Bringing Communities Together
Two innovative housing schemes in Sandwell have been awarded prestigious Black Country Garden City status by a panel of planning and regeneration experts. They are a new £9.6 million supported living scheme off Oxford Road, West Bromwich, built by Engie on behalf of Sandwell Council, and a development of private […]
Come and celebrate this year’s International Festival of Glass at the iconic Red House Glass Cone in Stourbridge’s glass quarter, 23 to 26 August. This festival, the theme is ‘Placemaking’. Our historic site was constructed at the end of the 18th Century and is the best maintained cone in the […]
The NHS is facing significant financial and operational pressures, with services struggling to maintain standards of care. Now, more than ever, local and national NHS leaders need to focus on improving quality and delivering better-value care. All NHS organisations should be focused on continually improving quality of care for people […]
Business in the Community is calling on businesses to offer good jobs that offer security, rights and a fair income, along with the opportunity for personal development and progression, and a supportive and inclusive environment. In practice, achieving this for all your employees is complex but our Employment Campaign Manager […]
The government’s new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill will help end the ‘blame game’ for separating couples, the Law Society of England and Wales said today as their written evidence to the bill committee was published. “With an estimated 42% of marriages ending in divorce,* this bill has the potential […]
Saturday 13 July – 11am to 5pm Sandwell Valley Country Park, West Bromwich. Free entry There is loads happening on the day and most of these activities are FREE! Youth zone Floetry – sign up now for a rap and poetry workshop DJ skills Youth buses Climbing wall Careers expo […]
More than 1,400 young people between the ages of 16 and 29 in the City of Wolverhampton have been helped into education, employment, apprenticeships or training by Black Country Impact. The project, run in conjunction with the Department for Work and Pensions and European Social Fund, aims to support young […]
Officers investigating a suspected shotgun discharge in Birmingham on Sunday (30 June) are appealing for information. Police were called to Wellington Street in Winson Green just before 11pm following a call from a member of the public who reported hearing a shotgun discharge. Four people who were attending a BBQ […]
Two teenagers suspected of robbing motorbikes after threatening owners with machetes and a firearm were arrested following a West Midlands Police pursuit. Officers patrolling Shard End at 8.30pm were flagged down by a member of the public reporting a gang of armed moped riders trying to steal a scooter in […]
Camp Jeep® will take place in San Martino di Castrozza, Italy, from July 12 – 14 Annual event is the largest in the Jeep® Owners Group (J.O.G.) calendar This year’s event will be the most sustainable Camp Jeep ever: all the logs used for the set up come from the woods that […]
