
Labour MP Alex Cunningham demands an apology from James Cleverly for calling his constituency a shithole.
Why
@BBC6Music
is the best station in the world, example 479:
They’ve played
@idlesband
new belter twice in the last hour 👌
How class is the video tho?!🙌🕺🏼💃
IDLES - DANCER
Boro were relentless, and Chelsea just couldn’t catch a break. Who’d have thought we’d be saying that 90 mins ago? 😂🙌
Sometimes Boro just do Boro, it’s been known.
#UTB
@laurenlaverne
To me, there’s an unspoken code of conduct being a 6 music listener.
Those posters haven’t ‘got it’.
They do not speak for me, or 99% of listeners.
‘Who was that fella in a suit?’ commented a man on my LinkedIn post
Actually I thought I looked fine & I’ve never been more complimented at a do in my life for my attire, thank you very much.
The business community that I love in Teesside, of all genders, are nice & kind❤️
Fontaines DC are a very special band indeed 👌
I’ve loved seeing so many bands I love on great slots at glasto that
@BBC6Music
have had me following from their early days
Fontaines, Idles, Self Esteem, Wet Leg, to name just a very small number
What an exceptional compère
@EvanHD
has been today 🙌
Only realised at the end of the day that he CHOOSES not to get paid for these things ?! 🤯
A mammoth task today, and yet he did it all for free. What a human, and what a talent 👏
#conventionofthenorth
2014 Isle of Wight Festival
2023
@idlesband
gig tonight in London
The height difference has reversed 😳
The joint love of music has remained ❤️
He’s now constantly asking me if I’m ok…. and now I’m on his shoulders 🥰
My (not so little) legend Ramsay Wake 🙌
Belted from my London train to pick Ramsay up to get to Saltburn for the sunset 🌅
Incredible luck meant there were dolphins 🐬 in the sea & he’s just learning photography 📸
Mam vibes meant we ate the Pret I brought us back from London here, good job it travels well 😂👌
My husband was on the same flight back to Manchester from Qatar as Foden
@PhilFoden
Heartwarming to hear that he received huge applause ❤️🙌 🏴
#rightlyso
Ughhh never felt such sadness at a Stockton Calling booking 😔
The history of one of these men towards several women is appalling, well documented and he’s never even seriously addressed it.
Feels like this booking goes against the values of SC & Georgian for me
We are buzzing to announce that indie icons
@TheBluetones
will be headlining
@georgian_stcktn
stage at Stockton Calling 2024!
Fans can expect to hear enduring Britpop anthems like 'Slight Return' and 'Cut Some Rug' as well as cuts from the new record due to release in 2024 👌
Wooohoooo!!! What a feeling to finally be able to share this 🤩🤩🤩
We are officially OUTSTANDING!
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This company started out in a portakabin in Hartlepool, now one of the leading providers of tech & digital apprenticeships in the country and changing lives daily 👏
Baltic Apprenticeships are OUTSTANDING 🎉🌟
We were visited by
@Ofsted
in August for a full inspection, and they graded us Outstanding in 5 key areas 🚀
Thank you for your continued trust and support in us!
Read the full story here:
The epic Mark South from
@DoubleElevenLtd
Global games company
60k people playing their game at any one time
They make and update some of the most popular video games
Hundreds of staff here in Teesside, creating high quality jobs
£8million investment in their fit out
The positive spins about our lovely Stockton are aplenty, even if the price of a pint is the focus here 😂
Good & positive can always outweigh negative 💫 and us Stocktonians are so grateful for all the heartwarming support we’ve had from far and wide ❤️
Newcastle was absolutely buzzing for
@antonyszmierek
and his epic band 🙌
A sweat fest of pure joy, and lots of love for the two epic support acts. Thank you
@tkasg
🤩
Shut the front door! We have an actual Japanese and Korean food takeout in Stockton 👏
And, the quality is unreal. It’s called Sumo, and it’s on
@JustEatUK
For non Tessside followers, this is a big new thing for here🙌
The before & after faces of someone who has just delivered a long worked on report in Parliament to a roundtable of esteemed guests & politicians 🫣😁
The decline in u19 apprenticeship starts is a concern for all, this report addresses it & gives recommendations to rectify.
My legend of a Granddad is 85yrs young today❤️
Avid
@Boro
fan & went to games for decades even tho he couldn’t see much due to sight. He would sit in the stands with his binoculars on and
@BBCTeesSport
on in his ears 🙌
Still catches every game now from home ⚽️
It seems the person with a tiny mind is in fact Chris Moyles.
Every band was unsigned once, until people took a chance on them.
Another reason to be more
@BBC6Music
and less Radio X
Shocking from
@ChrisMoyles
. ‘Most unsigned bands are crap’. Don’t call yourself a DJ when you’re not interested in discovering new music. Outed yourself once again as a completely insipid half-wit. Video
@thereyton69
One Seven Six is a wonderful new restaurant on Linthorpe Rd in Boro 🙌
English tapas, cool af surroundings, great vibe & just what the area needs.
Tonight’s soft launch featured every menu item & oh my 🤤
Ox cheek crumpet
Chorizo scotch egg
Apple & cinnamon Martini
Happy New Year you lot 💫 and here’s to a fabulous 2024 filled with as much happiness as possible ❤️
At the Birland Jazz Club in NYC with my brilliant boy and feeling very grateful for 2023. My motto was Inhale Life, and I’ll be keeping that for 24 🎉
Here’s to all of us 🥂
There goes my hero 😭🙌💙
Couldn’t be prouder of my son Ramsay, he’s been selected for a scholarship with Newcastle Thunder
@ThunderRugby
He’s an absolute grafter and humble as hell 💪
One of the kids at
@BanksPrimary
today said he’d like to be a video games designer.
He’s been playing
@SouthfieldGame
which he knows about because his uncle works at
@RadicalForge
👏
We must help to raise the aspirations of our local kids in whatever way we can
6 years ago today taking part in a sleepout of 8 ppl for a small charity. It inspired me to try & create something bigger, with more sleepers & helping more charities.
Myself &
@preston_andy
started
@BigTeesSleepout
which has now raised £100k thanks to brilliant Teessiders 🙌🏼
Helping spread awareness this
#WorldIBDDay
As someone with colitis I know all too well how brutal this disease can be at times.
I throw the kitchen sink at staying well, but flares come when they want and can floor me. It is not IBS, it is not a ‘bad stomach’.
It’s your gut
What myths have you heard about Crohn’s and Colitis?
This
#WorldIBDDay
🌍 help us correct the widespread misunderstanding, so no one feels ignored or dismissed because of these Crohn’s or Colitis.
To find out more:
#ibdmythbusting
We’ve these tables that need to go if any education / charity groups in Teesside could make use?
They would need to be collected from Darlington by the end of next week 😁
7x of the first pic type
9x of the second pic type
@teessidecharity
Watching the rugby on my iPad in bed, with a bag of peas on my broken ankle.
My son has been a bloody legend looking after me 🥹 Endless teas, food, etc all brought up, then pots collected. A child who is a brilliant, caring human with a golden moral compass surpasses all else❤️
As a politically neutral person I can honestly say Labour Conference was absolutely brilliant!
So many connections made with likeminded people in the skills & biz space. Contributed to so many discussions & debates, met directly with lots of decision makers & enjoyed every min!
Well that was emotional 🥹
10 years since the first
@The_CEOSLEEPOUT
which was an idea of hope to help as many small charities as possible - has now grown up & raised £3.8million around the country.
Back to where is started tonight, with a bunch of warm hearted Teessiders…
En route to the Teesside Businesswomen Awards and feeling very autumnal in a burgundy suit and a new fringe 🍂 💇🏻♀️
Looking forward to a great night with brilliant people🥂
The night that always leaves you buzzing, and so proud of our regions businesses didn’t disappoint last night!
Congratulations to all the brilliant businesses, both the winners & those shortlisted 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks
@Endeavour_law
great night & great company 🙌🏼
Back in Twitterland after a hectic but great start to the year back at work 💻😃
Spent late 2018 off enjoying blissful time with our wonderful new addition 🥰💙
What a week for my son! 💙
His work experience with our data team has seen him buzzing, learning loads & using
@tableau
🙌
Now he wants to do a data apprenticeship 💥
Imagine how powerful could be if regions connected schools, future industries & employers?!
Transformational!
Just witnessed a lovely old couple in the
@PostOffice
putting around 100cards in the post box. Each one hand written 📝each one stamped ✉️
Heartwarming thinking of the effort they've put in to each and every card...a little sad thinking it'll be a rare sight in the future 📮
Happy to finally be on route to Manchester 👏
False start with my
@TPExpressTrains
from Darlington cancelled, so had to quickly book a new one from good ol Thornaby
#ConventionoftheNorth
here I come 😁
That moment when the table host says do you want anything from the bar ?
Love how these days I don’t feel the need to say something ladylike and can just ask for the Guinness I want 💃
What a special special night 💫
Me and my Mam were in total heaven, felt emotional lots 🥹
Thank you so much
@BBCCO
@StuartMaconie
@glasshouseicm
Northern Soul Orchestrated, pure magic and pure joy.
We’re up for IT Apprenticeship of the Year and Training Provider of the Year.
Then our Craig Murphy is up for Mentor of the Year 🎉
Team Baltic 🙌
#AGAwards
Last game today for Stockton under 16s. End of a brilliant era for a fantastic set of lads and parents with brilliant camaraderie amongst both.
It’s been emotional 🥹
@stocktonrugby
Bowling with the kids this morning and I was totally crap at it 🎳🤦🏻♀️
I kept saying ‘I used to be really good at this you know!’
Turns out my youngest had captured one of the many times I exclaimed this, think he was bored of me saying it at this point 🤣🤣
An unbelievably special, moving & magical performance by
@SELFESTEEM___
Utterly flawless, totally world class 💫
Sophie out front joining the hauntingly beautiful vocals. Such sincere warmth between this band 🙌
Take a bow
@robertamesmusic
👏👏👏
Delivered an Overcoming Imposter Syndrome webinar with the amazing force that is
@D11kim
this morning, for
@BalticTraining
apprentice learners across the country. The feedback has been bloody brilliant 🤩
‘Breath of fresh air!’
‘Given me a boost & belief in myself’
‘Fantastic
Well that was pretty special 🙌
Feeling super inspired after
@Endeavour_law
#InternationalWomansDay
event
Superb panelist’s who were open, honest & brilliant 💜
Loved bumping into so many familiar Teesside ladies who always give me a buzz!
Amazing talk from
@MarkDeeksMusic
wow! Tears from me and I reckon a lot of the audience.
His talk was all about how music moves us & how good it is for our well being. We were asked how often we discuss how music makes us feel. Fortunately I was there for with my ultimate gig
That was biblical 😱
That magic between Carl Barrat and Pete Doherty is totally still there and beautiful to see.
@libertines
are in fine form!
Thank you
@arcstockton
and KU promotions
@ku_stockton
🙌
When I die I want a plaque at this seat please 🙏
I expect to spend much more time here because it is simply a music lovers heaven.
We’ve gone from The Coral, to Earth Wind and Fire, The Libertines to The Beatles on the bounce
The Black Market, Stockton
@ku_stockton
Took my son for his first tasting menu meal, he loved all 8 courses and helped me with my deserts ☺️
Highly recommend
@CoarseDurham
👌 it’s got to be the most reasonably priced tasting menu in the country!
Could not feel prouder that my little brother and older sister ran the
#GNR
for
@CUREUsher
They ran it for a very special girl who means the absolute world to us 💖
So in awe of these two siblings of mine 🙌🥹❤️
🚨 BREAKING: Home Secretary James Cleverly appears to call Stockton North a "sh*t hole" after Sunak is asked why child poverty in the area is at 34%
"Because it's a sh*t hole"
The Power of Women💜
Delighted we could sponsor this night, &so nice so have some of our
@BalticTraining
superstars there. These legends inspire young females who are in our tech apprenticeships across the country, every day✨
@Powerofwomen_
is a special charity
70k companies analysed, but only 100 make it to the dizzy heights of
@thetimes
Top Places to Work 2024 list.
Incredible to see our place make the grade 🙌🎉🏆
Grateful to everyone who has made it possible at
@BalticTraining
💫
This article misses out that lots of middle class adults& kids are being diagnosed too. It’s not all about £ as is suggested.
ADHD is a horrible condition at times, constantly crucifying yourself for your ‘faults’.
Diagnoses creates huge self forgiveness
DigitalCity Director, Lynsey Robinson, and Investment Manager
@DavidDixon1
getting things going at the close of the DigitalCity SCALE programme
#TechNation
#TeesValley
Oh man
@fontainesdublin
gig was so special 💚🤍🧡
Being in
@stockton_globe
in a hard hat when it was rubble, I could only have dreamed to be seeing such a world famous band here with my legend of a son, singing our hearts out
Epic gig, epic venue, epic crowd 🙌