The City of Wolverhampton Council is launching its new Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Service, following a highly successful pilot programme. It will help residents access innovative technology that provides everyday support, enabling them to live the independent lives they want. The council has commissioned tech supplier Alcove to deliver the service over the next 2 years, while a long term partnership offer for the city is developed. The new service will provide people with a wide range of TEC products tailored to their eligible care needs, such as sensor devices and voice activated wireless technologies including fall detectors, smart speakers…

People who are caring for someone else’s child – or know someone who is – are reminded to inform the City of Wolverhampton Council about the arrangement. The local authority has a legal duty to support children who are being “privately fostered” and to ensure both the child and their private foster parent receive the support and guidance they need. A child or young person under the age of 16 (or under 18 if they have a disability) is considered privately fostered if they are being cared for by someone who is not their parent, guardian, close relative (i.e grandparent,…

The popular Yo! Active programme, which provides free access to physical activity opportunities for children and young people across the city, is to be extended. The City of Wolverhampton Council has gone out to tender for a provider to deliver and manage the programme – in conjunction with the local authority – from April 2026, and to ensure its continued success in breaking down financial barriers to sport and exercise. Launched last year by the council, WV Active and Wolves Foundation, Yo! Active is a public health initiative that offers a wide range of free physical activity sessions across WV…

Visitors to a city park can now enjoy a wide range of improvements, including a new playground, fitness area, wildflower meadow and a multi use games area. City of Wolverhampton Council and developers JP Landscapes & Construction Ltd have completed the revamp at Northwood Park in Bushbury. The transformation took place after the council consulted with residents and children’s groups. Improvements include the replacement of existing play equipment as well as the creation of a new multi use games area (Muga). The play area includes inclusive equipment designed to be used by children with restricted mobility, including swings, a seesaw…

City of Wolverhampton Council has put in place initiatives to support unemployed young people into work and training as part of the West Midlands Youth Trailblazer programme. Launched by the Mayor of the West Midlands, Richard Parker, the new Youth Trailblazer provides £5million across the region for a range of innovative projects and activities to engage young people aged 18 to 21 who are currently not in education, employment or training. Through Open Door Wolverhampton, the council is co-ordinating 4 to 12 week supported work experience placements with city employers to help young people overcome barriers to employment and upskill.…

The next steps in a major infrastructure upgrade on the A454 Willenhall Road Corridor will be considered by Planning Committee next week. The Neachells Lane junction improvements form part of the wider City East Gateway project. This aims to improve traffic flow on the corridor linking Wolverhampton with Walsall, the Black Country Route, M6 and key housing, employment and regeneration areas including Canalside and East Park. The council has now submitted a planning application, which forms Phase 3 of the wider series of proposed highway improvements along the A454 corridor, that will be considered at a meeting on 11 November.…

The thermostat on radiator installed horizontally instead of vertically A rogue trader whose substandard and incomplete work left a disabled city homeowner £23,300 out of pocket has been given a suspended prison sentence following a prosecution by City of Wolverhampton Council. Neil Parker, of Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, left behind trip hazards, defective installations and a window and door that were neither watertight nor fully operable. He was sentenced to 20 months in prison, suspended for 2 years, at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday (30 October) after previously pleading guilty to 6 charges. As part of a rehabilitation programme, Parker was…

A Wolverhampton charity is launching a new scheme to help residents in the city learn skills which could change their lives, while restoring unwanted bicycles. Hope Community Project has created Heath Town Spokes and Skills – a 6 week programme focusing primarily on bike mechanics and maintenance, which will restore bikes donated through the council’s Too Good to Chuck scheme. But it will go far beyond that by empowering people to build skills, confidence, friendships and potentially even gain employment. It’ll also strengthen communities, as it brings people together. It is the latest scheme under the council’s City Homemakers banner…

Adult carers in Wolverhampton are being encouraged to complete a national survey if they are contacted to do so. The Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England takes place every 2 years, with the latest getting underway this month. It will select a random sample of people who are, or were, a carer for someone aged 18 or over during the last 12 months. The Department of Health and Social Care survey seeks to find out whether services received by carers aged 18 and over are helping them in their caring role and their life outside of caring,…

Free digital sessions helping people get to grips with technology will be hosted by the council and partners during Get Online Week (20 to 26 October). Whether it is simply learning how to send an email or tips on safe online shopping – there will be something for everyone. Get Online Week is an annual campaign led by the Good Things Foundation charity aimed at bridging the digital divide. City of Wolverhampton Council’s trusted partner network for Digital Wolves will be hosting activities online and in person throughout the week. Cabinet Member for Governance and Digital at City of Wolverhampton…