Bringing Communities Together
Sandwell Council is now accepting applications for self-isolation support payments from people suffering financial hardship after testing positive for coronavirus. The council is administering this government scheme, whereby some people who are required by law to self-isolate, from Monday 28 September 2020 may be supported by a payment of £500. […]
Sandwell is celebrating two new Green Flag Awards this year – with the Birmingham Main Line Canal and the Lions of the Great War memorial in Smethwick joining 12 other green spaces across the borough. Sandwell has 14 sites in total receiving a prestigious Green Flag today. They are among […]
Residents are being asked to show their love for West Smethwick Park by taking part in a calendar photography competition. Successful entries will appear in the 2022 West Smethwick Park calendar which will be sold by the Friends of the park. Sandwell Council’s Deputy Leader Councillor Maria Crompton said: “I […]
This half-term, Sandwell Council is looking for organisations and residents to create scarecrows and join The Big Sandwell Scarecrow Festival. Residents will be able to vote for their favourites on the Discover Sandwell Facebook page and prizes will be up for grabs for the best scarecrow from an individual, a […]
Sandwell Council has once again been rated a top employer for apprentices, scoring a place in the top 70 employers of school leavers in the UK. The ‘Top 150’ Listing is compiled by allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk and is the largest national awards ceremony where winners are decided based entirely on feedback from […]
Following meetings with Rebecca Pow MP, the under-secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs and Rachel Maclean MP the under-secretary of state for transport, it has been confirmed that the government-mandated Clean Air Zone for Birmingham is now scheduled to launch on 1 June 2021. Poor air quality […]
Children at an Oldbury school are urging parents and carers to park safely at drop off and pick up times – or risk a fine. Pupils at Christ Church C of E Primary School have designed their own banners which are being displayed on the railings outside the school in […]
Town centres will be lit up with Christmas lights and Remembrance Sunday will also be marked in Sandwell, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Sandwell Council today confirmed that although Christmas light switch-ons and Bonfire Night events would not be able to go ahead, the council would do everything possible to celebrate […]
City of Wolverhampton Council has today (Thursday) issued a closure notice on a Blakenhall barbers which has repeatedly failed to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Naz Barbers in Dudley Road has been issued with the notice for failing to provide staff with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), presenting […]
Sandwell Council, Public Health England (Midlands) and Sandwell & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group have been notified of a coronavirus outbreak at Bearwood Road Surgery, Smethwick. To date, three positive COVID-19 cases have emerged among the practice’s non-clinical staff. It was agreed at a meeting yesterday that there would be […]
