Bringing Communities Together
Dying patients will now receive extra care and relief with comfort sponges being offered inside Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s blossom boxes. Blossom boxes were introduced to the trust in 2018. The boxes are initiated for patients identified as approaching the last hours or days of their life and will support […]
16,000 children across Wolverhampton will benefit from free school meals this half term after the city council stepped in to provide support. The council has announced that any child who currently receives free school meals will be eligible to continue receiving support over half term next week. £250,000 has been […]
We’ve got a spooktacular free programme of Halloween events this half-term for all the family! Virtual events are aimed at children of all ages. These events, aimed at young people aged 11-19, will be hosted on the Just Youth Sandwell Facebook page throughout half-term. Monday 26 October – 5pm- 6pm […]
Well known community voices including celebrity chefs Atul Kochhar and Anjum Anand and media medic Dr Ranj Singh have joined forces to get behind the inaugural campaign from the NHS to urge South Asians to prevent or delay the development of Type 2 diabetes. The call out, which is also […]
A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility is to open for those with symptoms to book appointments at the Zone 2 Long Stay Car Park, Oakeywell Street, in Dudley, as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities. Testing is available […]
The [Spaces] In-between – developed and delivered by Wolverhampton’s independent art gallery and studios, The Asylum Art Gallery Ltd, and Arts Council England – is a free exhibition showcasing the work of 10 local contemporary artists interested in ‘the in-between’ in relation to shared public spaces. Opening on Saturday 24 […]
This month marks a huge milestone at the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick. A lot has changed on site over the summer months with work progressing quickly on the leisure centre. All three swimming pools, including the 50m competition pool, are complete and the structural steelwork has started with […]
Tributes have been paid to Councillor Chris Tranter who has sadly passed away last week. Councillor Tranter, who was 73, had represented the Rowley ward on Sandwell Council for more than a decade since first being elected in May 2010. Councillor Tranter sat on numerous committees for several years, including […]
The Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences will present the live virtual performance by Moore, a poet, playwright and producer, whose mother was born in Wolverhampton, on Thursday 22nd October at 6.00 pm until 7.00 pm. Book tickets via Eventbrite. Jessica, who lives in Detroit, will read from her […]
Working people on a low income in Wolverhampton who are required by law to self-isolate due to coronavirus could be entitled to a one off payment of £500. The city council is now accepting applications for the government’s Test and Trace Payments Scheme. The payment is designed to assist people […]
