Bringing Communities Together
Learning is by far the number one reason that people watch online videos. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 51 percent of YouTube users say that the site is very important to figuring out how to do things they haven’t done before. By contrast, only 28 percent of […]
A life-changing scheme which supports children and adults arriving in Sandwell from abroad has secured additional funding of £91,000. The fund was successfully secured through a bid to the government’s migration fund and will allow the STEPS (Sandwell Transition Education Partnership Service) Centre to remain open until 31 March 2020. […]
Sandwell Council is launching a text messaging service to help people keep on top of their council tax bills and get the welfare support they need. The service will also reduce the number of paper messages and reminders the council has to post out, helping to save money for frontline […]
Council chiefs have signed a charter pledging to do all they can to make Sandwell a slavery free community. Council leader Councillor Yvonne Davies and interim chief executive David Stevens signed the charter this week in front of councillors. Modern slavery includes forced labour, sexual exploitation or criminal exploitation. This […]
Motorpoint currently has over £57m worth of savings off UK new list price currently available to customers Average saving off UK new list price per car at Motorpoint is £9,350 Some 63 per cent of all cars at Motorpoint have a saving of 40 per cent or more off UK […]
I Sandwell Council has put out a summer holiday warning on the dangers of open water at the borough’s lakes, pools, ponds, canals and rivers. The council warns that all open water can be particularly inviting during periods of warm weather and people are often tempted to swim in them. […]
Sandwell Council has once again landed a prize at the Federation of Small Businesses (Birmingham, Black Country and Staffordshire) Local Authority ‘Small Business Friendly’ Awards. This year’s award, for Best ‘Small Business Friendly’ Procurement Policy, recognises the work that Sandwell Council does to support SMEs to build procurement-driven supply chains. […]
Pupils from St Michael’s School in Rowley Regis are delighted to win the award for Outstanding Young Community Project at the Police and Crime Commissioner Awards on Thursday 11 July. Student Voice at Rowley Regis School volunteer their time to making a positive change in their community and raise awareness […]
A woman is due to stand trial on Monday (22 July) accused of murdering her partner following a fatal stabbing in Birmingham. Gary Cunningham, aged 29, was found in a block of flats in Frensham Way, Harborne on Saturday 23 February this year. A post-mortem examination revealed he died as […]
Four Sandwell schools have come together at a local community centre to speak and make a stand against knife crime. Shireland Collegiate Academy, Holly Lodge, Sandwell Academy and The Albion Foundation met at the Dorothy Parkes Centre in Smethwick on Tuesday (16 July) for a day of talks, presentations and […]
