Community News

A new toolkit has been developed to help a wide range of organisations prevent and relieve homelessness.

The toolkit has been designed to provide practical help to not only specialist organisations and their partners but also those with no direct link to tackling homelessness. It will help them consider how they can support existing projects and programmes that provide people with a secure home, steady job and to stay safe and healthy.

The circa £13 million Iron Lane junction improvements scheme has enhanced links to employment sites and local retail, reduced congestion and provided improved facilities for cycling and walking.

The works commenced in March 2019 and saw the former gyratory and traffic signals replaced with free-flowing roundabouts. Station Road was also widened, and a new bridge was constructed over the River Cole to provide two lanes in both directions.

Youngsters across Wolverhampton are enjoying an action-packed school holiday thanks to the city's inaugural Yo! Summer Festival. It is packed with over 450 free and paid-for activities for children, young people and their families, ranging from sports and holiday clubs, to fun days and arts and crafts. 

Councillor Dr Michael Hardacre, the City of Wolverhampton Council's Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, joined children and parents at Bantock House Museum's latest Family Summer Fun session on Friday July 30. Suitable for children aged four and over, these sessions offer a range of activities to choose from, including pop printmaking, clay creatures, fantasy fossil plaster casts, mosaic unicorns, fantasy fashion and puppet dragons.  

Plans to transform a former youth club into a welcoming community hub and church are to get underway after City of Wolverhampton Council officially handed over ownership of the building.

Windmill Community Church, a registered charity, will now begin developing the club on Henwood Road in Compton to offer a range of activities to benefit the local community. These will include a coffee hub, craft activities, a ramblers group, community choir, work with young people, parenting courses and Sunday services.

Beat the Street players are being invited to Go Wild over the next few days. 

That’s the theme for the third week of the unique walking, riding and rolling competition, with players encouraged to explore their local parks, waterways and green spaces. Children at participating primary schools have received an activity pack which contains Go Wild-themed challenges such as making a picture using leaves, pebbles, sticks and flowers. 

Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices are delighted to announce that the two charities have successfully merged together to form one Birmingham wide organisation.

Birmingham-based Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage are delighted to have been awarded funding from The Baring Foundation for a vital community project in one of the city’s most deprived areas.

A city council scheme that provides grants and funding for voluntary organisations and charities has been given permission to be extended and recommissioned.

The 10 Neighbourhood Networks Schemes – one for each constituency – provide older people with a range of community-based support within their neighbourhoods.

Black Country Housing Group (BCHG), an award-winning housing association based in Blackheath, has highlighted its commitment to tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) by joining the national ASB Awareness Week campaign, which ran from July 19 to July 25.

Wolverhampton is to become home to a second Tiny Forest to help local communities connect with nature and protect their environment for the future. 

People living and working in Haringey with passion for the borough are being invited to consider becoming councillors in a new council campaign.

A brand-new Green Gym and food growing space has opened for locals in Bournville, thanks to Mondelēz International’s Health for Life programme.

Expert family lawyers are warning that victims of domestic violence could face increased danger as the new football season is due to start soon.

Dr Marcia McLaughlin met up with her best friend Marcia from School, and her surrogate mother Hazel who looked out for her through her teenage years for the first time in a very long time, reminiscing about their childhood and cracking jokes all afternoon.

In the first month of operation the daily average number of vehicles entering the Clean Air Zone was between 95,000 – 100,00. During the same period the percentage of vehicles subject to the daily fee reduced from 18.7% in the first two weeks of operation to 12.4% in the final part of the month, following the introduction of payments on 14 June 2021.

Passenger cars accounted for 80% of unique vehicles entering the zone on a daily basis with light goods vehicles (vans) the second largest category of vehicles at 9%.

The online dating industry is huge and worth billions, and a dating app is often the go-to place for many singletons. However, one thing it seems that many of us have learnt during this extraordinary COVID-19 period is just how important it is to have friends.

It’s relatively easy to find somewhere to go to find a potential partner, but what about finding a new buddy? Making a friend, a good friend, as an adult can be a tricky business – unlike it was for many of us when we were children.