Bringing Communities Together
Following a three-week inspection in December 2025, Ofsted and CQC have published a report on Walsall’s Local Area Partnership. The partnership – made up of Walsall Council and the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) – provides services to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities […]
Walsall Council’s Children’s Services team has been announced as a finalist for a prestigious award at this year’s Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards. The council’s team is a finalist in the Children’s Services category following a submission that centred around the service’s eight-year transformational journey and underpinning vision: Walsall Right […]
A portfolio holder briefing about children’s services will take place at a full council meeting in Walsall on Thursday 26 February 2026. Councillor Mark Statham will present the report on Thursday 26 February 2026. Members will receive a report set out by Councillor Mark Statham, Portfolio Holder for Children’s, Families […]
Work has now been completed at Ryecroft Community Centre, transforming the building into a net zero exemplar and demonstrating how existing community buildings can be retrofitted to face challenges of climate change. The project, supported by Walsall Council and delivered in partnership with local organisations, has turned the Ryecroft Community […]
A new partnership between Walsall Council and Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is set to give 20 Walsall residents the chance to transform the way they travel this spring. Bloxwich High Street. The joint initiative between the Council’s Net Zero and Healthy Spaces team and TfWM will offer a week’s […]
A previously disused polytunnel at Grenfell Allotments, transformed into a vibrant, inclusive learning space is now being actively used by SEND students from Walsall College. SEND students, Partners and Councillors at the new Grenfell Allotments Polytunnel The project is the result of partnership working between Walsall-based civil engineering and infrastructure […]
A total of 86 attendees, including local businesses, partners, and service providers, came together at Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium for the We Are Walsall 2040: Building Our Business Future event. This event explored how the borough’s long-term vision will unlock investment, improve infrastructure and create new opportunities for growth. Poster for […]
With colder weather conditions expected, residents are encouraged to take steps to keep warm and well, with a yellow cold-health alert in effect from Tuesday 17 February until Friday 20 February across the West Midlands. Yellow cold health alert. The yellow alert is likely to have minor impacts on health […]
Families across Walsall are being encouraged to use the half-term school break to check their children’s measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations are up to date. Stay strong. Get vaccinated. The call comes as the latest measles data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that from 1 January to 9 […]
Over £70,000 worth of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and disposable vapes have been seized from traders across Walsall. On Monday 9 February, Walsall Trading Standards, West Midlands Police and a specialist dog team searched six retail premises and seized more than 65,000 cigarettes, 13kg of hand-rolling tobacco and 700 disposable vapes. […]
