Birmingham 14th July 2022: A Birmingham couple are raising awareness of kidney disease and the struggle of gaining a transplant to mark this year’s South Asian Heritage Month. Satnam and Paramjeet Kang – affectionately known as Sam and Pam – are sharing their experience of the disease from the perspective of the […]

The chief nurse for England’s healthcare training body has praised the “phenomenal contribution” of Birmingham City University students during the Covid-19 pandemic.    Professor Mark Radford CBE, Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive at Health Education England, was speaking at the graduation ceremony for students from the University’s Faculty of […]

Crowdfund Walsall was launched by the Council in partnership with Spacehive in February 2021 as an initiative to residents the opportunity to gain funding via Spacehive’s digital crowdfunding platform. Walsall residents and groups with an idea to improve their community can leverage Crowdfund Walsall to raise fund. To date, the […]

Walsall residents are being urged to plan ahead and take extra care as extreme heat is forecast from this weekend into early next week. The Met Office has issued a ‘Level 4 – Emergency’ alert for the West Midlands. A hot spell is likely to develop from Sunday, followed by […]

Walsall Council is urging any household that has not already received the £150 council tax rebate to help with the cost of living crisis, to make sure they apply as soon as possible. The Government announced earlier this year that households in council tax bands A-D would be eligible to […]

Walsall Council, in collaboration with a network of local Trusted Partners, is launching a brand new offer for residents to help them to access and navigate council services locally. The Walsall Connected project has been developed to ensure that residents that feel digitally excluded or have a disability that makes […]

Walsall is one of 12 Local authorities that have been working with the Department for work and Pensions since 2019 to help increase awareness and understanding of parental conflict. All families have ‘fall outs and disagreements’ and mostly these are resolved with little impact on the children. However, where arguments […]

A new Public Health fund has been created to help increase levels of physical activity across Walsall. In partnership with Walsall Public Health and the Sport England funded Black Country Commonwealth Active Communities programme, the Tackling Inactivity Fund will give people and communities the opportunity to develop and deliver projects. The aim […]

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will visit Walsall on Saturday 23 July on its way to the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games at the end of the month. To mark the occasion Walsall Council is organising events at Walsall Gala Swimming and Fitness Centre and Walsall Arboretum. From […]

A film has been removed from screens at all Cineworld branches after hundreds of people took part in a peaceful protest on Broad Street outside the Cineworld branch on Sunday. Imam Ijaz Ahmad Shaami a leading Imam of the city said: ‘We were made aware that a controversial blasphemous film: […]