Bringing Communities Together
Families and individuals in Wolverhampton are being encouraged to become ‘hosts’ for a service which aims to give a safe and loving temporary home for young people leaving care. The City of Wolverhampton Council’s Supported Lodgings Service provides accommodation for vulnerable children and young people aged 16 to 21 who […]
Shoppers can park for free in Sandwell Council’s town centre car parks on the two Saturdays before Christmas. There will be no charge for parking on 12 and 19 December at Sandwell Council’s 40 pay and display car parks. Sunday parking is already free. Free parking on 12 and 19 […]
Following a successful launch period, the operating area of Birmingham’s e-scooter trial will be expanded to the north and southwest of the city from Friday 4 December 2020. The expansion will include the A38 and A34 cycling corridors respectively, allowing people to reach key destinations by e-scooter including: • The […]
Dudley borough residents are being invited to attend an annual public meeting to meet and put their questions directly to the people who are accountable for community safety within the borough. Dudley’s community safety partnership, safe & sound, which incorporates the borough’s local police and crime board, will be holding […]
Residents are being reminded that there will be slight changes to bin collections over Christmas and New Year. The majority of Sandwell residents will have no change to their bin collections during Christmas and New Year week. Only those who have collections on Fridays will need to put their bins […]
Political leaders have come together to back the annual safeguarding campaign to Orange Wolverhampton and help end interpersonal violence. Wolverhampton is once again supporting the United Nations’ annual 16 day Orange the World campaign, which began on Wednesday, with businesses, community groups and individuals urged to “Orange Wolverhampton” – though […]
Around half of parents and carers of children who will start school for the first time in September 2021 have now applied for a place for them – and the rest are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. The deadline for applications for places for pupils who are […]
The University of Wolverhampton has used 3D printing technology and injection moulding techniques to make 10,000 face shields in support of the Covid-19 response – donating them to keyworkers across the region, including 5,000 to the City of Wolverhampton Council. They are being used by frontline staff to keep them […]
Smethwick’s St Paul’s ward today reported Sandwell’s highest number of new cases in the seven-day period from 18-24 November with 102. This is the equivalent of 648.2 cases per 100,000 of population. Council leaders today once again pleaded for safe behaviour from the public as 170 new cases of COVID-19 […]
Roast Vegetable Tart, Chicken Tikka Masala and Lamb Pie are just some of the options being added to Walsall Healthcare’s menus from this week to tickle patients’ taste buds and help them on the road to recovery. Eight new meals have been added following feedback via a Food Faves survey […]
