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Sandwell’s Bart Shirm makes it to win regional Young Planner of the Year

We’re delighted to announce that our colleague Bart Shirm has won the regional RTPI Young Planner of the Year Awards for Planning Excellence 2025! The Royal Town Planning Institute’s award recognises the brightest and most outstanding planners who can demonstrate significant career achievements. Bart clearly showed this through his work to secure funding for the …

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Have your say: help shape the future of Smethwick

Residents, community groups and businesses in Smethwick are being urged to take part in an important online survey to help shape the town’s future. Smethwick is set to receive up to £20million in government funding through the Plan for Neighbourhoods – a 10-year investment programme that will support local communities and drive positive change across …

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Launch of Bridgit Care: a new online resource to support carers in Sandwell

Sandwell Council is exploring online digital solutions for unpaid carers that provide information, guidance, advice and support at times when standard services are not available. Some of the £300,000 funding secured from the Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerated Reform Fund has enabled our Adult Social Care team commission Bridgit Care – which is …

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Launch of Bridgit Care: a new online resource to support carers in Sandwell

Sandwell Council is exploring online digital solutions for unpaid carers that provide information, guidance, advice and support at times when standard services are not available. Some of the £300,000 funding secured from the Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerated Reform Fund has enabled our Adult Social Care team commission Bridgit Care – which is …

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Sandwell leads the way for road maintenance and tackling potholes

Sandwell Council continues to lead the way in maintaining roads and tackling potholes according to latest public satisfaction surveys. More investment is planned – more than £15million this financial year – to keep on top of these priority issues for residents and other road users. The percentage of residents satisfied with road maintenance in Sandwell …

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Sandwell Council launches a radio scheme to tackle crime in Wednesbury

Sandwell Council has launched a new radio link scheme that connects businesses in Wednesbury Town Centre to the council’s CCTV control room, the police and the bus station. Twenty businesses are involved in the link scheme which helps partners to provide a fast response to any crime incidents in the town centre like shoplifiting. There …

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Region shares new story for Sandwell

Young people, industry and leaders share how together they’re Making It Sandwell. Around 200 people from businesses, community groups and other local organisations came together today (Wednesday 25 June) to mark the launch of the Sandwell Story; a project to celebrate, champion and bring people together in making Sandwell a great place to live, learn, …

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Children to breathe easier as schools help tackle pollution on Clean Air Day

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker went back to school to announce a new education programme that will help thousands more schoolchildren improve the air quality where they live. The Mayor visited Corngreaves Academy in Cradley Heath on Clean Air Day to speak to a class of seven, eight and nine-year-olds about air pollution, how it …

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