Work has officially begun on the Bloxwich Stafford Road Sports Club refurbishment project, with contractors starting on site the 29th September 2025. The scheme is scheduled for completion by the start of December 2025. The centre has received £180,820.45 funding from Walsall Council’s Community Capital programme, which is funded by […]

On Wednesday 15 October 2025, Bloxwich Launchpad was formally opened by the Mayor of Walsall at a special celebration event, bringing together partners and stakeholders from across the borough who have been instrumental in its success. The centre opened to the public at the beginning of September and so far, […]

A six-week public consultation to seek feedback on Walsall Council’s budget proposals for 2026/27 begins on Thursday 16 October 2025 and will remain open until midnight on Sunday 30 November 2025. “ Every council has a statutory responsibility to set a balanced budget, and I am confident that our track […]

Walsall Council  will soon be asking for views on a draft version of its new local plan. The Walsall Borough Local Plan is a blueprint that will guide how the borough grows and develops over the next 15 years. The Local Plan is essential for ensuring that Walsall meets its […]

Walsall Council is proud to support over 200 kinship families in the borough. Kinship families were invited to attend a special celebration event at Bescot Stadium. Kinship care is when a child lives full-time or most of the time with a relative or close family friend, usually because their parents are […]

The Walsall Energy Action Project (WEAP) successfully hosted a free energy-saving group session this Autumn, providing vital tips and advice to over 100 Walsall residents struggling with the rising cost of energy. Organisers of the Walsall Energy Action Project at the event The session, which took place on Thursday 25 […]

Illegal goods with an estimated retail value of £50,000 have been seized following coordinated enforcement activity in Walsall. On 9 October 2025 Walsall Trading Standards working in partnership with West Midlands Police uncovered illegal cigarettes, hand-rolling tobacco, and nitrous oxide cannisters, also known as laughing gas, across five separate locations […]

Walsall Council is geared up for the winter season, with salt stocks in place and gritting crews on standby to keep the borough’s roads safe in the months ahead. Walsall Council’s Winter Service team infront of the Gritters Around 2,800 tonnes of salt has been stocked – enough to cover […]

A prolific street drinker has been banned from entering Walsall town centre for three years. Paul Hinds, of High Street, Brownhills was not present at Dudley Magistrates’ Court on 8 October 2025 where four separate breaches of the town centre’s Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) were heard. All four offences […]

Walsall Council is setting out its council budget proposals for 2026/27 at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 15 October 2025. “ Like other local authorities, we are preparing our budget in particularly challenging and unpredictable circumstances. Although we appreciate the Government’s stated intention to introduce a multi-year funding settlement, the […]