Bringing Communities Together
A new plan aimed at increasing and promoting physical activity across Walsall will be presented at the Health and Wellbeing Board on 11 December 2025. The Physical Activity Framework sets out a cross-sector strategy to create more opportunities to make physical activity a natural part of everyday life, supporting healthier, […]
Walsall is delivering major progress in tackling smoking, with over 1,000 residents setting a quit date in the last 12 months and a current 60% quit rate, which is above the national average (54%). Dr Nadia Inglis, Director of Public Health with Walsall stop smoking providers – Be Well Walsall, […]
Illegal cigarettes, tobacco and drugs have been seized from retailers across Walsall as part of a major enforcement operation carried out on Thursday 4 December 2025. The joint operation involving Walsall Trading Standards, West Midlands Police, and specialist search dog teams, formed part of Operation CeCe, a National Trading Standards […]
Walsall Council has released its waste collection and recycling information ahead of this year’s Christmas and New Year period. Approximately 35,000 households in the borough will see their bins emptied on a different day to their normal scheduled day over the festive period. There will be no bin collections on […]
A Walsall shop has been ordered to pay over £2,000 by Dudley Magistrates’ Court after selling a disposable vape to a person under the age of 18. DSL Loha Ltd, trading as The Plug, located at 67 Park Street, sold a strawberry kiwi Elf Bar to two 16-year-old volunteers on […]
Significant improvements have been carried out at Barns Lane Fishing Pool in Rushall. The site has benefitted from a series of upgrades throughout the year, including the installation of new accessible fishing pegs in May, pathway improvements in June, and a recent restock of the pool. Twelve fully accessible pegs […]
A comprehensive new Waste Strategy for 2025–2035 will be presented to Walsall Council’s Cabinet for approval on December 10, 2025. Setting out a long-term approach, the strategy focuses on modernising waste services, increasing recycling, reducing environmental impact and supporting the borough’s ambition to reach carbon net zero by 2041. The […]
An initiative that supports residents and communities across the Walsall borough during the colder months has relaunched. Warm Walsall supports residents throughout the winter period by providing a network of warm, welcoming venues for all Warm Walsall, funded by Walsall Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and in partnership […]
Participating schools and colleges will be showcasing their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit as they take over Walsall Market on Wednesday 10 December from 9am to 12:30pm. Walsall Market St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall E-Act Academy, Shireland CBSO and Heart of Birmingham Vocational College will occupy the stalls for the […]
The Mayor of Walsall is delighted to invite residents of the borough to join her for a civic carol service on Sunday 14 December 2025 at 10.45am at St Matthew’s Church St Matthew’s Church Carol service, December 2024 “ The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Louise Harrison for Walsall Council, said, […]
