Bringing Communities Together
A wedding caterer in Walsall has been fined thousands of pounds after Environmental Health officers discovered mouse droppings on a premises last year. A case was heard against Walsall Catering at Dudley Magistrates Court on 12 November 2025. The company operates from Green Lane, Walsall, and specialises in Asian cuisine […]
Walsall’s future leaders have taken to the Council Chamber to debate key societal issues. Deputy Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Chris Bott with pupils from St Thomas More Catholic School. Young people aged between 12 and 16 attended a youth debate hosted by the council on Thursday 6 November, and debated […]
Willenhall Memorial Park has been given a fresh burst of life thanks to volunteer work carried out by AECOM. Volunteers from AECOM’s Birmingham office spent their recent corporate social responsibility (CSR) days transforming the park’s much-loved Sunken Garden. Working alongside Walsall Council’s Healthy Spaces team and members of the park’s […]
Walsall Council is marking Carers Rights Day on Thursday 20 November 2025 at Walsall Manor Hospital with a free informative session for carers across the borough so they can learn what support is available to them. We’re supporting Carers Rights Day The free session is taking place between 10.30am and […]
Two Black Country councils have met with UK Government ministers. Josh MacAlister, Minister for Children and Families, and Jess Phillips, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, visited Wolverhampton’s Graiseley Family Hub on Thursday 13 November. City of Wolverhampton Council and Walsall Council are two of 10 areas in England piloting […]
Walsall residents are encouraged to take simple, everyday steps to improve their physical and mental wellbeing as National Self Care Week takes place from 17 to 23 November 2025. National Self-Care Week 2025 – Mind and Body Self-Care Week is an annual national awareness week that promotes self-care across communities, […]
As flu cases begin to rise across the region, Walsall Council Public Health is urging everyone who is eligible to come forward for their flu vaccination as soon as possible. Dr Nadia Inglis, Director of Public Health Over 65 per cent of eligible residents across the Black Country are yet […]
Walsall residents are encouraged to take steps to keep warm and well, as a yellow cold-health alert is in place from Monday 17 November until Saturday 22 November. Cold health alert has been issued for the West Midlands. Planning ahead by keeping up to date with the weather forecast, checking […]
Families across Walsall enjoyed a week of spooky fun this half term thanks to the generosity of AF Blakemore & Son Ltd, whose pumpkin donation helped light up parks and community spaces across the borough. In partnership with Walsall Council’s Healthy Spaces team, the company donated 120 pumpkins to support […]
Visitors to Rough Wood Local Nature Reserve in Willenhall are now enjoying improved access thanks to a new pathing project. Work to resurface the paths was completed in October, thanks to £43,000 of funding secured through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), funded by the UK Government. Around 2,300 metres […]
