Bringing Communities Together
Lakeside Live festival returns to Walsall on Sunday 17 August 2025, promising a day of electrifying performances, family-friendly fun, and diverse food options, all completely free to attend. The annual community music festival will take from 12:00pm to 6:00pm at the Walsall Arboretum Bandstand. The line-up of this year’s festival […]
Walsall Council is continuing its commitment to supporting families access essentials through the cost of living crisis with the launch of two new community shops in the first week of August. Lucy’s Pantry officially opened the doors to its new, expanded premises at Saddlers Shopping Centre on Tuesday 5 August, […]
Twelve primary school pupils from across Walsall have been announced as the winners of a borough-wide competition to design banners promoting litter picking and tackling environmental waste. Twelve primary school pupils from across Walsall have been announced as the winners of a borough-wide competition to design banners promoting litter picking […]
440 families in Walsall have already signed up to the council’s newly launched Summer Adventure Passport. The passport is a free activity booklet packed full of fun, educational challenges aimed at families with children aged 0-5. Since 11 July, parents have been able to collect their passport from libraries and […]
The construction of Walsall’s new £32 million Household Waste Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station is now complete. The site, situated on Middlemore Lane, Aldridge, will provide easy-to-use facilities helping residents to recycle a wider range of items. This will enable the delivery of a new waste strategy, to be […]
Residents in Pleck and Willenhall South are being invited to take part in two World Café events this August to help shape how their neighbourhoods respond to climate change. The events form part of West Midlands Adapt (WM-Adapt), a regional project designed to collect a regional understanding of community perspectives […]
Leader of Walsall Council, Councillor Mike Bird, presented his report at a meeting of full council last night (Wednesday 30 July), highlighting the impressive plans to transform Walsall Town Centre. The Town Centre Connected Gateway project is already underway, with the downstairs area of the Saddlers Centre set to complete […]
A report presenting a new senior management structure model for Walsall Council is to be presented by Councillor Bird, the Leader of Walsall Council, at a Council meeting on Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 6pm. A separate report on pay and grading is also on the agenda. Walsall Council House This […]
Walsall residents are being encouraged to get tested for hepatitis and seek support as World Hepatitis Day is marked on Monday 28 July. Let’s break it down for World Hepatitis Day – 28 July 2025. The day aims to raise awareness about hepatitis and encourage people to get tested. Hepatitis […]
Walsall Council is urging residents across the borough to check their voter registration details as part of the 2025 Annual Canvass. The council is contacting households across the borough over the next few weeks to ensure the Electoral Register is accurate and up to date. The Annual Canvass helps identify […]
