A team of financial services staff swapped suits for spades with a day’s volunteer work at Saltwells Nature reserve. The 11-strong team from Lombard West Midlands Region, the business arm of Natwest/RBS shrugged off their corporate responsibilities and got stuck in to a day’s hard graft at the much loved […]

A special event to celebrate International Older People’s Day was held yesturday (Tuesday October 1) at one of Dudley Council’s newly refurbished sheltered housing schemes. To mark the occasion and to celebrate the lives of older people in Dudley borough, Margaret Vine Court in Halesowen invited residents from other council-run […]

A Wolverhampton school is “a real treasure” and its pupils are “highly motivated to make a positive difference to their world”. Those are the findings of the recent SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) inspection of St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School, which focused on the impact […]

Dudley residents are being invited to attend a safe & sound board meeting and speak directly to the people who are accountable for community safety. Dudley’s community safety partnership ‘safe & sound’, which incorporates the borough’s local police and crime board, will be holding a public board meeting on 21 […]

Duke of Edinburgh volunteers got the civic seal of approval from the Mayor of Dudley after clocking up a combined 390 years’ service. The Mayor of Dudley Councillor David Stanley presented Duke of Edinburgh awards to borough recipients at a recent event. It included long term service awards to 24 […]

A new partnership arrangement to safeguard vulnerable children and adults in Dudley borough is now in place. Dudley Council’s cabinet approved plans earlier this year to merge the functions of the existing Dudley Safeguarding Adults Board and Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board into the new Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership. Following the […]

There’s still time to vote in the Green Flag People’s Choice Awards to help find the nation’s favourite parks, with 12 Sandwell sites in the running. The deadline to vote is Monday 30 September 2019. Sandwell has 12 parks and green spaces awarded the prestigious Green Flag by Keep Britain […]

Creative kids got out their colouring pens to encourage people to park safely outside their school. Pupils at Lightwoods Primary School’s Clent Road site in Oldbury have designed banners and signs urging drivers to park safely at drop-off and pick-up times. The winning designs – which tell drivers of the […]

People are being encouraged to recycle more this Recycle Week (23 – 29 September) For its 17th annual Recycle Week, Recycle Now is capitalising on this heightened awareness and asking residents – and people all over the UK – to act and focus on getting recycling right during the week. […]

The fun session organised by the council’s recycling team and delivered by staff at the centre will see plastic water bottles upcycled into bird feeders. The session is on Wednesday the 25th September from 1pm to 6pm. There is a suggested donation of £2 per child to attend. There is […]