Bringing Communities Together
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 […]
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 […]
The clinics will be delivered by Vaccination UK, offering the DTP and MenACWY vaccines for children currently in year 9 or above and the HPV vaccine for children in year 8 or above. MMR vaccinations are also being offered to school-aged children who have missed one or both doses. The […]
Social care experts at the University of Birmingham have launched a series of guides and a training video to improve support for older people, families and care staff when care homes close. The three guides provide advice to help improve outcomes for care home managers, staff members and care home […]
Nine events were held to enable residents honour loved ones lost to COVID-19, share memories and thank key workers and volunteers. The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Anthony Harris, joined Willenhall CHART Centre to light a candle and write a message on a leaf for the memory tree. Rev. Rosanne Wilshire […]
The new offer builds upon Be Well Walsall’s service (funded by Walsall Council’s Public Health team) to help Walsall residents manage their health and wellbeing, which includes stop smoking support. Their free stop smoking service currently provides up to 12 weeks of expert support and vapes will complement this existing offer. […]
The £1.5m mass spectrometer will enable the study of proteins, lipids and metabolites in cell membranes in exceptional detail The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) awarded the funds and Dr Ivana Milic leads the Aston University research team The spectrometer will be a resource for the Midlands membrane […]
The Nourishing Communities Award, delivered by Food for Life and Walsall Council’s Public Health team, will celebrate organisations and groups who advocate for good food and support growing activities, teach people cooking skills and improve the local food system. It comes just over a year on from Walsall’s first ever […]
Experts at the Universities of Birmingham and Edinburgh are leading a major research project aiming to accelerate the creation of healthy, net zero homes across the UK where everyone enjoys clean air and comfort indoors. Homes contribute about 14% of carbon footprint in the UK. Meeting the Government’s legally binding […]
The Birmingham and Solihull Tobacco Control Alliance has launched a campaign to help you light up your life, by giving up smoking. Throughout February and March, the “Light Up Your Life” campaign will feature across social media, radio, buses, and outdoor spaces to raise awareness of the stop smoking services available across […]
