Bringing Communities Together
Staff from the charity Care Packs and volunteers from global technology company Cisco, including the Chief Executive Sarah Walker, will be adding a little festive cheer by delivering early Christmas presents to some of Walsall’s most vulnerable families. South and Central Walsall Family Hub On Wednesday 17 December 2025, volunteers […]
Walsall Council has launched a public consultation asking residents, community groups and partners to help shape the borough’s long-term approach to housing. The Walsall Borough Housing Strategy will set out the vision and framework for future housing across our borough up to 2040 to ensure that people have access to […]
The partial opening of a new bridge in Pelsall is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 16 December. This milestone for the York’s Bridge project will allow the existing road closure to be lifted from Tuesday 16 December, 6pm, and will see traffic movement across the newly constructed bridge. The […]
588 littering fines were paid in Walsall across 2025 as part of an ongoing crackdown on environmental crime. This total included 22 cases which were taken to court due to fines not being paid on time. The council’s enforcement activity has remained consistent throughout the year as part of its […]
Walsall has unveiled a five-year plan driven by an ambitious vision to create a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system across the borough. Dr Nadia Inglis, Director of Public Health with partner organisation representatives with the Walsall Food Plan vision. Feeding Walsall’s Future: Walsall’s Food Plan 2025–2030, was launched […]
The Walsall Society of Artists returns to The New Art Gallery Walsall for their Annual Exhibition, which runs from 12 December 2025 to 15 February 2026 between 10am and 4pm. Walsall Society of Artists: 74th Annual Exhibition, The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2024-5. Photo: Annabel Clarke. This year marks the […]
With the festive season approaching, Walsall residents are being reminded to protect themselves and their loved ones from flu. With cases and hospital admissions rising earlier than usual this year, getting vaccinated is the best way to enjoy the festivities safely. Mobile vaccination clinics in Walsall. Mobile flu vaccination clinics […]
Work to develop a new £50 million-pound secondary school in Walsall – funded by central government – will now proceed. The Department has proposed the school is developed on the former Reedswood golf course site. Following announcements from the Department for Education, Walsall has been selected as one of 16 new […]
A new plan aimed at increasing and promoting physical activity across Walsall will be presented at the Health and Wellbeing Board on 11 December 2025. The Physical Activity Framework sets out a cross-sector strategy to create more opportunities to make physical activity a natural part of everyday life, supporting healthier, […]
Walsall is delivering major progress in tackling smoking, with over 1,000 residents setting a quit date in the last 12 months and a current 60% quit rate, which is above the national average (54%). Dr Nadia Inglis, Director of Public Health with Walsall stop smoking providers – Be Well Walsall, […]
