The Mayor of Sandwell is appealing for donations of Christmas presents for Santa’s Black Country Toy Appeal. Donations of new items can be made at any of Sandwell’s 19 libraries until Monday 12 December. Items can include: Books Games Toys Colouring books Felt-tip pens/Crayons Crafty stuff e.g. paints Toiletry sets for teens Pyjamas / dressing …
Sandwell Council has signed a new Domestic Abuse Pledge to work with partner organisations to ensure that all forms of abuse will not be tolerated in Sandwell. The new pledge builds on existing partnership working in Sandwell. Read the Domestic Abuse Pledge in full. Council Leader, Councillor Kerrie Carmichael, Cabinet Member for Communities, Councillor Danny Millard, …
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Sandwell Council has appointed leisure and wellbeing industry expert Mark Braithwaite as the Chief Operating Officer for its new leisure services management company. A high performing managing director, Mark brings to the new company over 20 years’ experience gained from working in both the private and public leisure sectors. As chief operating officer, he will …
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Harvest View – Sandwell’s new flagship social care and health facility and the first of its kind in the West Midlands – is now open. Harvest View in Rowley Regis offers specialist support from both social care and health staff all under one roof, with 80 en-suite rooms and friendly communal areas as well as …
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Sandwell Council Trading Standards working alongside Licensing, Police and West Midlands Fire Service continue to seize illegal and dangerous articles around Sandwell. On one day the teams visited three businesses in Sandwell and seized 3,782 packets of illegal cigarettes, 121 pouches of hand-rolling tobacco and 599 illegal vapes, with a combined retail value in excess …
Sandwell residents can now get cost of living advice through WhatsApp on their mobile phone. The initiative is part of the council’s Supporting Sandwell information hub. To receive cost of living advice, add the number 07585 997 453 as a contact in WhatsApp and text the word YES to this number. Subscribers will receive cost …
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Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a committed and dedicated senior Sandwell councillor who has died. Councillor Ann Shackleton, aged 78, passed away on Wednesday (16 Nov). She had served as a Labour councillor in the Cradley Heath and Old Hill ward for 18 years, since being elected in 2004. She had been Chair …
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The Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay will today set out his plans to steer the health and care system through the upcoming winter and signal changes that will make the NHS better prepared for future “storms to come.” Addressing the NHS Providers conference in Liverpool, Steve Barclay will say he will focus “on …
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Sandwell Council’s SHAPE programme is delivering its annual Anti-Bullying Week roadshow this week (Monday 14 November to Monday 21 November). The programme is delivered in partnership with the council’s youth services and West Midlands Police to children and young people in selected Sandwell schools. The theme of this year’s roadshow is ‘Reach out’, encouraging children …
An inquiry is being launched to look at how the Commonwealth Games legacy will improve access to physical activity opportunities – both participating and spectating – for disabled citizens. The council’s Commonwealth Games, Culture and Physical Activity Overview and Scrutiny Committee is joining forces with colleagues from the Health and Social Care O&S Committee to …
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