Bringing Communities Together
Walsall has unveiled a five-year plan driven by an ambitious vision to create a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system across the borough. Dr Nadia Inglis, Director of Public Health with partner organisation representatives with the Walsall Food Plan vision. Feeding Walsall’s Future: Walsall’s Food Plan 2025–2030, was launched […]
The Walsall Society of Artists returns to The New Art Gallery Walsall for their Annual Exhibition, which runs from 12 December 2025 to 15 February 2026 between 10am and 4pm. Walsall Society of Artists: 74th Annual Exhibition, The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2024-5. Photo: Annabel Clarke. This year marks the […]
With the festive season approaching, Walsall residents are being reminded to protect themselves and their loved ones from flu. With cases and hospital admissions rising earlier than usual this year, getting vaccinated is the best way to enjoy the festivities safely. Mobile vaccination clinics in Walsall. Mobile flu vaccination clinics […]
Work to develop a new £50 million-pound secondary school in Walsall – funded by central government – will now proceed. The Department has proposed the school is developed on the former Reedswood golf course site. Following announcements from the Department for Education, Walsall has been selected as one of 16 new […]
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 […]
