Bringing Communities Together
Hundreds more children have become Flu Fighters and will be joining the battle against influenza this winter as the free vaccination programme continues in Wolverhampton’s schools. All pupils from Reception to Year 7 are eligible for the free flu vaccination this year, delivered via a quick and painless nasal spray, […]
Wolverhampton Literature Festival in collaboration with Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists are on the hunt for poets across the world. The competition opens on 1 November and closes on 31 December, this year’s theme is ‘Aspects of Love’. Poets are being asked to use ‘aspect of love’ as a prompt to […]
Families are reminded that Halloween celebrations will need to be a little different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. With coronavirus cases in Wolverhampton trebling over the last 3 weeks and the city subject to Covid-19 High Alert (Tier 2) measures which limit household contact, people are being encouraged […]
Health bosses across the Black Country have urged families to stay safe by not mixing in gardens this half term. Households mixing is banned indoors under the COVID-19 High Alert Tier 2 and these restrictions are in place in Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. This means that school friends are not […]
Dying patients will now receive extra care and relief with comfort sponges being offered inside Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s blossom boxes. Blossom boxes were introduced to the trust in 2018. The boxes are initiated for patients identified as approaching the last hours or days of their life and will support […]
16,000 children across Wolverhampton will benefit from free school meals this half term after the city council stepped in to provide support. The council has announced that any child who currently receives free school meals will be eligible to continue receiving support over half term next week. £250,000 has been […]
We’ve got a spooktacular free programme of Halloween events this half-term for all the family! Virtual events are aimed at children of all ages. These events, aimed at young people aged 11-19, will be hosted on the Just Youth Sandwell Facebook page throughout half-term. Monday 26 October – 5pm- 6pm […]
Well known community voices including celebrity chefs Atul Kochhar and Anjum Anand and media medic Dr Ranj Singh have joined forces to get behind the inaugural campaign from the NHS to urge South Asians to prevent or delay the development of Type 2 diabetes. The call out, which is also […]
A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility is to open for those with symptoms to book appointments at the Zone 2 Long Stay Car Park, Oakeywell Street, in Dudley, as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities. Testing is available […]
The [Spaces] In-between – developed and delivered by Wolverhampton’s independent art gallery and studios, The Asylum Art Gallery Ltd, and Arts Council England – is a free exhibition showcasing the work of 10 local contemporary artists interested in ‘the in-between’ in relation to shared public spaces. Opening on Saturday 24 […]
