Bringing Communities Together
A report outlining the key priorities for Public Health in 2025/26 will be presented at Walsall Council’s Social Care and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 10 July 2025. Improving and protecting the health of our communities through different initiatives. Presented by Councillor Gary Flint, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Health […]
With high temperatures forecasted, Walsall residents are advised to take steps to stay well during the hot weather, as the UK Health Security Agency (in partnership with the Met Office) issues an amber heat health alert for the West Midlands. The alert is in place from Friday 11 July to […]
A half-day event focusing on preventing drug-related deaths will take place on Tuesday 16 September from 9am to 1pm at Manor Farm Community Association. Preventing drug-related deaths in Walsall. Drug-related deaths in England are at their highest level since records began and changes to illegal drug markets are increasing the […]
Approximately 100 attendees gathered at Walsall Football Club on 26 June 2025 for the inaugural Neurodiversity and Wellbeing Conference, with the theme ‘Shifting the Narrative’. Speakers and organisers of the Neurodiversity Conference. The event brought together professionals from various sectors such as public health, wider local authority teams, the NHS, […]
Walsall Council’s libraries across the borough are preparing to launch this year’s Summer Reading Challenge on Saturday 5 July 2025 to encourage children to maintain their reading habits during the school holidays. The challenge will run until Saturday 13th September 2025 under the exciting theme, ‘Story Garden – Adventures in Nature […]
Walsall residents are being encouraged to play a role in creating cleaner, healthier air for all as Clean Air Day is marked on 19 June 2025. Clean Air Day – Air pollution affects your health from before your first breath until your last. Clean Air Day is a national campaign which […]
Up to 20,000 more children are set to benefit from earlier targeted support to overcome speech and language challenges before concerns escalate, as the government ensures every child gets the best start in life through its Plan for Change. Backed by £3.4 million this year, the Early Language Support for […]
The Neurodiversity and Wellbeing Conference on Thursday 26 June at Walsall Football Club will look at improving opportunities and systems to support the wellbeing of Walsall residents, including neurodiverse communities. Walsall Council’s Public Health team undertook a suicide audit in 2022. It highlighted neurodiversity as a key theme, and it […]
Similar to last year’s spring COVID-19 vaccine roll out, those eligible for a vaccine include adults aged 75 years and over, residents in a care home for older adults and individuals aged six months and over who have a weakened immune system. Those who turn 75 years old between 1 […]
The Walsall House Project will provide care leavers with nine-months of intensive support to prepare them for leaving care so that they are ready to live independently. The project also provides opportunities for care leavers to work together in small groups and build a community of support. The project will […]
