Bringing Communities Together
Ten volunteers from HomeServe UK joined forces with Walsall Council to carry out improvement works at Reedswood Park, as part of the council’s ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The team spent a CSR day in October revitalising key areas of the park, which included refurbishing park signage, giving the […]
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 […]
The popular Walsall MakerFest event is back for a festive Fringe event taking place as part of Walsall Council’s wider Christmas celebrations this year. On Saturday 29 November, from 11am to 8pm, Walsall MakerFest Fringe will bring makers’ markets, creative drop-in workshops, and a special light projection show called Illuminate […]
Walsall residents are being asked to check their medicine cabinets and return any unused or expired antibiotics to their local pharmacy as part of an amnesty for safe disposal. Mascot ‘Andi Biotic’ in Walsall Council House. The campaign runs alongside World Antimicrobial Awareness Week from 18 to 24 November and […]
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 […]
Walsall residents are being invited to take a new, free health and wellbeing quiz and are encouraged to seek support from local services afterwards, if needed, to help improve their health and wellbeing. NHS Healthy Choices quiz – no wrong answers, just the right start. The Healthy Choices quiz, developed […]
