Bringing Communities Together
Walsall Council’s community libraries are joining this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. The initiative encourages children to maintain good reading habits during the school holidays. The 2026 Summer Reading Challenge is delivered by The Reading Agency in partnership with public libraries and supported by Universal Music Group UK. It encourages children […]
Families across Walsall are invited to a free, fun and informative event this summer as BabyFest returns to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2026. Taking place on Tuesday 4 August, from 11am–1pm at The New Art Gallery Walsall, BabyFest will bring together local services, activities and support for parents, carers and […]
Young people across the borough of Walsall are being invited to take part in a series of creative sessions to help shape a new hippo-themed art trail which will be on display next year. Walsall Council, in partnership with Urban Hax CIC and RicNic, will be delivering a series of sessions throughout […]
At an event on Friday 26 June, Bloxwich Launchpad won the Community Benefit award at the prestigious RICS regional awards for the West Midlands. The RICS Community Benefit Award recognises projects that directly enhance their local area, demonstrating outstanding facilities, strong community feedback and embedding diversity and inclusion throughout their […]
A free fun Walsall scheme designed to support children’s development and their transition to early years or school will make a welcome comeback this summer holiday. Walsall Council is pleased to relaunch the popular Summer ‘Ready to Learn’ Passport after its successful introduction in 2025. In its first year, more […]
What Grows in Between opens this summer at The New Art Gallery Walsall, bringing together newly commissioned work by three emerging artists from the Black Country. The exhibition runs from 10 July to 11 October 2026. Part of the annual Assembly exhibition programme, delivered in partnership with arts organisation Multistory, […]
Walsall residents are being reminded to take extra care during the current amber heat health alert affecting the West Midlands. The UK Health Security Agency (in partnership with the Met Office) has issued an amber heat health alert for the West Midlands, in place from 8 July 2026. This means […]
As part of Alcohol Awareness Week (6-12 July 2026), Walsall residents are being urged to take stock of their alcohol use in line with this year’s theme ‘Alcohol and Me’ and to seek support if needed. Alcohol Awareness Week is a national campaign that takes place in July every year. This […]
A vehicle has been seized and four people have received fines following separate fly-tipping incidents across Walsall. Working in partnership with West Midlands Police, Walsall Council seized a vehicle on June 18 linked to two separate fly-tipping offences in the borough. The vehicle was identified during investigations into incidents on Park Road, Willenhall, on 25 […]
Residents are being encouraged to visit Walsall Council’s EnviroCrime trailer as it returns to communities across the borough next week to help tackle fly-tipping and other environmental crime. Between Monday 6 and Wednesday 8 July, residents can speak to officers about issues, find out more about the council’s bulky waste collection service, Household Waste Recycling […]
