Bringing Communities Together
Walsall Council has provided £17,000 in financial support, made available through Central Government’s Household Support Fund, to help a local community meal project that provides free, nutritious dinners cooked by volunteers using surplus food to stay open. FoodCycle Walsall, which had been facing closure due to a lack of funding, […]
To mark World Food Day 2025 on 16 October 2025, Walsall Council is recognising a wave of community-led initiatives that are transforming the borough’s food landscape, from growing and cooking projects to community shops providing affordable food. Manor Farm Community Association handing out fruit and veg goodie bags in the […]
Walsall residents still have time to share their views on proposals for new weekly food waste collections. A public consultation remains open until 7 November 2025, meaning there are just over 5 weeks remaining for residents to share views. Walsall Council is encouraging as many residents as possible to get […]
A new and free school breakfast club in Walsall is proving popular with children and their families. Oakwood School is one of five schools in Walsall currently taking part in the government’s new breakfast club pilot scheme, aiming to give children the best start in life. Oakwood School supports pupils […]
Walsall-based Polish Bakery Mazowsze Ltd recently upgraded their production equipment, introducing digital batch traceability so they can supply major supermarkets. L-R Councillor Adrian Andrew, Krzysztof Podolak, Joanna Podolak Walsall Council’s business growth team recently supported Polish Bakery Mazowsze Ltd to access a £70k UKSPF ‘SME Competitiveness grant’, delivered through Business Growth […]
A five-year Food Plan that sets out Walsall’s ambitious strategy to transform the borough’s food system was approved at a meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board on 18 September 2025. Feeding Walsall’s Future, Walsall’s Food Plan for 2025-2030 has been developed in collaboration with the Walsall community and key […]
Bookings have gone live for Walsall Council’s successful Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme. Eligible families can book activities for the summer programme that will take place for four weeks this summer: Monday 28 July – Friday 1 August Monday 4 August – Friday 8 August Monday 11 August – […]
A number of community-based organisations are set to deliver activities as part of a programme to promote and support good food choices and improved access to food. Cooking skills will form some of the activities delivered by voluntary and community sector groups. The Feeding Our Futures Small Grants Programme is […]
The Nourishing Communities Award, delivered by Food for Life and Walsall Council’s Public Health team, will celebrate organisations and groups who advocate for good food and support growing activities, teach people cooking skills and improve the local food system. It comes just over a year on from Walsall’s first ever […]
The Walsall Food Summit organised by Food for Life Walsall (a Soil Association programme) with Public Health Walsall took place on 17 January 2024 at Walsall Football Club. It began with an introduction from Nadia Inglis, Interim Director of Public Health at Walsall Council, who talked about the need for […]
