Bringing Communities Together
Around 80 PEUGEOT vans will help the Guide Dogs charity to move trainers and dogs through their training months Around 40 Expert van and Crew Van models soon to be joined by Partner Crew Van By 2022 vans will progressively replace cars for transporting dogs and their handlers Long-standing PEUGEOT […]
A schoolboy battling cancer has been able to go to school for the first time in seven months – after he was turned into a ROBOT. Oscar Saxelby-Lee , 5, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in December 2018. After recently having a bone marrow transplant, Oscar has been […]
Understanding the reality of the working world becomes clearer the more times a young person interacts with the world of work.” – Nick Chambers The future will be about pairing the cognitive, social and emotional capabilities of human beings with machines. The ‘Drawing the Future’ report (a collaboration between the […]
Talented young people are celebrating after winning the Sandwell SHAPE Your Talent contest. Year 13 student Sophie Rose De-Bear won the top spot in the 14 to 19 category. The 17 year-old student from George Salter Academy in West Bromwich wowed judges with her sensational, thought-provoking dance performance on the […]
School students celebrated their knowledge of healthier and more active ways to travel at an annual inter-school quiz, which took place on Wednesday 19 June 2019. The A*STARS (Active Sustainable Travel and Road Safety) programme, run by Walsall Council, provides schools with the resources to improve road safety, traffic management […]
The Park has just welcomed some fluffy new arrivals in Penguin Cove. Two grey Humboldt penguin chicks, named Hotdog and Haggis, have emerged from their nests and are starting to explore their new home. In 2019, all of the Park’s newborns’ names have to begin with the letter ‘H’, a […]
A brand-new music school will be built in West Bromwich with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust. The Department for Education recently approved funding for the Shireland CBSO School – a new non-selective and non-fee paying specialist music school in Sandwell to be run […]
Saddlers manager Darrell Clarke is optimistic that defender Kory Roberts will be able to take part in all of his pre-season preparations. The team return from their summer break in just under two weeks’ time and Roberts will be looking to get stuck in from the get go after being […]
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are pleased to invite proposals to the UK-Canada Diabetes Partnership Initiative. This initiative will provide funding for approximately six collaborative research project teams focused on tackling diabetes in […]
Sandwell Council is set to help local companies take on new staff – by sharing funding aimed at boosting the number of people doing apprenticeships. The council has taken on almost 300 apprentices since the start of the Apprenticeship Levy scheme in May 2017. Now the council is planning to […]
