Bringing Communities Together
The Lloyds Banking Group is closing 60 locations, such as on Smethwick High Street. Due to an increase in digital banking, Lloyds Banking Group has announced the closure of 60 bank locations, comprising two in the region. The Lloyd Banks branch on Smethwick’s High Street will shut on July 21. […]
Celebration for 10 years of the Walsall Works employment programme. Launched in March 2012 to tackle youth unemployment it began by providing wage subsidies to employers creating new apprentices, resulting in 692 new starts. The programme has been supported and funded by the Council and a number of partner organisations; […]
DUE to popular demand, eco-friendly, electric boat company GoBoat has today announced the opening of a brand-new Birmingham location, their first site outside of the capital, with bookings now open to the public. The new site will open from April 8, where groups of up to eight guests can […]
Exciting plans for a £5 million+ housing project and health centre have been launched at King Street by Sandwell Council and Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group. Sandwell Council is borrowing £5 million to facilitate investment in the one-acre brownfield site, next to Wednesbury Leisure Centre, creating five […]
As spring arrives Walsall Council is kicking off its highway maintenance programme, investing £6.4m improving the borough’s network — an increase of almost £600k on 2021/22. This follows Walsall’s Cabinet approving a 43% increase in road safety and active travel funding at its meeting on 16 March. Walsall Council has […]
Walsall Council, in partnership with WATMOS Community Homes, has been successful in its bid for grant funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation fund, and received one of largest allocations of energy grant funding awarded in the country. The fund, administered by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) […]
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity has been shortlisted for a national Charity Film Award alongside other charitable causes. The charity’s film, produced in collaboration with creative agency DRPG, is now through to the final round following a public vote. The short film focuses on 17 former patients of the lifesaving charity. […]
Carers in need of access to a hardship fund of £150 are ask to make sure they get their application in by the 31 March. The government has made this fund available for Carers from the Household Support Fund and it can be used towards heating bills, food bills or […]
Across the four corners of the United Kingdom, local authorities are considering how best to mark and celebrate this unique year. In Walsall, the decision has been made early on that the focus is very much on local communities. Councillor Garry Perry, Deputy Leader for Resilient Communities said: “Officers worked […]
Funds totalling £300,000 have been given to 65 projects in 36 wards during the 1st round of awards for a city council programme designed to help people celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games All 69 of the city’s wards will eventually receive support through the Celebrating Communities Small Grants Funding Scheme. […]
