Annual fundraiser held on 17th June at The Kia Oval, London £17,266.10 raised in total, surpassing the £15,000 goal Proceeds to benefit BRIGHT Cancer Care and Skcin Support from sponsors, including headline sponsor Kia, and generous prize donors made the event a resounding success Women On the Move Against Cancer (WOMAC) held its annual fundraising event on Tuesday 17th June at The Kia Oval, London. Thanks to overwhelming support from the automotive industry and its generous guests, the event raised an impressive £17,266.10 in aid of its 2025 chosen charities – BRIGHT Cancer Care and Skcin. The evening, which brought…

Renault has secured a trio of impressive wins at the 2025 Business Motoring Awards, including the overall award of ‘Business Car of the Year’ for the Renault 5 E-Tech electric. The emotive electric supermini was also named the ‘Best Small EV’ while the Renault Clio was crowned the winner in the ‘Best Small Car’ category. Judged by a panel of experts, the Business Motoring Awards recognise excellence in the automotive and fleet sector, specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and company car drivers. On selecting the Renault 5 E-Tech electric as their overall ‘Business Car of the Year’, as…

Bookings have gone live for Walsall Council’s successful Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme. Eligible families can book activities for the summer programme that will take place for four weeks this summer: Monday 28 July – Friday 1 August Monday 4 August – Friday 8 August Monday 11 August – Friday 15 August Monday 18 August – Friday 22 August The council works with over 75 providers in the borough to offer children and young people aged 5 to 16 years old, fun, local activities, while providing the opportunity for learning and developing new skills. The programme enables children…

His Majesty’s Ofsted inspectors described Walsall Council as a place where children are at the heart of, in a report published today, Tuesday 8 July 2025. The accolade builds upon the council’s previous rating of ‘good’ in 2021 and puts Walsall firmly on the map of excellence as the only outstanding local authority for overall effectiveness in the Black Country. Since 2018, children’s services have been on a transformational journey of improvement to provide better outcome for children, young people and their families, which is set out in the council’s Walsall Right 4 Children approach. Following an inspection in May,…

Work has commenced on improvements to three parks and play areas in Walsall. The £470,000 project will be delivered on behalf of One Palfrey Big Local, with funding from Local Trust, following consultation with residents which identified green spaces for investment. As part of the work, the play area at Palfrey Park will be extended with four new items of play equipment installed and a new seating area created. The play areas at Bescot Crescent and Rutter Street arena will also be refurbished and resurfaced with the existing outdated equipment removed and replaced with new items. Meanwhile, the sports arena…

More than 160 passionate and ambitious leaders, residents, and partners from across the borough came together at the first We Are Walsall 2040 conference. They celebrated shared successes and explored new ways to collaborate, working towards making Walsall the most improved borough in the region by 2040 and a vibrant, thriving community people are proud to call home. The event, held on Tuesday 24 June 2025 at the University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall Campus, also marked the launch of the first We Are Walsall 2040 biannual report, showcasing the significant progress made in the 18 months since the strategy’s inception. Sacha…

Walsall Council’s Parking Services has received reports from members of the public regarding suspicious text messages claiming they have outstanding parking charges. Please be aware that these messages are a scam. Walsall Council does not send text messages requesting payment for parking charges. If you receive one of these fraudulent messages, please do not respond or click on any links. Instead, report it to Action Fraud: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Vaccination UK are holding two further catch-up clinics for pupils who have missed a vaccination in school, and for children who are home educated. The following vaccinations will be available: The Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP) vaccine, also known as the three-in-one teenage booster, which is offered to children in Year 9 and above. This booster is the last routine dose that provides young people with long-lasting protection into adulthood The Meningococcal (Men ACWY) vaccination for children in Year 9 and above which helps protect young people against four types of meningococcal disease which can cause both meningitis and septicaemia…

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge, the Story Garden, gets underway in Wolverhampton on Saturday (12 July). Young readers are invited to sign up at any of the city’s 16 libraries for free, join the adventure and discover a magical world where stories grow. The annual Summer Reading Challenge is delivered in partnership with The Reading Agency. Last year over 1,200 young bookworms took part, visiting their local library at least three times and reading at least six titles over the summer. Participants can take part in competitions and will receive a certificate and medal on completion of the challenge. To…

A series of free family fun days will take place across the city this summer to encourage everyone to love their community. The Love Your Community fun days will be taking place at Pendeford Dovecotes TMO on Wednesday 30 July, the Cannock Road Gurdwara on Thursday 7 August, Lanesfield Church on Wednesday 13 August, and St Joseph’s Church, Coalway Road, on Wednesday 20 August. Each will run from 11am to 3pm and all are welcome. Partners including the City of Wolverhampton Council, community organisations and charities, the police and other service providers will be on hand to provide a day…