A City of Wolverhampton Council worker who supports home educating families has been presented with a national award. Elective Home Education and Travelling Children Support Officer Hannah Finch, from the Elective Home Education Team, received the Education Otherwise KIT award for excellence from Wolverhampton's outgoing Mayor Councillor Greg Brackenridge recently.

Birmingham City University hosted an event on its campus last week to celebrate the success of its collaborative scheme to boost job prospects for out-of-work graduates across the West Midlands. Representatives from the University were joined by colleagues from Aston University and local employers on May 12 to share their experiences of the Graduate Re-Tune project, which is designed to help unemployed graduates within the region to find work.

The Head of Adult Education Wolverhampton was among the special guests at a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace last week.

Joanne Keatley was nominated to receive an invitation to the event by HOLEX, a national network for over 140 adult and community learning providers across England in recognition of her services to education.

Drivers are being helped to get behind the wheel of city taxis fuelled by a fully funded training initiative to give an area’s economy a welcome boost. The start of the Covid pandemic saw many taxi drivers quit their jobs as demand for their services plummeted due to the hospitality and leisure industry shutting down and people staying at home.

Wolves Online is celebrating connecting its 1,000^th Wolverhampton resident with a digital device to get online, improve their skills and access learning, employment and essential services.

The device and connectivity lending scheme started as a pilot with seven partners in autumn 2020 and has now grown into a network of 35 trusted city partners working with City of Wolverhampton Council.

Children's Social Care Services in Wolverhampton have again been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, with inspectors highlighting examples of 'innovative' and 'outstanding' practice. Lead inspector Andy Waugh and his team carried out a week-long inspection of services delivered by the City of Wolverhampton Council and its partners earlier this year.