Bringing Communities Together
Sandwell Council’s Cabinet is set to extend a vital grant in a bid to provide continuing support to people experiencing domestic abuse and sexual violence in Sandwell. A Cabinet report recommends awarding the grant of £287,268 a year from 1 April, 2021 – to Black Country Women’s Aid – for […]
Two public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) that help tackle dog fouling and nuisance drinking in Sandwell are set to be renewed. The Sandwell-wide PSPOs will replace two previous orders and will each run for three years from 1 March 2021. PSPOs last for up to three years and then have […]
Sandwell’s garden bin collections will begin between Monday 15 and Friday 26 March this year, slightly later than usual. Sandwell Council, along with its environmental services partner Serco, have delayed the return of garden waste collections in order to prioritise household waste and recycling collections which have seen a reduction […]
City of Wolverhampton Council’s new i9 development is the first office building in the Black Country to be awarded WiredScore Gold certification in recognition of its digital connectivity and infrastructure. It is a trusted benchmark only achieved by commercial property that has been designed to incorporate reliable, flexible internet connectivity […]
Sandwell Council is building the new state-of-the-art Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick which is providing opportunities for local people in Sandwell to gain new skills and employment. The council has been determined that its construction and ongoing management will also deliver ‘social value’ for Sandwell and the wider region which […]
Another significant milestone has been reached at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick. The dive tower, which will be used for the diving competition at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, was completed at the end of last month. The dive tower, which took five weeks to build, includes 31 separate […]
Wolverhampton has been hailed as a model of best practice by the Government for the way it has rolled out Covid-19 rapid testing in the community Rapid, regular testing for people without symptoms is now being offered by more than 70% of local councils in England through targeted community programmes […]
A Sandwell carpet and furniture shop owner has been issued with three Fixed Penalty Notices totalling £4,000 for failing to comply with Covid-19 restrictions. NCF Carpets, Cape Hill, Smethwick, has been served notice again after breaching an order given on Friday 8 January. Officers from Sandwell Council and West Midlands […]
Sandwell Council has started more than 750 people on apprenticeships since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy scheme in 2017. This milestone being reached coincides with National Apprenticeship Week (8-14 February). Of this impressive figure, more than 400 were new entrants to the council, including more than 35 who have […]
The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out every decade since 1801, with the exception of 1941. It will be the first run predominantly online, with households receiving a letter […]
