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Moat Farm Junior School in Oldbury school is celebrating after topping a national league table measuring how many of their pupils walk to school and how often. Last year Moat Farm Junior was ranked 5th nationally but has improved on even that achievement by heading up the list of schools in England taking part in …

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Sandwell Council’s Youth Service has invested in two new buses to replace the aging Sandwell Youth Bus as it comes to the end of its life as a mobile youth centre. Around £700,000 will be invested in two brand new buses to serve young people in Sandwell for many years to come. The new buses …

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Work is now well under way on a £20.8million refurbishment scheme for council homes in Oldbury. Representatives from Sandwell Council and Lovell Partnerships Limited, which is carrying out the work, visited 19-storey high-rise block Darley House in Wallace Close to see the progress made since work started in November 2022. Surrounding low-rise blocks Alston House, …

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Sandwell Council has partnered with digital services and consulting company Infosys to launch a website that will offer local people free skills training courses from beginner to advanced level. Springboard is Infosys’ flagship digital learning platform designed to empower people, communities, and society with skills to be successful in the 21st century. It will help …

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Laybourne Park Tipton The Green Spaces Strategy approved by Sandwell Council’s Cabinet in June 2022 set out an ambitious programme of works, and a commitment to keep residents informed of progress. Sandwell Council has now announced the latest round of improvements in 2022/2023 financial year to Green Spaces is now concluding. As part of its …

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Sandwell Council has this month (March) launched a new group to oversee long-term solutions to tackling hot spots with significant fly-tipping, littering and very overgrown areas. The Hot Spot Solutions Group will build on the successful work of the Environment Response Team in the Green Spaces Service, which over the past year has trialled a …

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