There’s still time to join a series of ‘Winter Warmth and Wellness’ sessions taking place at Wolverhampton Libraries – designed to bring together communities during the colder months. Hot drinks and mindfulness activities will be available during the free events, including board games, crafts and puzzles. A series of events took place last month, with 7 more to come. They are as follows: Wednesfield Library, Thursday 8 January, 10.30am to 11.30am Bob Jones Community Hub, Monday 12 January, 10am to 11am Finchfield Library, Tuesday 13 January, 10.30am to 12.30pm Penn Library, Thursday 15 January, 10.30am to 12.30pm Bilston Library, Tuesday…

People will be invited to have their say about proposals to introduce a ‘Public Space Protection Order’ (PSPO) to help tackle anti-social behaviour around the Bentley Bridge area when a consultation begins early next month. The order would give police powers to ask groups of 3 or more people to vacate the area if there is reason to believe they are causing or likely to cause a nuisance, and to remove face coverings if they have no reasonable grounds to wear them. These proposals are being put forward to tackle a steady increase in anti-social behaviour – largely involving groups…

The City of Wolverhampton Council is urging parents, carers, education staff, and professionals across the city to take part in the Department for Education’s ‘national conversation’ on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms. The Government will publish the Schools White Paper later this year, setting out plans to improve SEND support and ensure every child and young person can thrive. Ahead of this, it is running a series of events across England and online, open to everyone with a stake in building a better SEND system. It is not a formal consultation, rather an open conversation designed to explore…

City of Wolverhampton Council has paid tribute to its incredible foster parents and the vital role they play in caring for vulnerable children and young people, at the annual For the Love of Fostering Awards, recently. The celebration, held at Molineux Stadium on Wednesday 4 December, brought together over 150 guests, including foster parents, council leaders, and supporters, to recognise the outstanding commitment of Wolverhampton’s fostering community. Awards were presented for their number years of service, permanency – which celebrates foster parents who provide a stable, long-term home for children who cannot return to their birth families – and those…

Visitors to Wolverhampton city centre can now enjoy parking at any time of the day or night at the council’s Civic Centre car park. The 332 space car park is trialling 24/7 opening hours following its recent hi-tech upgrade, which is making parking easier and more convenient. Just steps away from University of Wolverhampton at The Halls and other major venues, it serves thousands of people every year including concert goers, Wolves fans and those enjoying the city’s vibrant nightlife. The technology upgrade introduced a ticketless automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system, offering quicker entry and exit, flexible payment options…

A new project will help Wolverhampton residents thrive and not just survive by increasing their income, opportunity and life chances. Leader of the Council, Councillor Stephen Simkins revealed the new approach called BOOST at last night’s (Wednesday 3 December) Full Council meeting. A team will take support right into the heart of communities helping maximise the income of working people, families, older people and those already accessing support. The council’s Welfare Rights Service has already helped residents access £3.2 million in money they were entitled to but didn’t know they could have. But with data currently showing £21 million is…

Wolverhampton Youth Voice held its first ever UK Parliament Week Question Time event recently, giving young people the chance to directly challenge local decision makers on the issues that matter most to them. The panel featured the Leader of the City of Wolverhampton Council Councillor Stephen Simpkins, Leader of the Opposition Councillor Simon Bennett, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education Councillor Jacqui Coogan, Wolverhampton North East MP Sureena Brackenridge, Wolverhampton West MP Warinder Juss, and Alison Hinds, the council’s Executive Director of Families. Pat McFadden MP sent apologies but contributed a video message responding to questions from young…

Residents, businesses, schools, faith groups, charities and other organisations across Wolverhampton have once again united to say ‘no’ to interpersonal violence, as the city marked the conclusion of the 10th Orange Wolverhampton campaign. Launched in 2015, the annual campaign has grown into a powerful movement raising awareness of the drive to end all forms of domestic abuse, including physical abuse, coercive control, financial abuse, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, so called ‘honour based’ abuse, and stalking and harassment. This year’s campaign, which ran from 25 November, the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against…

City of Wolverhampton Council has started demolition works on a derelict site in East Park to pave the way for new homes. The former Stowheath Day Training Centre, in Stowheath Lane, is being pulled down by DSM Demolition ahead of the brownfield land undergoing mineshaft treatment works to make it ready for development. Funding for the remediation works has been secured from UK Government through the Brownfield Land Release Fund and Land and Property Investment Fund. It will enable the sale of the land to a proposed development partner for the delivery of 39 new energy efficient homes by modern…

Three more stars and two clubs are set to join the city’s Sporting Hall of Fame this weekend. Woodfield Sports & Social Club and Penn Bowling Club, both of which are being recognised for celebrating their centenary, and Wolves legend Steve Bull will be inducted into the Sporting Hall of Fame, while Greg Silvester and the late Gary Haynes will join the Olympian Way. The Wolverhampton Sports Advisory Council launched the Sporting Hall of Fame in 1999 to recognise and celebrate the achievements of sportsmen, sportswomen and sporting clubs who have represented the city. Chairman of Wolverhampton Sports Advisory Council,…